Banpresto Adds Jagi to Its Grandista Fist of the North Star Figure Line
Grandista is building the Fist of the North Star cast out of order, so Jagi lands in arcades months before Kenshiro and Rei arrive to complete the set.
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Initial D Pop-Up in Utsunomiya Puts a 1/18 AE86 Beside the Real Car
The shop turns a scale model into a comparison piece: a 3D-scanned Project D AE86 set next to the actual car, which is a harder sell than a photo and a direct test of whether the 30th-anniversary replica holds up in person.
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Skater Releases Disney Princess Bamboo Chopsticks In Random Pairs And A 10-Pair Box
The random single-pair pack and the complete BOX are priced at ten times each other, so Skater is selling the same 10 designs as both a low-cost blind purchase and a guaranteed full set.
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Hello Kitty Birthday Bags and Charms from Maison de FLEUR Go on Sale October 30
The release is timed to Hello Kitty's November 1 birthday, and the October 28 pre-sale at Laforet Harajuku and 20:00 online start on October 29 put the merch in front of buyers before the date itself.
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COSMEK's Lililala Griffion Toy Shows Four-Unit Transformation for December 2026
The release puts a licensed-style toy line behind a young original IP, with the mechanical designer credit and pre-order bonus treated as selling points rather than the character lineup.
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Kujibikido Opens Mahoromatic Online Kuji With New Takamura Art
A TV anime that ended years ago gets a merchandise run built largely on newly drawn Takamura art, which is the kind of revival that keeps an older license earning without a new production.
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ALIEN STAGE's Ivan Gets a Nendoroid From Good Smile Company
A YouTube-originated animation reaching the Nendoroid line puts ALIEN STAGE's characters in the same retail channel as established anime properties, with shop-specific bonuses aimed at collectors.
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MegaHouse Opens Preorders For G.M.G. Collection Lalah Sune Figure
The Lalah figure is designed to complete a three-figure setup with Char and Amuro, which makes the existing pair the real sales hook and turns a single 3,850 yen release into a reason to buy the earlier two.
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Niformation Adds Nijisanji to Its Seal Wafer Line With 26 Varieties
Niformation is a merchandise format built around deformed chibi art, and bringing a VTuber agency into it puts Nijisanji in the same pack-and-collect retail channel as the anime titles the series already covers.
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Bandai Spirits Opens S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Hikari Preorders On October 23
The interchangeable right forearm part is an unusual accessory choice that lets collectors display the character both with and without the Knight Brace, covering his main-series appearance and his earlier side-story look.
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Tougen Anki Suit Illustrations Get Early Sale at Animate Girls Festival 2026
The merchandise draws on illustrations of Ichinose Shiki and four others in white-based suits, giving the series a character-goods push at a fan event while the Nikko・Kegon Falls Arc is still airing.
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Tokyo Revengers Bar Bonten Cafe Opens in Ikebukuro on October 20
The cafe sells the eight Bar Bonten figures as a set, with a character coaster per order and a goods counter that does not require a food purchase, so the venue works as both a sit-down menu and a merchandise stop.
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Kobito Zukan Joins CHOCOBOX With Ten-Figure Set On Premium Bandai
The set carries a chocolate biscuit alongside the figure, so Bandai is selling Kobito Zukan as a small, low-priced collectible box rather than a standalone figure, and the secret type gives buyers a reason to keep ordering boxes past the nine named ones.
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Bandai Spirits Reissues MG Gundam Astray Noir and Two Eldora Kits
The Astray Noir returns as an MG at 5,940 yen with the Noir Striker and Sword Pistol intact, while the two Eldora kits keep Re:RISE stock in the HGBD:R line at 2,310 yen.
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Bandai's MOBILE SUIT ENSEMBLE 31 Rolls Out Five Gashapon Types in Late October
The set is built around armaments and anchored by Wing Gundam Zero, a framing that puts a transformable lead suit and a dedicated expansion pack in the same 500 yen gashapon run.
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Bandai Opens G-Frame FA Vol. 11 Pre-Orders With Seven Figure Types
The release pairs a Char's Counterattack variant with an MSV-R Johnny Ridden machine in one case, and the armor redesign now extends exterior plating to the back while keeping the frame's articulation and armor-only display gimmick.
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Kotobukiya's GGG Series Adds Matilda Ajan Figure With Tsukasa Kotobuki Art
The figure puts a supporting Gundam character in the GGG line under an outside illustrator's name, with his drawing and supervision credited in the product title itself.
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Yowamushi Pedal Limit Break Birthday Flower Round 4 Goods Head to AGF2026
The BIRTHDAY FLOWER line keeps its pace by moving a fourth round into the AGF venue and online pre-orders at once, with seven acrylic stands and keychains priced per character rather than as a single set.
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threezero Opens Preorders for MDLX Coronation Starscream and Hot Rod Figures
The second wave pulls its color schemes straight from the film, so the MDLX line now sells the movie's specific look rather than only its character roster, and preorders are running through Rakuten Books.
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FW GUNDAM CONVERGE #31 Adds Gundam ZERO, Kimaris Vidar, and Two Revival Survey Picks
The set pairs two new molds with revival-survey winners, which puts the fan vote directly into a standard retail box rather than a separate premium release.
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Bandai Candy Sets G Frame FA Vol. 11 for March 2027
The Crossbone set is built to reassemble into four machines from three purchases, which makes the case for buying the whole wave rather than one box.
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Bandai Re-Releases Pastel Emo-kyun Sanrio Gashapon at Official Shops
The re-release stays inside Bandai's own shop channel and repeats the August 2025 set unchanged, so this is a stock refill for a known seller rather than a new design push.
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Pichi Pichi Pitch Animal Pajama Goods Go on Sale at eeo Store Online
The goods run on newly drawn art tied to a single theme rather than reused stock, and the November 27 in-store date splits the release into an online window and a physical one, so the campaign carries through the autumn rather than ending with the web launch.
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Graniph Releases 17 BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Items on Shikai Theme
The lineup organizes itself by Zanpakuto release command rather than by character portrait, which treats the Shikai call-outs as the print motif and puts the highest price on Kyoka Suigetsu.
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