APEX TOYS Opens Pre-Orders For Zenless Zone Zero Rin Summer Figure
A 1/8 scale figure tied to a summer outfit for Rin widens the character goods line that Zenless Zone Zero has been running through licensed manufacturers.
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FREEing Reopens Orders for Homura Akemi Bunny Ears Figure
A 2021 Madoka Magica scale figure going back into production means the companion Madoka Kaname piece still has a market, which is what keeps a five-year-old pair on shelves.
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Bandai Candy Ships Gundam Artifact Best Selection With Five Mobile Suits
The best selection repackages five popular molds from earlier Gundam Artifact waves for standard retail candy aisles, the distribution channel the line was built around, rather than a Premium Bandai or event-only route.
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Tamiya Reissues 1/20 Toyota Celica LB Turbo Gr.5 Plastic Model Kit
The kit is offered as a special-order product rather than a continuously produced one, so a Japanese market reissue of a 1/20 Group 5 subject depends on buyers committing before the run, not on shelf supply.
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Hasegawa To Release 1/72 VF-0A Shin Kudo Custom In GERWALK Form
The parts configuration locks this kit into the Ghost Booster build, so buyers who want a clean GERWALK Valkyrie without the booster get nothing here, and the included Macross stand signals Hasegawa knows the tail-heavy proportions will not hold a pose alone.
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Sugakiya's Su-chan Gets A BE@RBRICK Release This October
A regional ramen chain's mascot entering Medicom Toy's BE@RBRICK line puts Sugakiya's Nagoya-local character into a collectible format that normally draws on international brands and characters.
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Bandai Re-Releases PEANUTS Gashapon Marking Accessories in November
A gashapon line that ran in December 2025 is coming back within the same year, which for capsule toy buyers is the practical signal that the stock cleared and the mold is still open.
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Medicom Toy Opens Pre-Orders For Asuka And Rei Sofubi Figures
The two leads enter a sofubi line built for soft vinyl rather than scale PVC, which places Evangelion characters in Medicom Toy's retro-styled format at a premium price.
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GU's Pokemon Collection Drops October 23 With 19 Forest-Themed Items
Pokemon apparel keeps spreading across Japan's mid-price retail chains, and GU is now running the same playbook at the lower end of its own price ladder, with a 19-item drop timed to a single morning launch.
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BE@RBRICK x BEAMS 50th Anniversary Release Comes In Two Sizes
The tie-up puts a streetwear retailer's anniversary into Medicom Toy's licensed BE@RBRICK line, and pricing the 400% with a light-up unit at 27,500 yen shows the collectible tier is where the event merchandise revenue sits.
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Roxy Nightwear Figure Opens Preorder at Kadokawa Store
The figure adapts a specific scene rather than a generic pose, giving the character goods line a direct tie to the story beat that Roxy's fans have been buying around.
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MAYLA Opens Reservations for Six-Kind Hikaru no Go Ring Set
The set arrives as the Hikaru no Go TV anime reaches its 25th broadcast anniversary on October 10, 2026, giving the franchise a licensed jewelry line timed to the date.
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Votoms And EDWIN Bring Scopedog Grime To Denim Jeans
A jeans maker putting Scopedog wear and oil grime into a wash treatment is the merch side of Votoms machine design being treated as something worth reproducing in fabric, rather than printed on a shirt.
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Good Smile Opens Preorders for figma Hunter The Old Hunters Edition
The re-release puts a deluxe Bloodborne figure back in circulation after years off the market, and the Good Smile shop bonus that bundles a Messenger figure ties the preorder to one storefront.
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BINDing Sets 1/4 Scale Mizuki Shiranui Figure for March 2027
At 1/4 scale and roughly 60cm with a 55,000 yen price tag, the release sits at the top of the hobby market's size and price bracket, and the online purchase bonus of an illustration postcard points to how these direct-sale figures are sold.
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Hello Kitty And PAUL & JOE ACCESSOIRES Team Up For October Goods Lineup
The lineup lands in the handkerchief-first retail channel Sanrio collaborations keep returning to, with the online Handkerchief Gallery and department store handkerchief sections carrying the range from October 14.
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Chaos Zero Nightmare Anniversary Fair Hits 100 GEO Stores
The fair puts a six-character merchandise line into 100 physical GEO locations and the viviON BLUE store on the same day, which places the anniversary push in retail chain space rather than online only.
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Tenmitsuki's Perfume Figure Set for February 2027
The listing is a full production disclosure for a sculpt built around an unusual pose and a rocking chair base, with an order threshold that lets magicbullet cancel the release if preorders fall short of the publisher's target.
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Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond Pop-Up Store Runs At Shibuya109 From October 24
The store puts Cygames' card game in front of Shibuya foot traffic with a purchase-driven bonus tier, so the merchandise run doubles as a physical test of how far the Worlds Beyond branding reaches beyond the client.
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Bandai to Release VIRUSWEETS Gummy with Sticker on October 12
A 216-yen candy toy built on sticker collecting extends VIRUSWEETS into a low-cost gummy format, putting the characters in front of shoppers in mass retail candy aisles rather than limiting the line to its existing product shelf.
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Furyu To Release Puppet Sunsun Napolitan Plush And Cereal Bowl Prize
Furyu is spreading the month's Puppet Sunsun goods across two release waves, so the third-week plush and the fifth-week tableware land as separate draws rather than one shipment.
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Bandai Spirits to Reissue Hunter x Hunter Chimera Ant Ichiban Kuji
The reissue puts the Chimera Ant arc's most recognizable figures back in reach through convenience store lottery draws rather than the resale market, with a one-meter Last One prize as the pull that anchors the line.
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F:NEX Turns Nachoneko Birthday Art Into A 1/7 Scale Figure
The figure moves a streamer's birthday illustration into F:NEX's higher-priced hobby line with the subject supervising the sculpt herself, and the giveaway ties the package to a single storefront.
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Cyclone Joe Opens Brocken Jr. Figure Project With Six KUFC Releases
The lineup is built on the father-son and master-disciple threads that carry Brocken Jr.'s story, and it puts a new Brockenman figure in circulation 26 years after the last one, so the project sells the character's history rather than a single sculpt.
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