Taito Reveals Colored Prototype For Snow Miku 2016 Figure
Taito is still building out the Snow Miku line through a prize-figure release, and the reveal stops at a painted prototype with the release details held back for a later announcement.
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Lucky Dog 1 Goods Pre-Sold at Chugai Mining Booth for AGF2026
The goods run ties the Lucky Dog 1 booth to a broader mail-order window, with reservations open October 5 to November 9, 2026 and shipping from February 2027, so the festival appearance is one part of a longer sales period rather than the only channel.
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Ichiban Kuji GLAY Lineup Confirmed for Lawson and HMV on October 17
A band lottery running through two general retail chains puts GLAY prizes in front of convenience store and record shop traffic rather than a music-only audience, which is where Ichiban Kuji releases usually find their buyers.
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Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka Swimsuit Lottery Starts October 15
The lottery turns the anime's heroine art into a direct-sale goods line through KADOKAWA's own Kujibikido service, priced at 770 yen per draw.
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Kujibikido Opens Lottery For Timid MAX Young Lady Anime
A lottery keyed to a broadcast start is KADOKAWA putting merchandise revenue behind the anime in the same month it airs, with the Beans Log Bunko label carrying the promotion rather than a separate rights arm.
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STRICT-G Adds Four Gundam Light Jackets With Mark Embroidery
The same BASIC drop pairs the four jackets with four sweatshirt hoodies and four sweatpants carrying the same four marks, so the jackets are one piece of an eight-item push rather than a standalone release.
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Aoppella Pop Up Shop Runs In Shinjuku Until October 19
The set leans on display goods and complete-set pricing rather than one headline item, which is how a project without new animation to sell keeps an event period turning over merchandise.
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Bandai Sets November Gashapon Release For Dragon Ball S.H.Figuarts Miniatures
The line's appeal is the packaging as much as the figure, which is why Bandai keeps shrinking the boxes along with the sculpts and now has a third volume to sell on that premise.
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Sega Reveals FIGURIZM Alpha Hatsune Miku Afternoon Figure
The prize is a Sega amusement-only rollout built around an illustrator-drawn outfit, so the design credit is the selling point rather than a scale release from a hobby manufacturer.
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One Piece Cross Guild Leads Bandai's 10-Figure WCF Premium Set
The set treats Buggy's Cross Guild as a full faction rather than a group of side villains, and the chairs handed to Crocodile and Mihawk mark those two as the line's premium pieces.
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Kura Sushi and 3COINS Team Up for At-Home Bikkura Pon Goods on October 16
The tie-up moves Bikkura Pon, a capsule toy format anchored in restaurant visits, into a paid home kit sold by a different retailer, which changes how the prize mechanic reaches customers.
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Rilakkuma Returns To Ofuro Cafe For Third Year With BASIC RILAKKUMA Theme
The tie-up reaching a third year with a full BASIC RILAKKUMA takeover from January 8 to April 4, 2027, across 12 ofuro cafes signals the collaboration model is being treated as a repeatable fixture rather than a one-off seasonal stunt.
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Bandai Opens Preorders For CAPSULEVERSE One Piece 01
CAPSULEVERSE is a new Bandai brand whose figures are made to be kept inside their capsules, and pairing two figures back to back is the collecting hook the line is selling.
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Junji Ito Pop Up Store Zankyo Opens at Hands Omiya on October 20
The Graveyard Gallery event, known for its Tomie-themed goods, is confirmed for a nationwide tour, and Hands Omiya is one of the stops.
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Zenith Asurada Joins Cyber Formula Collection In Shakedown Color
The shakedown color variant ties the miniature line to the new short anime's rollout, giving the C.F.C series a product timed to the production announcement rather than the finished race livery.
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acosta Ikebukuro Cosplay Roundup Names 12 Cosplayers From Games And VTubers
The lineup tracks which games and VTuber agencies still carry cosplay turnout at Ikebukuro: Genshin Impact, Blue Archive, and Chinese titles on the game side, Nijisanji across most of the VTuber slots.
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Bandai Spirits Sets October Gunpla Release Dates, Led by HG Gundam Virsago
Shipping the entry-level Gundam Assemble starter, expansions, and paint pack on the same October 31 date as the Virsago kit bundles a new play format and a standard HG release into one retail drop.
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MAGI ARTS Opens Preorders for CLANNAD's Nagisa Furukawa 1/6 Scale Figure
The figure gives CLANNAD's central character a large-format release with alternate face parts, and the discount off the reference price signals AmiAmi is positioning it as a preorder-driven item.
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Bandai Spirits Reveals GUNDAM XMX Gunpla Brand For China
Bandai Spirits is building a Gunpla line from the design up for Chinese buyers, starting at under 60 yuan and leading with a SEED suit rather than the RX-78-2, with the RX-78-2 held back for the second lineup and 00 and UC to follow.
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Ichiban Kuji Gundam Universal Century Saga Interlude Lineup Revealed
The lineup runs almost entirely on Zaku variants and One Year War imagery, which tells you where Bandai Spirits expects the spending to come from on this set.
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Ichiban Kuji Estar Bunny ROMANCE ANGEL Set For November 7
The line extends Estar Bunny from a character design into merchandise, and the prize structure points the rollout at drugstores, bookstores, and convenience stores rather than the hobby channel alone.
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Taito Plans Frieren Desktop Cute Figure for November
Taito is adding to a run of Frieren merchandise tied to specific scenes rather than the present-day cast, and it is placing that bet in its low-cost prize figure line rather than a premium scale release.
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Hanabee Opens Preorders For 9-nine- Ruler's Crown Miyako Kujo Figure
A full-scale heroine figure plus a bundled acrylic stand edition points to Hanabee treating 9-nine- Ruler's Crown as merchandise worth two price tiers rather than a single release.
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Good Smile Opens Pre-Orders For DECO*27-Designed Hatsune Miku Dekomiku Figures In L Size
The listing puts DECO*27's Dekomiku designs into Good Smile's larger L Size format, which raises the scale and price point of a Miku figure line tied to a producer rather than to an anime or game release.
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