Bandai's CAPSULEVERSE Gashapon Line Launches With Gundam And Godzilla
Bandai is using Mobile Suit Gundam and Godzilla, two of its largest character licenses, to launch a new capsule figure brand rather than a single tie-in line, so the format's reception will be measured across both sets at once.
Key Facts
- Bandai will release the gashapon series CAPSULEVERSE in the fifth week of October 2026.
- CAPSULEVERSE figures are priced at 800 yen (tax included) per play.
- CAPSULEVERSE Mobile Suit Gundam 01 includes four types: Gundam, Char's Custom Zaku II, Amuro Ray, and Char Aznable.
- CAPSULEVERSE Godzilla includes four types: Godzilla (1974), Mechagodzilla (1974), Godzilla (1954), and Godzilla (2023).
- CAPSULEVERSE figures come with a relief-style background, and two figures from a set can be placed back-to-back so their battles cross over inside the capsule.
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Bandai will release a new gashapon figure brand called CAPSULEVERSE in the fifth week of October 2026, starting with two sets priced at 800 yen per play. The first set, CAPSULEVERSE Mobile Suit Gundam 01, has four types: the Gundam, Char's Custom Zaku II, Amuro Ray, and Char Aznable. The second set, CAPSULEVERSE Godzilla, also has four types: Godzilla (1974), Mechagodzilla (1974), Godzilla (1954), and Godzilla (2023). Each figure comes with a relief-style background that shows the world of its work, and the figure stands against that backdrop. Placing two figures from the same set back to back lets their battles cross over inside the capsule. Bandai has not yet announced further sets beyond these two. Both sets are scheduled for the same release window.
Both eight-piece sets are built on the same display gimmick. The figure sits in front of a relief-style background, and the background is cut to carry the world of the work behind it. The Gundam set frames pilots as well as machines: Amuro Ray and Char Aznable appear as their own figure types alongside the Gundam and Char's Custom Zaku II.
- CAPSULEVERSE Mobile Suit Gundam 01: Gundam, Char's Custom Zaku II, Amuro Ray, Char Aznable
- CAPSULEVERSE Godzilla: Godzilla (1974), Mechagodzilla (1974), Godzilla (1954), Godzilla (2023)
The crossover play runs inside the capsule itself. Two figures from the same lineup placed back to back put their separate battles on one background, so a Gundam pair and a Godzilla pair each stage their own face-off.
Pricing for both sets is 800 yen per play, tax included. The release window is the fifth week of October 2026 for each. The Godzilla set draws on four distinct film designs, spanning the 1954 original, the 1974 Mechagodzilla entry, and the 2023 film.
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