Bandai's Tom and Jerry Puni Puni Squad Gashapon Set Arrives in Late October
Bandai is extending its squishy Puni Puni Squad line to a licensed Western cartoon property, giving Tom and Jerry a gashapon slot aimed at the same capsule-toy buyers who already collect the series.
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Bandai will release the gashapon "TOM and JERRY Puni Puni Squad ~Clear Color Version~" in the fourth week of October, priced at 400 yen per play with tax included. The lineup has four types: two Tom figures, two Jerry figures, and Tuffy. The series uses a squishy, soft-to-the-touch material, and this version casts the characters in clear color.
The set pulls from the 1940s theatrical shorts cast rather than the later direct-to-video films: Tom, Jerry, and the orphan mouse Tuffy, who was introduced in the 1954 short "Little School Mouse" and remains a recurring member of the trio in print and merchandise.
Each figure keeps the character's signature pose, cast in translucent plastic so the soft material reads differently under light. The Tom and Jerry license has cycled through plush, hairbands, and household goods in recent months, but this is the property's entry into the Puni Puni Squad format.
- Tom: two types in the set
- Jerry A
- Jerry B
- Tuffy
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