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New female Metal Gear figure features a heaping helping of suggestiveness…and a doggy! 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2015
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Sniper Wolf figure hits the bullseye where a love of boobs, video games, and dogs overlap.

Japan
(figures • Hideo Kojima • Konami • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • toys • video games)

Hatsune Miku-inspired figure has no need for pants or panties 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2015

There’s a long backstory to this figure inspired by virtual idol Hatsune Miku, but here’s the condensed version: She’s got no pants, or underwear, for that matter.

Japan
(anime • figures • Hatsune Miku • Vocaloid • weird)

Super-ripped video game heroine figure could stab you to death with her pointy pelvis 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2015

Just when you thought “anime girls with boobs so big they can’t stand up” was going to walk away with the award for this week’s most exaggerated character design, here comes a new challenger.

Japan
(Dragon's Crown • figures • video games • weird)

Gintoki tranforms into absolutely adorable Ginko for limited-edition Gintama figure

KK Miller
Nov 4, 2015

The anime series Gintama has been having a great season, starting off with a hilarious parody in which main character Gintoki re-enacted shamed Japanese politician Ryutaro Nonomura’s very public bawling session from last year. Then, mid-way through this season, there were a couple of genderbent episodes in which members of the cast were suddenly transformed into the opposite sex, including the cool and masculine Gintoki who became the cute and busty Ginko!

To celebrate the fun of that mini-arc, Premium Bandai is selling 1,000 limited-edition figures of Ginko-chan and we can’t get over how adorable she is!

Internet, Japan
(cute • figures • genderbending • Ginko • gintama • Gintoki • Toshiro Hijikata)

Bandai to release life-like posable plastic figures to help you draw “realistic” epic poses

Scott Wilson
Oct 31, 2015

It seems like Bandai really wants us to get better at drawing. First they released the totally awesome and totally-not-just-for-kids Magic Illustrator, and now they’ve announced that they will be selling life-like posable figures for all of your human-sketching needs.

And what’s more, these figures come with dozens of sweet accessories, making it easier than ever to draw a someone wielding a sword, a deadly cellphone, or their own awesome lightning fists. Ready to never again lose friends by asking them to hold a pose while you carefully draw it? Then read on!

Japan
(art • drawing • figures • models • plastic models • sketching)

Need holiday presents for your BABYMETAL-loving friends or family? Funko has you covered!

Preston Phro
Oct 23, 2015

For a relatively young band, BABYMETAL has lost no time in spreading their music around the world with festival appearances, adorable videos, and endorsements by numerous metal icons. Sadly, they can’t be in every city every day, so your chances of actually seeing the group perform may be kind of low. However, thanks to Funko, you no longer have to wait until their tour pass through your town for a chance to see the fox god devotees. Soon, you’ll be able to buy the whole group and keep them on your shelf!

Internet, Japan
(Babymetal • figures • Funko • music • toys)

Expand your Super Mario figure collection with enemy characters

Anime News Network
Oct 19, 2015

Bandai’s S.H.Figuarts line has released several figures from the Super Mario video game series: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and important items from the games like pipes, blocks and coins. Its latest figures expand the collection with iconic enemy characters: a Hammer Bro, Lakitu and Spiny.

Japan
(Anime News Network • figures • nintendo • Premium Bandai • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Dumpy dumpling dude gachapon toys make us hungry and grossed-out at the same time

Evie Nyan
Oct 15, 2015

Japanese gachapon machines aren’t just for kids, if the success of recent mega-popular plastic toys like Cup no Fuchiko and cup-clinging hamsters have recently proven. Perhaps there’s something about hanging a little character on your morning cup of joe that appeals to the kid inside us that is nevertheless forced to be an adult in a harsh and unforgiving world (which often requires caffeine.)

However, the most recent cup-clinging curio on the gachapon market has us feeling both hungry and creeped out in equal measure. Meet Dumpling Head Man!

Japan
(figures • gachapon • gyoza • gyoza man • toy • weird • wtf)

Nintendo’s Super Mario becomes Super Jerk thanks to figure defect

Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2015

Recently, we’ve been seeing what appear to be cracks in Nintendo’s outer image as a smiley, pure-hearted, “I’m OK, you’re OK” kind of company. First, we saw that the company’s official Line account is still holding a grudge against Sony for the industry-changing success of its PlayStation console. Now, some fans have found that their new figures of presumable nice guys Mario and Luigi reveal the Nintendo stars to be smirking, gloating jerks.

Japan
(figures • funny • Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video games)

Cat got your pen? It will with these adorable kitty-shaped stationery holders

Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2015

Even if you’re happy to share your home or workspace with a cat, there are still certain boundaries you want to maintain. In the past we’ve looked at special products designed to keep your feline companion off your chair or keyboard, and to make sure everything stays tidy most people want their desk to stay cat-free as well. However, with this new line of kitty-shaped pencil stands you can have a whole team of organizational felines adorably holding everything in its proper place.

Japan
(cats • cute • figures • interior • stationery • toys)

Stacked One Piece figure for grown-ups costs a stack of cash, has nice…face 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2015

The success of One Piece really is amazing. Not only does it remain a perpetual favorite among its target demographic of young boys, the manga and anime franchise has managed to retain a surprisingly large amount of its original fanbase some 18 years after its first issue was published.

Since One Piece has held the attention of fans for so long after drawing them in as children, there must be something to creator Eiichiro Oda’s pirate tale that appeals to adult men as strongly, or maybe even more strongly, than to children. Maybe it’s the series’ core theme of long-term friendship, which grown-ups can more acutely understand. Maybe the way the stakes keeps getting higher for Luffy and his crew strikes a chord with fans who see it as a parallel to the way life throws more responsibilities and pressures at you as you get older.

Or maybe guys just like Oda’s penchant for drawing ridiculously stacked female characters which are then immortalized in plastic, as with this new Boa Hancock figure.

Japan
(anime • figures • manga • One Piece)

These “Fuchineko” cat figures from Caffe Veloce will make any drink a hundred times cuter

Preston Phro
Oct 5, 2015

One of the few good things about mornings is the coffee. There’s nothing quite like a jolt of caffeine after rolling out of bed! It’s hard to improve on the formula of coffee, but Chat Noir may have found the perfect ingredient: Cat figures!

Now, for a limited time only, the company is offering adorable cat figures to customers who buy three drinks, so be sure to stop by Caffe Veloce or any of the company’s other cafes for your morning cup of joe and earn yourself one of these awesome black kitties!

Japan
(cafes • Caffe Veloce • cats • Chat Noir • coffee • figures)

Anime figure collector who can’t pay his taxes with money has to give up what he cares for most

KK Miller
Oct 5, 2015

The two things in life that are always guaranteed are death and taxes. Death can come out of nowhere, and it’s the most surprising ones that hurt us the most. Taxes, on the other hand, should never be a surprise. You have to file and pay your taxes every year at the exact same time, so you can’t really say that you didn’t see them coming. In Japan, if the government finds out that you are withholding money from them, trust that they will be coming to collect that cash. As one citizen found out, if you can’t pay them what you owe, they will just take away your precious collection of anime figures.

Japan
(auction • figures • seizure • taxes • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Captain Phasma figure is the perfect way to get ready for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

KK Miller
Oct 1, 2015

Star Wars fans have been blessed recently with a veritable Imperial March of fantastic toys. Many fans dream of possessing the coolest, best action figure out there and Bandai has been making it pretty hard to choose just one. They’ve made the choice a little more difficult with their newest toy now, however, which is modeled on a new character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Move over Fett clones, the troopers have a new captain in town. Fall in line for Captain Phasma.

Internet, Japan
(Captain Phasma • figures • S.H. Figuarts • Star Wars • Tamashii • toys)

Get a little sass with your glass: Osaka oba-chan cup clingers are here

Scott Wilson
Sep 23, 2015

It is a well-known stereotype in Japan that Osaka oba-chans, or Osaka ladies of a certain mature age, are strong-willed, sassy, love loud clothing, and aren’t afraid to speak their mind. And with cup clingers being all the rage recently, who better to sit on your cup and chastise you then a set of the legendary Osaka oba-chans?

Will you get a mouthy, big-haired cougar-type? Or perhaps you prefer the UV-hating full-body track suit oba-chan? Read on to see all the oba-chans that await you!

Japan
(cup • figures • Fuchiko • funny • gachapon • Osaka • toys • weird)

Odaiba exhibition features rare & vintage character toys from the 1960s onwards, photos A-OK!

Krista Rogers
Sep 23, 2015

Children all over the world idolize at least one TV or comic book character at some point while growing up. For everyone who gets a rush of excitement whenever they fondly recall their favorite childhood character toys, we’d like to introduce you to a must-see event that’s currently going on in Tokyo’s Odaiba district: the “Nostalgic Toy Great Exhibition” (懐かしのおもちゃ大博覧会)!

This event is a massive display of classic Japanese character toys that date from the Showa period (1926-1989) to the present day. Everything from ultra rare vintage tinplate toys from the 1960s to Sailor Moon figurines from the 2010s are on display, for a grand total of approximately 2,000 toys. On top of that, photography is permitted—it’s truly a toy lover’s paradise!

Japan
(character • exhibition • figures • Masao Wakafuji • odaiba • Tetsujin 28-go • toys • Ultraman • Vintage)

Anime figure with straw-holding cleavage is the perfect way to enjoy a nice glass of milk

Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2015

Even among animation aficionados, it can sometimes be hard to justify spending the equivalent of a hundred dollars or more on an anime character figure. No matter how high the quality of the product is, that’s a lot of cash to shell out for something that’s going to just sit there gathering dust on your shelf, even if it looks pretty doing it.

But perhaps it’ll be easier for shoppers to pull the trigger on this particular figure. True, the subject being a busty and bikini-clad anime heroine isn’t anything we haven’t seen before, but what makes this figure special is that it’s designed to let otaku cram a straw between its breasts to suck on as they enjoy a refreshing glass of milk.

Japan
(anime • crazy • figures • otaku • Sword Art Online)

Evangelion designer’s Hatsune Miku illustration steps into the physical world as cool new figure

Casey Baseel
Sep 4, 2015

Virtual idol or not, there’s no denying that Hatsune Miku is a bona fide star in the Japanese music scene. But while human vocalists might have professional photographers eager to take their pictures for a glossy photo spread, the equivalent for Vocaloids like Miku is being drawn or redesigned by famous artists of the anime and video game world.

Last year we saw Miku as reimagined in CG by Final Fantasy’s Tetsuya Nomura, and now the world’s most popular computer-generated songstress is being given a new physical form as a figure based on a redesign by the character designer of seminal anime hit Evangelion.

Japan
(anime • Evangelion • figures • Hatsune Miku • vocaloids)

Oddly alluring poison mushroom figures with stomach cramps warn us to be careful of what we eat

ロケットニュース24
Sep 2, 2015

We’ve documented plenty of the unusual-but-awesome gachapon figures coming out of Japan over the years, but these “poison mushroom” figures might just be the most unusual yet awesome figures we’ve seen to date! Combining the adorableness of tiny mushroom figures with the stomach-rending agony of eating poisonous mushrooms, these Poison Kinoko Plus figures will be right at home on your desk or hiding in your date’s plate of stir fry.

Japan
(figures • gachapon • mushrooms • poison • toys • weird)

Evangelion exhibit-inspired figure gives us Asuka in a beautiful kimono!

Kay
Aug 19, 2015

Remember the Evangelion and Japanese Sword Exhibition that we reported on a while back? We thought the idea was pretty cool, because…well, an exhibit that brings together an internationally popular anime and beautiful deadly weapons of steel has to be awesome, right? And we think you’d agree that such a unique exhibit deserves a commemorative item that’s just as unique and artistic.

Evangelion fans need look no further, because toy manufacturer Takara Tomy has come up with just that — a series of original tie-in figures of the anime’s three female pilots as they appear in promotional artwork for the exhibit…in magnificent kimono!