When publishers say “Collector’s Edition” they usually mean a metal case, some kind of special downloadable content, and a soundtrack CD. Capcom is raising our expectations of what a Collector’s Edition can be today with their Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition. This package contains two figures one of fan favorite Ryu and one of newcomer [...]

The loveable Patapon are getting 100% more huggable thanks to Medicom Toy, the company that makes Kubrick collectibles. Sometime later this month Rolito’s creation is going to be sold as a plush doll in Japan for 3,990 yen ($42) each. At that price the stuffed Patapon isn’t really a stocking stuffer since you can purchase [...]

Square Enix is on its third series of Final Fantasy miniature trading figures. The first one included Cloud and Yuna. The second batch contained Squall and Tifa. Who is in set three? Tidus, Aeris or Aerith if you prefer, Rikku, Fran, and Balthier. Only one Final Fantasy VII character per batch folks. This group is [...]

We get it Square Enix, you love Snoopy. First you announce Snoopy DS: Let’s Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends which comes out in Japan on October 9 and now a bundle of Snoopy Formation Arts figures are sitting in your store. The five pack of Snoopy toys runs for 5,920 yen ($56) which makes [...]

In October Sony’s two tiered price structure for first party PSP games starts in Japan. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or2, an expanded sequel to last year’s awesome dungeon management simulator with blocky Dragon Quest inspired graphics, will be a distributed as a downloadable PlayStation Network game and in retail stores. About a 1,000 yen [...]

Toro, the Sony cat and star of the freebie PSN game Mainichi Issho, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders by wearing teeny, tiny Space Invaders clothes. These three limited edition Toro dolls will be sold in Japan sometime this month for an unknown price. Like other Toro merchandise these plush toys won’t be [...]

It’s only a few months until Valkyria Chronicles comes out in November. In Japan it’s a different story. Valkyria Chronicles has been around since April and gashapon toy maker Yujin already released a series of Valkyria Chronicles toys in stores. The set has five toys in all. You can see Alicia, Isara, Rosie, and Eleanor [...]

Blaze International has a license to make plug and play hardware packed with Sega Genesis ROMs in Europe. Paying £29.99 ($56) for a handheld with 20 16-bit Genesis games seems steep since Sega Genesis Collection for the PSP costs around $20. It’s really the system’s design that makes Blaze’s device notable. Their device looks like [...]

The MSX, the console where Metal Gear made its first appearance, got off to a rocky start on the Virtual Console in Japan. Nintendo revealed Japan would get MSX games in 2007. The first MSX game was Aleste and it didn’t come out until May 27, 2008. D4 Enterprise handles MSX and Neo Geo Virtual [...]

Nippon Ichi is huge into selling character goods especially with the Disgaea series. Stuffed prinnies, plastic prinnies, and prinny hats can be found at any anime conference. Atlus Japan is just getting their feet wet selling character goods so you won’t see any hats of this, but you can get a Jack Frost plushy for [...]

In honor of the mediocre release of Wild West Guns on WiiWare let’s look back at a 1976 light gun toy from Nintendo. The Nintendo Kousenju Custom Gunman is amazingly basic, it doesn’t even move. All you do is shoot it with a bundled revolver. The delay is laughable, but for a 1970’s toy it’s [...]

The Pinky St. figurines have grown quite popular in Japan due to the adorable character designs, customization options and interchangable parts. They’ve even inspired PS2 (Mahoroba Stories) and DS games (Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Hour, Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Night). Some of the most popular Pinky St. releases, however, are versions of popular video game characters.

Kotobukiya, the company behind the plastic Final Fantasy summoned monsters and this awesome looking Shadow of Colossus statue, is working on more Devil May Cry figures. After Devil May Cry 3 became a hit they made Dante and Vergil toys, both came out last December in Japan.   In August the toy maker is moving [...]

Remember the Final Fantasy VII Potion? Last November Square Enix released a limited edition potion package, which consisted of a carbonated soft drink and a trading arts figure. I already talked about the taste of the potion, so I’m going to skip over that and get straight to the toys.       Here is [...]