Pokemon Gacha Machine Toy Brings Gachapon Home

Takara Tomy will release a Pokemon gacha machine on November 23, 2024. It will cost 6050 JPY, which converts to around $39.10. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

The gacha machine looks like a miniature gumball machine, in which the sphere at the top displaying all the prizes resembles a Poke Ball. When you put in a special coin, you can turn the handle and get a prize. The Pokemon gacha machine will come with Stand Pop toys that you can put into it, but you can also put in Moncolle MS series toys. In total, you have six capsules to work with.

While it can double as a collector’s item, it seems from promotional images that Takara Tomy intends this Pokemon gacha machine to be a party item. You could pull it out for a birthday or Pokemon marathon, and use this machine to offer people party favors. There’s also nothing stopping you from putting other items into the capsules, meaning you could use it for other properties.

This isn’t the first time that Takara Tomy released some unique merchandise for the Pokemon series. In 2023, it released a giant Clodsire plush that comes with Paldea Woopers. Then, earlier in 2024, it released a yo-yo ice cream maker. This toy works by putting ingredients for ice cream into the Poke Ball and then playing with it like a yo-yo for a few minutes.

The latest mainline entry in the Pokemon series, Scarlet and Violet, is readily available on the Nintendo Switch.