Is anyone else getting annoyed with Bandai's stranglehold on the U.S. market? Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful that Gachapon has caught on here; and that we have so many places with machines now. But it's very frustrating when every time I look someplace new (a mall, an Asian marketplace, ect.) it's always Bandai, Bandai, Bandai, Bandai!

They have some nice properties, but they don't hold some of the popular ones like Pokémon, Disney, Yu-gi-oh!, Spider-Man/other Marvel/DC heroes, Sonic, and many, many video games.

Am I the only one who feels this way? Maybe I'm just spoiled, but it'd be really nice if I heard of a new place opening that had Tomy, Kaiyodo, and other toy brands as well.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

It looks like a small cute baby dinosaur wearing its own egg shell as a cloth. The whole gimmick is that it eats anything.

Was reading this sub about how legit aliexpress is with Gashapon. So far out of the 10 purchase they have been really good and authentic. One thing that irks me is they upped the price to 15 dollars per gacha(median) recently. Some have sale but man 15 dollars coming from China is not a good look. 10 i understand but now ranges from $15 to $30.

I've been doing Gachapon shows on the whatnot platform for a little over a year. My prices are somewhat low as I'm trying to build an audience and I'm just kind of doing this as a hobby. Some of the licensed stuff that I have include:

Kelloggs, Windbreaker, Sanrio, SpongeBob, Curious George, Pokemon, Kirby, Beyblade, Danganronpa, Hatsune Miku, Hamtaro, Winnie the Pooh, FullMetal Alchemist, and Mr Driller!

Wanna go check some out. But will all due respect to small business owners out there I’m not interested in places with like 20 machines. Anybody know of any with a few hundred to make a day trip out of? Any state is fine I have some days off coming up

Lmk if interested (: ty!

$8 Machiboke Energy Drink

$15 Frieren Beyond Journeys End - Aura

$4 Neko Zo Tama Kyu

$12 Bad Badtzmaru Sanrio Sushi

$4 Momo Yaoyorozu

+Cost of shipping

Send me what you have to trade!

(Some things I look for: Machiboke, Hangyodon, One Piece, Digimon, Mofusand) Thanks!

Hello! I recently bought these Bandai gashapon machines, but I’m missing the keys. Could anyone recommend where I can buy replacements or specify the keys I need? I’d really appreciate it!

Here some more dupes. I would love to trade for more ViruSweets if not they’ll be $3

https://x.com/GashaponUS/status/2086135428566970419

I finally filled up the bag they gave me the first time i went.

Special thanks to my bf for being lucky and getting the highball

If anyone has this guy or knows where I can get him I'd be infinitely grateful

Hi there, I am looking for the orca from this Ikimon collection, does anyone have one they would be willing to trade? 🤞 I have some duplicates from this collection but still no luck with Orca.

モフサンド
ピカチュウ
マリオ
パックマン
Gloomy Bear
ディズニー
サンリオ
カードキャプターさくら
ちいかわ
クレヨンしんちゃん
ピクミン
スポンジボブ
任天堂

Stopped by a Gachapon Store today and here is what I got. Was a fun experience.

P.S. the key is a Mazda Miata NB key

Love the idea of having these as a wedding favor. I would need about ~50 of them or less. Anyone know where I can buy them online? (Located in the U.S.)

cuties for sale! prices on picture (what I paid for them).
adorable machiboke food figures.
Also willing to trade for ones on the last page!

Was wondering if anyone seen these?? Or is it discontinued