Gacha

Gacha is the trademarked name TakaraTomy uses for their gashapon products, largely because their arch-competitor Bandai owns the "Gashapon" trademark in the United States.

Gacha and Gashapon

What is gashapon?

Gashapon is a type of machine that functions like a gumball machine. After depositing a coin in the machine, the crank is turned and the capsule is dispensed. Much like blindpacking, the toy you receive is completely random. However, since the machine provides the randomization, gashapon capsules can (and often do) have transparent shells. Unlike the cheaper gimmicky capsule toys in America and other Western countries (such as sticky hands and fake teeth), gashapon toys are usually small figures (often based on Japanese anime, manga or video games... but not always, there is a llllllllot of variety of gashapon stuff!) with high quality plastic and paint jobs. For these reasons, they're often sought by collectors both in Japan and abroad. Sometimes, there may be chase figures to give collectors even more incentive to use the machines.

List of Gacha figures

Gacha Arms Microns

Series 1

• Optimus Prime Blaster
• Bumblebee Sword
• Zado
• Gobu

Series 2

• Arcee Blade
• Bulkhead Knuckle
• Megatron Cannon
• Dado

Series 3

• Ratchet Spanner
• Wheeljack Kunai
• Starscream Boomerang
• Dobo

Series 4

This series is done entirely in clear-plastics: the Autobots in "Matrix" clear-blue, the Decepticons in "Terrorcon" clear-purple. And yes, they all came out in one go.

• Optimus Prime Blaster MX
• Bumblebee Sword MX
• Arcee Blade MX
• Bulkhead Knuckle MX
• Ratchet Spanner MX
• Wheeljack Kunai MX
• Megatron Cannon TC
• Starscream Boomerang TC
• Zado TC
• Gobu TC
• Dado TC
• Dobo TC

Transformers Kreon

• Convoy (Optimus Prime)
• Bumble (Bumblebee)
• Meister (Jazz)
• Ratchet
• Alert (Red Alert)
• Ligier (Mirage)
• Megatron
• Starscream
• Shockwave
• Skywarp
• Thundercracker
• Soundweave

TF Kreon Microchangers

• Skyfire
• Trailbreaker
• Sunstreaker
• Seaspray
• Highbrow
• Gears
• Wheelie
• Wingspan
• Skalor
• Mindwipe
• Misfire
• Trypticon

Transformers Figure Collection

A Gacha line similar to the Decoy figures.

• Convoy (Optimus Prime)
• Bumble (Bumblebee)
• Meister (Jazz)
• Wheeljack
• Ironhide
• Lambor
• Perceptor
• Ligier (Mirage)

External links

Gashapon at Wikipedia