I just seen and know these great item on my first ever trip in Japan last Arpil and since then I feel in love going for them mini anime figures. Hope for more gachapon stations in Manila!
Bandai recently opened a gachapon store in my local mall near Dallas Texas. The entire store looks like this. There previously was a small bundle of machines elsewhere in the mall. You could have easily mistook them for the regular coin operated vending machine we all grew up with, only these require you to purchase tokens the size of ¥100 with US money. That’s how the gachapon store operates as well. Japanese machines, so you have to use their tokens.
In a way that's a shame. In Japan these are everywhere, and part of the success is because you can just put your pocket change in there. Then again, with people more and more switching to digital payments, they have less and less change with them.
@@Hans-gb4mv yeah, we don’t really have change anymore, and you pretty much have to buy $10 worth of tokens at a time. The closures on machines elsewhere in the mall takes cash and card, but I think it’s a $5 minimum exchange. Plus it’s also annoying when you compare how much a ¥300-500 toy is when compared to the US dollar. You are paying more at the US, but they also have to pay US rent, US wages, and import the goods, so I guess it evens out. There’s a Daiso nearby, and they leave all the yen pricing, with a conversion chart on every aisle. It’s not accurate with the exchange rate, so you are paying more, but still, US rent, wage, and import, so I have to tell myself it’s ok.
I was addicted to this when I first visited japan (osaka). Each ball costs 300-500 yen. You don't know what you'll get until u pop the ball. Now I have a zoo of dinosaurs and beetles!😅😅😅. Also enjoyed the recycling the capsule balls. Haahaha.
It all depends on what toy it is, for example if I see Godzilla or any media that I love that I can't get ahold of merch due to not enough or too expensive... I'll try for some in these machines.
Acumuladores: Gashapon Se for pra pegar um brinquedinho casual blz. Fazer coleção é doideira, o tanto de brinquedo repetido até conseguir o que quer, aja verba...
I can tell you never had any capsule toy in your childhood, lol. No, they are not garbage for the people who likes them, plus they can make good decorations.
I think mobile gacha games help boost the popularity of gachapon. They make the gacha system more familiar to more people. 😊
I think they're pretty neat
I just seen and know these great item on my first ever trip in Japan last Arpil and since then I feel in love going for them mini anime figures. Hope for more gachapon stations in Manila!
Bandai recently opened a gachapon store in my local mall near Dallas Texas. The entire store looks like this. There previously was a small bundle of machines elsewhere in the mall. You could have easily mistook them for the regular coin operated vending machine we all grew up with, only these require you to purchase tokens the size of ¥100 with US money. That’s how the gachapon store operates as well. Japanese machines, so you have to use their tokens.
In a way that's a shame. In Japan these are everywhere, and part of the success is because you can just put your pocket change in there. Then again, with people more and more switching to digital payments, they have less and less change with them.
@@Hans-gb4mv yeah, we don’t really have change anymore, and you pretty much have to buy $10 worth of tokens at a time. The closures on machines elsewhere in the mall takes cash and card, but I think it’s a $5 minimum exchange.
Plus it’s also annoying when you compare how much a ¥300-500 toy is when compared to the US dollar. You are paying more at the US, but they also have to pay US rent, US wages, and import the goods, so I guess it evens out. There’s a Daiso nearby, and they leave all the yen pricing, with a conversion chart on every aisle. It’s not accurate with the exchange rate, so you are paying more, but still, US rent, wage, and import, so I have to tell myself it’s ok.
I still treasure my set of A6M zero aircarft from a machine in Asakusa during 2017.
Keychains mostly, figures, a few stamp, and pins. It’s a collection. A few you can put as eye drop case or lipstick case.
I was addicted to this when I first visited japan (osaka). Each ball costs 300-500 yen. You don't know what you'll get until u pop the ball. Now I have a zoo of dinosaurs and beetles!😅😅😅. Also enjoyed the recycling the capsule balls. Haahaha.
It all depends on what toy it is, for example if I see Godzilla or any media that I love that I can't get ahold of merch due to not enough or too expensive... I'll try for some in these machines.
Acumuladores: Gashapon
Se for pra pegar um brinquedinho casual blz. Fazer coleção é doideira, o tanto de brinquedo repetido até conseguir o que quer, aja verba...
well, the japanese love to gamble so...😅🤷♀️
Pointless plastic collectible plastic crap. Sorry but these things are the worst and I don't get the appeal.
You do you
these toys are valueless garbage
I can tell you never had any capsule toy in your childhood, lol. No, they are not garbage for the people who likes them, plus they can make good decorations.
@@capscaps04 TRASH INC
@@capscaps04
Yep. One man's trash is another man's treasure. 😀
They are about as valuable as McDonalds Happy Meal toys
Thouse Are so epic my favorite are the anime characters of certain shows
CHOKE
EPIC GARBAGE PILES