Welcome to my Anime UFO Plush showroom!

So, in the last few years I've been collecting a lot of UFO anime plushes from Japan.

For those who are new in the subject, UFO machine prizes are a big hit there. Today, you can find a lot of different types of prizes from plushes to candies and action figures. Here's a short video of two guys winning some Dragon Quest plushes:

The UFO term comes from the appearance and movements from the claw or crane within the machine

The 90s and first years of the New Millenium are commonly known between anime fans as The Golden Age since world famous titles such as Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Evangelion, Ranma 1/2 and One Piece were presented for the first time. You can be sure about the impact of those series when looking at the big amount of remakes today, right?

Then, UFO plushes started as a very interesting form of collecting merchandise related to those famous series. There was a big challenge for UFO players "hunting" these items since one set consisted on four or more different characters from the same series. Today is very difficult to find complete sets so the collector (my) challenge is to find piece by piece until each set is completed!

Yes, the also "Golden Age" from eBay is long gone since some 5 or 7 years ago when you could find this sets in affordable prices. Even japanese sites like Yahoo! Japan has complete plush sets from time to time, making the search a real adventure...

Why collect plushes and not action figures like everyone else? They are more detailed and character-alike! (and easier to gather in boxes...)

Well, I really like the chibi form from this characters. Also, they are made in almost the same size and appearance which makes them look like being made from the same company, which is not the case, and that doesn't happen with plastic action figures which have more an individual appeal, as I see it.

Ok, ok. So, are you selling your plushes using this blog?

 

Not for the moment. My objective is to show these amazing collectibles from the past and present in order to get new collectors interested in this kind of vintage merchandise since I haven't found any other site like this blog pretends to be.

So, welcome again. I'm sure you'll find something interesting to remember and maybe to start collecting your own!!

This is one part of my entire collection. This will be fun, indeed.