Bandai Launches Collectibles World Tour

Japanese toy company Bandai Co. has launched a worldwide, 10-city tour of figure display events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its Tamashii Nations brand of collectible figures.

April 6, 2018

Event will highlight a host of collectible figures from “Dragon Ball,” “Naruto,” “Sailor Moon” and more.

The event centers around new products from the “Dragon Ball” series as well as the Meisho Movie/Manga Realization action figure series of

Star Wars

and Marvel characters.

The tour will also feature anime characters from “Naruto” and “Sailor Moon” as well as figures from the WWE franchise and Godzilla series.

Other interactive activities include a “touch and try” corner, which will allow consumers to interact with the actual products, as well as a host of photo opportunities.

Additionally, nine commemorative products have made their world debut at the event.

The tour kicked off last December in Sao Paolo, Brazil, followed by a stop in Hong Kong last February. The tour will also be featured in New York’s Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in April, and Mexico in June before heading to additional events in

China, Taiwan, France, Spain and Italy. The tour will conclude in Tokyo this November at Tamashii Nation 2017.