Japanese novelties - New for 2022 (various companies)

[Halichoeres]

Kawada, the company that makes Nanoblock kits, is releasing four new ones this July:


Mosasaurus


Spinosaurus


Triceratops


Tyrannosaurus

Available from HobbyLink or through Brett

[Halichoeres]

Another item of potential interest: this transparent plastic 3d puzzle from Beverly Enterprises (they seem to mostly do pop culture products like Pokemon). In green and orange:

[Psittacoraptor]

Don't know if this fits here, there's no 2022 thread for this company. Favorite Co has announced a new Parasaurolophus vinyl model, available this month:



https://f-favorite.net/products/fd-327

[Halichoeres]

@Psittacoraptor I intended this thread for the sort of oddball or one-off products that don't warrant their own thread, but we could include the Favorite vinyl models too. I will say that I think most people would expect Favorite Co. to have their own thread, as they have had a dedicated thread in most recent years. If you'd like to start the thread, please feel free, but if you don't want to maintain it (some years Favorite has lots of releases), I'd be happy to do it instead.

[Halichoeres]

If you've ever wanted a dinosaur in a camping chair drinking coffee, here's your chance.

[Halichoeres]

From a company that I think is called Mochiri, a set of squishy plush Cambrian (mostly) animals:


ammonite
Anomalocaris
eurypterid
Hallucigenia
Opabinia
trilobite

[Faelrin]

While I have a bunch of the wonderfully made Paleozoic Pals, and that wonderful Opabinia you got for me, these do tickle my fancy too. Seems like the only new Paleozoic stuff this year so far too, other then the Mattel Lystrosaurus and Dimetrodon, and the CollectA Cooperoceras. Better luck next year I hope.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, so far this year is shaping up to be the most Cretaceous-biased year since I started collecting, and the whole hobby was already pretty Cretaceous-biased. The almost 300 million years of the Paleozoic get almost nothing. It would hurt more if I weren't still going through all my Oumcraft miniatures, which represent more Paleozoic genera than the entire toy industry has in its entire history. I'm enjoying the hell out of those.

[Halichoeres]

Yell is following up their "Modeling Dinosaur" gashapon set from last year with "Modeling Dinosaur II." The punchline? It's the same exact 8 figures, just with new paint jobs.

[Halichoeres]

Some little guys from Bandai:

Brachiosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Stegosaurus
Carnotaurus
Spinosaurus

[CarnotaurusKing]

Some little guys from Bandai:

PNSO, eat your heart out 

[brettnj]

I'm sorry but they are funny...

[Halichoeres]

This Mosasaurus 3d puzzle is stylized but genuinely well done. I was not previously familiar with MegaHouse.

[Faelrin]

Wow that's a really nice puzzle, and a nice mosasaur too (although stylized). I wonder if this was just a one off or if they did more things of things of this nature? Almost reminds me of Mattel's STEM T. rex that released back in 2018.

[Halichoeres]

Wow that's a really nice puzzle, and a nice mosasaur too (although stylized). I wonder if this was just a one off or if they did more things of things of this nature? Almost reminds me of Mattel's STEM T. rex that released back in 2018.

I looked around and they have made some similar puzzles of food animals, including a pig, a cow, a chicken, a sheep, and my personal favorite, a tuna: https://www.amazon.com/Megahouse-Tuna-demolition-puzzle-Japan/dp/B076Q8THPF

Also new, this very meta capsule toy:

[JimoAi]

Wow that's a really nice puzzle, and a nice mosasaur too (although stylized). I wonder if this was just a one off or if they did more things of things of this nature? Almost reminds me of Mattel's STEM T. rex that released back in 2018.

I looked around and they have made some similar puzzles of food animals, including a pig, a cow, a chicken, a sheep, and my personal favorite, a tuna: https://www.amazon.com/Megahouse-Tuna-demolition-puzzle-Japan/dp/B076Q8THPF

Also new, this very meta capsule toy:

I own said tuna and I can confirm. They are high quality but the pieces fall apart easily

[Faelrin]

@Halichoeres Oh that Tuna one looks great. Love that it comes with a cutting board too lol.

I like that mini Gacha machine. Very neat idea. The image on it is also the Takara Tomy figures right? Just can't remember which year.

[Halichoeres]

I like that mini Gacha machine. Very neat idea. The image on it is also the Takara Tomy figures right? Just can't remember which year.

Correct!

Little plush capsule toys:

[Halichoeres]

I think these dinosaur skeletons by Bandai are a re-release:

[Totoro]

These are awesome, thanks for hunting and sharing these, @Halichoeres!  Why do I want those plushy Cambrian invertebrates so badly?!  Is anyone finding a place to buy those?

Looks like a couple other 3D anatomy puzzles are available on ebay:

T rex
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284907379085?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110002%26algo%3DSPLICE.SOI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111451%26meid%3D489fe213bb3049f88094e854efa74823%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D284907379079%26itm%3D284907379085%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DPromotedSellersOtherItemsV2WithMLRv3&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219&amdata=cksum%3A284907379085489fe213bb3049f88094e854efa74823%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABALB59iZaq6L1SxCGLGoiBqHdpPz8nqKyKuGL1QIa0H%252B4DCaR9tvdx53pz24OxbEM%252BUQCEmLPz%252FfTDYBh%252BtlUAAzfLIkfArdRQozNsUU4pmQcZKc9SWPvVxcnJFZ7q45K9MMw5blqBPXX7KLtDWX5ttm5VJhwiJoyzbWShIr6TLFXNA4Oz%252FmYXAw36tsEX8Znv17%252BwBIwBcX1BeqtZKXvMFRYPd5NwkGKjnT39mssE8ricWclXqXh04mCX7KVNpiuQ40zI56MAVdvx9T3CSf8iosGU%252B%252FXOq3RuLe9kZ8KbgS8YyKRlrJ2qNuOhLjkr5rBWJNzzyO5ejmTFTHmezQ1mEo%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675

Triceratops
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284907379092?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D240678%26meid%3Df1c60e864c9343ec901f5661cf69080e%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D284907379079%26itm%3D284907379092%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseWebMskuAspectsV202110NoVariantSeedKnnRecallV1WithNode2Vec&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A284907379092f1c60e864c9343ec901f5661cf69080e%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABIFVvFeUTQhL4KP79koL%252B4Ydgokeb2CQrAyC%252BOwbdpQetV2qAC7C3Vu0XLY04JD2l71qihjhRi6NHnF8%252BhgXS2aYrSe2gbn68aOiuHVBnxF63iNxucxB0plcbILDRfpglFeFKlvP%252B7O8vEDeNQJmiUZ%252Beu8qAO7MOLya0BSbGrzH4dH1D%252BjbYu1TpMpFczs1Gpaxg861NuDWvij0MVB6ejNtZBJJd7srsFLRmMomURZ4%252BBTx1NVEUb6Id%252FuxxQAOlD2ZZ2mHIh9USp%252BNPx13iSG9e4lwnhx8cltYTNUk6LgLipibHQR5007rKjeNgPw8x3H8FVlJd2bpDn%252FetLJWBDKKzblDr1TzikUyVLcc7zNorC6usLvLvgvhKXB10fhzewA%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675

Sorry for the crazy long links.  There's gotta be a better way to post those of which I am regrettably unaware.