Gachapon machines continue to be a mainstay of Japanese toy culture. For some 40 years, the little plastic balls have distributed everything from tiny plastic toys to pins to keshi gomu figures, and a lot more in between.
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| Modern gachapon machine |
Of course you need to know what you're putting your money down for, and that's where backing board displays come in. Known as "gachapon daishi" (
ガチャポン台紙) or just daishi for short, they give you a preview of what you might get with a turn of the wheel.
Collecting daishi is an established part of the gachapon collecting scene, though they aren't nearly as easy to find as the toys. Personally, I think they make a great complement to a set of figures, especially if you have the space to display them all together.
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