Miscellaneous Japanese - New for 2025

[NSD Bashe]

They look similar to some of the Kitan Club set but they might be slightly different it's hard to tell.  I think the green one at least looks a little different

[bmathison1972]

The Access released a set of jellyfish a couple years ago; I just can't remember if it is the same set as this, or if this is new/different.

They are not the same as Kitan Club, etc.

[bmathison1972]

Some kitties out of Japan:

Tarlin Chubby Cat



TC Liquid Cat

[bmathison1972]

AMUFUN Beautiful Coral:




looks like coral, sponges, and maybe a tunicate? I will work on getting species names. If the base color is passable for a given species, I might consider some of these. The translation also says 'clear phosphorescent figure' but not sure if they change colors or glow in the dark?

Maybe @NSD Bashe or @JimoAi can recognize species as well? I'll snoop around in the meantime!

EDIT: The names under the figures are colors. IDs will have to be made on morphologic criteria, and none of these are my specialty (but I'll try lol)

EDIT 2: I think I have names for the second (purple) and third (pink) ones:

2. stove-pipe sponge, Aplysina archeri
3. green birdsnest coral, Seriatopora caliendrum

[bmathison1972]

Hotline Chaotic Stick Octopus:



They appear to be heavily articulated.

[BlueKrono]

Hotline Chaotic Stick Octopus:



They appear to be heavily articulated.

Are these real? They look like low-quality 3D prints that many people could make at home. There's thousands of similar pieces on Etsy.

[bmathison1972]

Hotline Chaotic Stick Octopus:


They appear to be heavily articulated.

Are these real? They look like low-quality 3D prints that many people could make at home. There's thousands of similar pieces on Etsy.

Are they real? Of course they are real. Hotline is a legit Japanese company. Why wouldn't they be real  ? I agree they look like 3D printer generated figures, but perhaps some people would rather buy the finished product that go trough the effort of making them 

[stargatedalek]

Every artisan shop I've seen in the last few years from soaps to woodcutting has had these floppy articulated 3D printed baubles. I'm very confused as to why a large company can't make them in nearly as good a quality. Those step lines are atrocious.

[bmathison1972]

Every artisan shop I've seen in the last few years from soaps to woodcutting has had these floppy articulated 3D printed baubles. I'm very confused as to why a large company can't make them in nearly as good a quality. Those step lines are atrocious.

Hotline is not a 'large company'; it's a relatively small distributor of novelty gashapon toys.

You guys are overthinking this.

[bmathison1972]

Tarlin Cute Spider



Tarlin Shelf Cat Vol. 3

[bmathison1972]

Rainbow Strange Plants of the World:

[bmathison1972]

Stasto Kogi Stroll (not sure what 'Kogi' refers to):

[bmathison1972]

Rainbow Poison Dart Frogs of the World Vol. 1:

[bmathison1972]

If anyone is interested in any of these Japanese novelties, remember to reach out to @brettnj for good prices!!!

Peanuts Club Swaying Dogs Vol. 2

Although depicted hanging from swings, the sculpts of the dogs are actually very nice!




Qualia Not Defeated by the Wind Vol. 3:




Yell Soft Marmot:

[bmathison1972]

Tarlin Cat Walk Vol. 2:

[bmathison1972]

PSL Gray Melon Kai Kai:

[bmathison1972]

Yell Baby Koala:

[Saarlooswolfhound]

Oh man I missed several of these. The spiders, windy pets, and scratching dogs are cute!

[bmathison1972]

Oh man I missed several of these. The spiders, windy pets, and scratching dogs are cute!

Yeah I am particularly fond of the scratching dogs!

[bmathison1972]

F-toys Insect Hunter - Beetle and Stag Beetle 2025:





J. Dream Co. Ltd. Insect Cage Mascot Vol. 8: