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Japan's largest toy manufacturer and the parent company of both Banpresto and Tamashii Nations. Holds the official licences for Dragon Ball, One Piece, Gundam and Digimon, covering everything from budget figures to model kits.

Bandai's prize figure division, producing the figures awarded in Japanese arcade crane games. Affordable, widely collected, and released in huge variety across every major anime licence.

Prize figure specialist known for the Noodle Stopper range, which perches characters on the lid of an instant noodle cup, and the Trio-Try-iT line of larger scale figures.

A small Japanese label producing carefully finished scale statues in limited runs, with a focus on classic anime and manga characters.

Creators of Nendoroid, the chibi figures with swappable faces and parts, and Pop Up Parade, a standardised scale line that keeps prices down. Among the most collected figure makers outside Japan.

Best known for the ArtFX statue range and for detailed plastic model kits, spanning anime, video game and Western comic licences.

A Bandai subsidiary whose Portrait of Pirates range is regarded as one of the definitive One Piece figure lines, with sculpts aimed at serious collectors.

High-end statues at large scale, produced in limited numbers for display collectors. Sits at the premium end of everything on this page.

Alongside its games, Sega produces prize figures for Japanese arcades, including the Luminasta line and a long-running catalogue of anime scale figures.

Arcade operator and prize figure producer, with a catalogue built around characters from currently airing anime.

Bandai's collector-focused brand, home to S.H.Figuarts articulated action figures and the Figuarts ZERO display range.