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As the question asks are there Gashapon Anime capsule dispensers in your city?

In case anyone went for the third option -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashapon

Three weeks ago I was in a mall in Vancouver (Richmond, B.C. actually) when I came across one of these capsule toy dispensers standing in front of a candy shop. Usually these dispensers have Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh in cosplay, various cheap plastic medalions, rings occasionally Simpsons or DC & Marvel comic characters. On this particular day as I passed I noted that this dispenser had Haurhi Suzumiya capsule figures.

Given my recent spate of Crossover pictures using such trading figures I put some money in the dispenser and turned the handle. and in the capsule was:



Now I didn't have quite enough money to buy more than one so I planned to come back and get another one. However, when I returned a few days later I found a scene worthy of Haruhi: not only was the dispenser gone, so was the candy store. ( well the spot the store had been was still there - but the store had shut down and moved out).

Today I was in a different mall, in Burnaby B.C. visiting an Anime/Manga store and in front of a different store specializing in plushies and Hello Kitty related type stuff was a capsule dispenser with Evangelion capsules. So I bought one:







Now Vancouver has a large Asian population so this may be why these Anime capsules are available here, but I am curious to know if they are available in other parts of the world outside Japan.

So, if you've answered yes to the question, where are you (general area) , what was being offered and did you buy any?

We have some. Several years ago there was a large selection of anime gashapon available like Saint Seiya or Dragon Ball Z (mostly series that have had a larga fan following in France) but lately the only anime related gashapon left are Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Digimon and Hello Kitty.

One of the malls I regularly visit in my area (Northern California) does have them, though I haven't checked it, lately, to see what's in it - I think the last time I checked it, there was only one anime-related series of toys in the machines... if Hello Kitty does have any anime series. ^_^

I haven't checked the other two malls I often visit (such as the one in Sacramento) to see if they have any, though.

Yes, there's a Hello Kitty anime.

Seeing I wasn't clear in my opening post I'm not interested in if you have the toy dispensers where you are, rather I'm interested to hear if you have seen any non-kiddy aimed anime toys in the dispensers - i.e.: based on Haruhi, Evangelion, Lucky Star, Coyboy Bebop, Hellsing, Rurouni Kenshin, Oh My Goddess, Trigun Gundam, etc. (pokemon, digemon, Yu-gi-oh Dragonball, Hello Kitty etc is not )

So so far we have

Makoto in Northern California

Spokavriel in Nevada ( if I recall correctly from your references elsewhere)

Dumbledork - somewhere in Europe?

You got Europe right. Luxembourg to be precise.

"To be precise" a phrase I always associate with Thomson & Thompson (Dupont et Dupond) from The Adventures of Tintin