Bleach Merchandise

[keelerleah]

Being a very popular series Bleach has produced a lot of interesting merchandise. From figures, to key chains, trading cards, t-shirts, to even dishes. There are plenty of items for fans to collect.

Here's a quick sample:
Some of Megahouse's and Alpha x Omega's Bleach figures:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m220/keelerleah/drowranger1317947565_zps884f6b96.jpg

So lets use this thread to post updates, news, and photos of our collections and of other related Bleach merchandise.

[taydev]

Thanks for opening this thread. :D

[igge]

Let me see...

Volume 53 was finally in print, so it should arrive this week. Ordering 58 now, which makes me up do date as far as the manga-volumes go.
I have some other stuff too:
Resurrected Souls 4 & 5
Masked
Unmasked
Letters from the other side
The honey dish rhapsody
Chibi 4-koma
Spirits are forever with you 1 & 2
The death save the strawberry
2012 calendar (the one drawn by Kubo, with Ichigo removing his mask on the front)
2013 calendar (the three-really-big-posters one) Still rolled up, I don't know where to put them.:o

I think it's time for me to start collecting figures now.

[AmiciaRai]

Thanks for opening this thread! xD

I am about a third way into collecting all the volumes, hopefully I will have them all by the end of the year! :cool:

I would really love to have a few figures as well, but I'm wondering whether I should order the older figure releases or wait for new ones? Hmmm, but if there is no anime currently running then maybe they aren't thinking of making new figures. :/

[Alecko]

One of my reasons for originally joining this forum was to post about my collection but I never got round to it. Time to rectify that!

I collect Rukia and Toushiro, seeing as they're my favourite characters in Bleach. Because they have so much, I try to be picky and just buy items that I like instead of trying to get everything! In particular, I like clearfiles, cards with unique art and I love production artwork. Some of my favourite items in my collection are my settei and production sketches. :) Most of it is tucked away in folders but I do have a small setup on my shelves.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/Hkrow/9463060_orig_zpsa2a35edb.jpg

My newest box from Japan contained some of my most wanted items; settei of Rukia and Toushiro from after the timeskip. :) They came in a gigantic lot of settei/(photocopied) storyboard from episode 361.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/Hkrow/63a69576-11e9-4762-b4e9-e40eeeeb64b8_zps9070f5f8.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/Hkrow/f92d530a-fc06-49d9-a6dd-2b541a56311f_zps0a75270c.jpg

[igge]

Ooo, looking good. :cool: Where did you get those from?

[Azley]

Those are great, Keelerleah! (and very well photographed I might add)

I don't have a lot merchandise but I love my Soi-Fon stinger (sadly without chain but at least fully metal and of good quality).


http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/417/stingi.png

... and yes, I've cut my finger lmao

[keelerleah]

Wow, Alecko you have a very impressive collection!
I always love seeing peoples collections, especially when it's centered around one or two characters.

Azley, wow, that Soi fon stinger looks lovely (so shiny).^^

Well here finally are some quick shots of my Byakuya collection.
I'm actually trying to complete an entire Byakuya merchandise collection... but I still have yet to hunt down some very hard to find items (Am I crazy for trying this?? Probably).

What you see below has taken me years to collect. For now, it's displayed in one of my 4 shelved glass cabinets but after I move (this summer) I want to do a fancier less cluttered display. <3

Oh, and yes those are official Byakuya sunglasses on the 2nd shelf. ^^


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m220/keelerleah/byacollection_zpsb56ced82.jpg:original
My Bya figures and some framed stuff:

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m220/keelerleah/byafigures_zps1672ba3c.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m220/keelerleah/drowranger1360714808_zpsb78a8e94.jpg


I'm still expecting some more orders from my proxy so I'll update this post (with better pics) then at a later time.
I'll post all my Bya posters/cards/blankets/pillows etc. when I do my final collection posting as well. ^^

[taydev]

Amazing collections! :D

Keelerleah, I'm so sorry to bother you about this, but remember when you explained to me about getting the Bleach calendars that I couldn't acquire over at Amazon Japan? You were saying something about going through Yahoo and getting a "middle man" (I forgot the name). Well, I bookmarked that page of the thread, but of course BA went down so I lost it. If you don't mind explaining again, I'll save the directions somewhere else for when I'm ready to more hunting for Bleach merchandise....

You're help may also be beneficial to other collectors. :)

[keelerleah]

Alright I'll try explaining it again.
There are a lot of Proxies/shopping services out there and all have different rules and ways of using them, so I'll use the one I'm currently using as a general explanation as to how they work.

I'm currently using FromJapan:http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/ and from my personal experience they seem to be the cheapest, so I'll explain how to buy something using them.

It basically goes like this:

-Sign up-->
-Add a deposit (200 yen (their commission fee) + item cost+ 5% handling fee) Note: if you loose the auction you can use the deposit for something else or simply return it to your paypal account-->
-Bid on the item using their site-->
-If you win, you get an invoice (email) for the item + above fees -->
-Wait until the item arrives at their warehouse in Japan (they send an email when it arrives) -->
-Request shipping-->
-They send a second invoice that contains the shipping cost from their warehouse to your house+ shipping from original seller to their warehouse+ bank deposit fee (it's about 160 ish yen) +5% (this is the paypal fees I believe).-->
-They then ship the items to your house.

With From japan they let you combine multiple items (auctions) for up to 30 days of the first item arriving to their warehouse. I would caution that you don't add to many items together at once, as each item raises the cost of the 2nd invoice fee... and you don't know how much that 2nd invoice is, until you request shipping and they send the invoice.

Smaller items will of course be cheaper to ship, so be aware that larger items will increase the price a fair amount.

I've personally bought a number of items on other Japanese sites as well as yahoo japan. Mbok http://www.mbok.jp/ , Rakuten http://www.rakuten.co.jp/ and suruga-ya http://www.suruga-ya.jp/ are some good places to find things too.

Shopping services also can buy things directly from Japanese stores (compared to just auction sites). The Byakuya glasses I found were bought right from the manufactures store. There is a separate ordering menu on From japan for items like that. You just fill it out, they send an invoice for the item cost +fees and then after you pay it, they put an order in. The item arrives just the same as an auction and you can combine it with your other items.

Hope that helped a bit.
But if you have more questions, just take a look at the proxy sites information. All these things are explained on the site.

[Flare-Flare]

I use this person to get my goods: http://japanauction.byethost11.com/?page_id=24 as well as friends.^^ It's pretty cheap, fast, and I can change my order at any time. :)


I have a shrine to my favorite characters as well. XDD This isn't all my stuff though. Not even CLOSE. I'll take inventory again one of these days.^^

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j112/Flarie_Hanami/1.jpg:original
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j112/Flarie_Hanami/2.jpg:original

[taydev]

I can't thank you enough, keelerleah! "Proxy" was the word I was looking for. This is very helpful for those of us who collect, and many items are hard to find, or cannot be purchased, via sites like Amazon Japan etc.

Awesome collection, Flare-flare.

[keelerleah]

Wow, Flare-Flare that is a very impressive collection!! (especially since you mentioned that everything you have isn't in the photos). You're lucky too, to have friends that can get things for you as well. There are a few items on yahoo japan sold by sellers that don't allow shopping services to buy from them... it makes it very frustrating when it's a hard to find item one can't find anywhere else and the seller just doesn't want to sell to you knowing that the item is going overseas. :(

taydev, I was happy to help. :)

[Alecko]

Ooo, looking good. :cool: Where did you get those from?
Not certain if you were replying to me or not. xD Most of mine comes from Yahoo Japan.

Azley; I know there are plenty of replica Zanpakuto's around but they always seem to be plain swords. That's a very unique piece of merchandise.

keelerleah, your Byakuya collection is fantastic! I see on the top shelf you've got the pink bracelet that also came in Ichigo/Toushiro versions. Can I ask where you got that from?

Flare-flare, what happens when you want to read some of your manga? :D Nice collection!

[Flare-Flare]

Wow, Flare-Flare that is a very impressive collection!! (especially since you mentioned that everything you have isn't in the photos). You're lucky too, to have friends that can get things for you as well. There are a few items on yahoo japan sold by sellers that don't allow shopping services to buy from them... it makes it very frustrating when it's a hard to find item one can't find anywhere else and the seller just doesn't want to sell to you knowing that the item is going overseas. :(



Thank you so much.^^ I actually had the same exact problem with a shopping proxy once too. I tried to buy some doujinshi from yahoo japan auction as well and my proxy told me they were denied sale even though they won the auction. :( I can understand why doujinshi sellers don't like shipping to foreigners though. (Foreigners have gotten really bad at uploading books to the Internet against the artist's permission. :mad:)




Flare-flare, what happens when you want to read some of your manga? :D Nice collection!

Thank you and that's a very good question. And the answer is..... I have to dismantle EVERYTHING. http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/i/m/imhappyplz.gif I end up knocking things over here and there in the process.

However, storing stuff around and on top of my manga hasn't really been much of a problem for me since I have have all of the Bleach manga on my computer too. (I make sure to save the latest chapter every week.^^) My real problem with storing stuff around my manga is that I am running out of room to add new volumes. :( At some point, I will have to remove some stuff to make room for more manga.

[keelerleah]

keelerleah, your Byakuya collection is fantastic! I see on the top shelf you've got the pink bracelet that also came in Ichigo/Toushiro versions. Can I ask where you got that from?

Thanks! ^^
I actually found the bracelet on yahoo japan (for about half the manufactures price). It just randomly showed up but I unfortunately haven't seen any more since. But I did look on the manufactures site: http://xship.jp/products/list.php?category_id=9&PHPSESSID=719731a9135bf3ee1463c728e941e4b1 and you can still get them there (you'd need a proxy to buy it though) and as you can see they are rather pricey. ^^;

[Azley]

Azley; I know there are plenty of replica Zanpakuto's around but they always seem to be plain swords. That's a very unique piece of merchandise.

Well it is even though it's "Made in China" 8Nothing against China but you know what I mean). I doubt that it's official (they even got Sois name wrong on the box & used a fanart) but as long as the product is of such a good quality I don't care. I'm just glad I was so lucky to get it (wasn't even expensive).

[Alecko]

Thanks! ^^
I actually found the bracelet on yahoo japan (for about half the manufactures price). It just randomly showed up but I unfortunately haven't seen any more since. But I did look on the manufactures site: http://xship.jp/products/list.php?category_id=9&PHPSESSID=719731a9135bf3ee1463c728e941e4b1 and you can still get them there (you'd need a proxy to buy it though) and as you can see they are rather pricey. ^^;

Wow. They're pretty, but not for that price. xD I guess I'll keep an eye on Yahoo Japan and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the link, though!

Anyway, because of the price of my last box I banned myself from buying anything for Feb/March. That's all gone now so I've just spent ages going through my bookmarks and seeing what's listed on Y!J. Nothing absolutely amazing but there's a fair amount of items that I've looked at before that I'm tempted before. Just got to remind myself to be good....

[kidou_caster]

Awesome collections, guys. Thanks for sharing them.

@Flare-Flare looking forward to seeing the rest of your stuff.

@keelerleah your Byakuya collection is hands down the best that I have ever seen. is there any figure that you still don't have?

[PedroJose]

Sucks being away from home since I would love to show pictures of my mech

What I have is
Replica of Zangetsu, New Bankai Tensa Zangetsu, Kenpachi's blade, and Senbonzakura.
Wooden Replica of Zangetsu and Tensa Zangetsu
I like swords....I have a problem

Really Old Bleach playing cards.

A few posters

Custom made shirts of Ichigo's such as Nice Vibe, Speaking is not communicating, etc

Ichigo's first form vizard mask, and second form.

Substitue shinigami badge

Rescue Rukia arc mangas

Bleach Movies on Blu Ray

That's about it.......

[Kid-chan]

Here is my modest collection which i wish to expand on but being restricted by limited budget atm :p

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/kid4142/DSC_0783_zps8d1e7694.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/kid4142/DSC_0782_zpsc16eb70a.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/kid4142/DSC_0781_zpse1a5dd63.jpg

^ a wooden sword (not a Zan replica, but is put there nonetheless cuz well, it's a sword xD), Shonen Jump issues that have chapters 459, 460 (Death and Strawberry 2, Death Berry Returns 2), and 480 (The Thousand Year Blood War). The rest should be clear enough to see :p.

[lenalina]

Nice, Kid-chan! I regret not buying this calendar, it's beautiful.

Everyone must have seen it, but I'm glad that there will be an Ichigo on the J Stars collection:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2173/wcfpage.jpg

It will be great if they put Rukia or another character too.

[Ryoma]

I'm ashamed to say I don't own any Bleach merchandise, but I plan on collecting volumes of manga once it's finished. I also plan on getting a cosplay of one of the Soul Reaper Captains, which one I'm unsure of.

[Alecko]

Had a box from my deputy service show up today! I sold some things and decided to use the money on buying a chunk of items I'd been looking at on Yahoo Japan.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030161_zps19d8e590.jpg

Close ups.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030155_zpse522d694.jpg
Hand towel (was new in package!) and a pencilboard.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030156_zps9cc33d19.jpg
CD pamphlets, mini calendars, postcards, Jump Fest bromides, mirror (seriously...I thought it was some sort of mirror card, but no) and Soul Battle cards

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030158_zpsb57500d5.jpg
The rest of the 2009 calendar. I bought it for the art on the front so opening it up was a really nice surprise.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030159_zpsb85c7352.jpg
Unknown clear card and Soul Battle cards.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w654/aleckocollection/P1030160_zpsa9c12ebb.jpg
2011 (I think) calendar page.


I also spent about three hours completely resorting my folder and took some pictures of each page which can be found here (http://s1334.photobucket.com/user/aleckocollection/media/Collection%20Folder/P1030168_zps545051c1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=23) if anyone is interested. :)

[keelerleah]

Very impressive Alecko!!
I'm expecting a few more packages from my proxy in the next few weeks as well and I'll have to take some more photos as well.

I do usually post monthly loot photos on myfigurecollection. A lot of the items are anime figures (not related to bleach) but I also include any new Byakuya goods that also arrived that month (here's an example: http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/589578 -this was November 2012)

Here's a my 'Loot' folder with other monthly loots all the way back to 2010: http://myfigurecollection.net/profile/drowranger/pictures/&aid=1138

I still want to do a fancy Byakuya collection photo shoot, but I'm still rounding up items I'm missing. Nothing beats the 'hunt' for a rare items to complete one's collection. XD

[Herakles]

I own Volume 55 and 56 in paperback and I also own seasons 1-3 of the anime. But I do plan to buy more volumes and get a Bleach iPhone case.

[Lortastic]

I only have Bleach manga and stuff but here you go:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x5EHKMHxfNU/UZhD-F9b2UI/AAAAAAAAAXg/614KBilxdh0/s576/20130519_130800.jpg

It would be nice to own other commodities of Bleach, like a Zanpaktou for instance :D

[Ichigo Kurosaki]

I only have Bleach manga and stuff but here you go:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x5EHKMHxfNU/UZhD-F9b2UI/AAAAAAAAAXg/614KBilxdh0/s576/20130519_130800.jpg

It would be nice to own other commodities of Bleach, like a Zanpaktou for instance :D Hello, I want to know what is the between the 'Bleach Official Character Book 1' black book and new Bleach volume.

[Snootymatt]

Hello, I want to know what is the between the 'Bleach Official Character Book 1' black book and new Bleach volume.
That's the Japanese version of Bleach Volume 57 (blue tint, Byakuya on the cover)
Well i think so