Once you arrive, the group is tasked with collecting gems via participating in various carnival games. Each game earns you a gem, which you trade in after completing all four events in exchange for a bag of goodies. In addition, successfully completing 2 of the activities earns you an extra prize from a wheel spin, which includes posters, pins, and even Brawl Star themed floafers.

The four games played were:

Piper’s Pie Shop – Choose a cupcake flavor on a spinning wheel and try to land on it. This booth also hands out cupcakes and feastables as additional goodies

Dynamikes’s Mine – Light the fuse on some dynamite to trigger an explosion

Frank’s Hammer Drop – Test your might with this classic high striker

Frontier World Round Up – Two chances to hit on the ring toss

The activation ran about 30 minutes and provided a nice quirky, slightly twisted immersive experience.

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Tamashii Nations (Booth 3329)

The Tamashii Nations booth offers a variety of statues and figures across various anime and film IPs, including general release items and exclusive figures. This year’s exclusives include S.H.Figuarts Beast Son Gohan, S.H.Figuarts Great Demon King Piccolo, and S.H.Figuarts Great Ape Vegeta.

In previous years, you would need to get tickets from the offsite to purchase the exclusives; however, this year the Dragon Ball exclusives require a reservation through the SDCC exclusives portal. Along with the sale items, the booth typically features displays of all the latest lines and reveals of upcoming releases.

Tamagotchi/Godzilla (Booth 3345)

Just across the way from the Tamashii Nations booth lies the Tamagotchi/Godzilla booth with even more of Bandai’s offerings.

Attendees will be able to shop all new releases debuting at the show, such as Tamagotchi Connection – Fall Collection, Jurassic World Rebirth Tamagotchi Nano, Tamagotchi Collectibles Hobby Time, Tamashii Nations Chogokin, Tamagotchi Paradise, and various lifestyle items. The S.H.MonsterArts GODZILLA (2023) figure will also be available, with no reservations needed.

Alongside the merchandise will be Tamagotchi Lab Tama, playable devices, Tamagotchi Plaza Nintendo Switch demo, Gashapon machines, and mascot appearances.

Godzilla Posters

Godzilla also celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The booth will be decorated as an abandoned kaiju fallout shelter and will feature displays and photo ops. Also available will be a limited-edition gift with purchase poster illustrated by IDW Godzilla writer/artist Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Revival, and Nightwing).

There are 2 versions of the exclusive poster:

Standard Variant – Available with the purchase of the limited Godzilla Minus One Special Gold Edition Figure (while supplies last).

Gold Print Variant – An ultra-premium version with metallic gold print treatment, free (100 available) with a minimum purchase of $175 (while supplies last).

Gundam (Booth 3829)

Finally, a few rows over is the Gundam booth, decked out with a theme celebrating Gundam Wing’s 30th anniversary. The booth will feature Gundam Wing-centric deco, a Wing Zero statue, displays, and various Gundam-related merchandise for sale.

Be sure to check out Bandai’s offerings if you are heading down to SDCC.

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