SHOKUGAN, Japanese Small Toys that Come With Foods

"Shokugan"  is an abbreviation of a Japanese expression for "Food Toys". It originally refers to inexpensive, yet high-quality toys packaged with a small snack and sold in the supermarket's snack section. Like the toys that come with McDonald's Happy Meals, the toys are made to appeal to young children. Popular shokugan series among children are those with figures of hero and heroine characters which appear in manga, anime, or games, such as Gundam, Kamen Rider, Demon Slayer and etc.,

The trend was initially popularized by the well-known "Running Man" Glico, as it proved profitable. Gradually, other companies, like Bandai began to develop their own Shokugan series. After 30 more years of development, the toy has become the main product rather than the food.

Collaboration series with popular animation, manga, or games usually sell the best.  Usually, there can have more than 10 toys in one complete set. If there are one or two toys left to complete the whole set, then there's no way but to continue buying. So one quick suggestion to Shokugan collectors is that you may purchase the whole set rather than buying one or two. After all, relying on single draws is only suitable for the extremely lucky...

However, with that being said, Shokugan are just boxes containing only a few chocolates or lemonade candies, the prices of which are usually inexpensive. But, don't forget to take a look at the shelf life marked on the package if you are to buy the ones that were released in the previous year or even earlier. Just keep the toys and do not eat the snacks.

Shokugan earned the admiration of people for many reasons. But the best part is its great variety and inexpensive price. Ranging from popular animation characters, animals, dinosaurs to mini-vehicles or even robots. You can easily get what you like with a small change.

If you want to become a Shokugan collector, you can start using Doorzo today. Like Gacha games, keep spending money seems to be the only way since each pull you make would cost a price. But, there's a shortcut for you to get a whole set. And the answer is to purchase a set from online sellers. You might lose some excitement unveiling the toy you've wanted, but this way is the fastest and most efficient way to get them.