Here's one of the first gacha collections by Tomy. A Sonic Mini Figures collection.
With the figures, you can get Metal Sonic, Super Sonic, Werehog, Knuckles, Sonic & Shadow. The figures can't be posed, but they are sort of rubbery plastic. Each figure is about 3 inches high. (meaning that the cars are larger than the Jazwares micro cars, but the figures are smaller than the 3.75 inch line.
Poto by ReaLogan
Poto by ReaLogan
Photo by KatAndSilver
As you'll notice with these close up shots, not all of the figures are painted exactly right. Super Sonic's buckles are not gold, Werehog is missing his shoe stripe (it's there, it's just not painted), Metal Sonic's steel areas are gray instead of silver-tone, and Shadow is missing a lot of the red he should have on his arms, glove cuffs and shoes. This is kind of typical to gacha items, they're small and cheap, so don't always have the best paint jobs. You can remedy this if it bothers you by painting in the details carefully at home.
These have been seen at: USA Target stores - $5 each
Australia at GAME stores - $5 each
Europe- Has been seen in the Netherlands in a gacha machine for 2 euro each
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This is a folded pamphlet for the Buildable Figures. It likely comes inside the ball, as an ad for you to see what else there is to collect. These types of pamphlets are typical among blindpacked items, so you know who you're missing without looking at a display.
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When it says "buildable figures" it means it. Each figure comes in about 4 parts and you have to snap it together. The long peg goes into the head, and the arms have bumps that fit into holes on the torso. This helps the figure fit into the ball, as seen at right.
When you see these in stores, it'll most likely look just like this. This is a gashapon ball dispensing box. It was seen at Target stores in the USA in fall 2011. Each ball should be priced at 3.99 Photo & info by:
The balls have a shrink-plastic band around them with the logo that needs to be removed before the ball can be opened.
Photo by SonicTheMainMain 
With these turn-arounds, you can see the sculpting is pretty good. The bottoms of most of the characters' shoes are detailed well, & you can see Metal Sonic's finger joints/textures. The paint needs help in areas (Sonic's mis matched eyes, faded ear, dropped details on shoes etc) but that's nothing one can't fix at home. The bottom of each shoe has the copyright info. At the right, you can see how thesecompare to the F4F / Jazwares 2 inch line collector classic pack release. Ironically, the 6-pack has better paint, arguably equal enough sculpting...and costs LESS per figure! Also, no risk of duplicates. It's very odd how it worked out. All turn arounds & compare shot in this section provided by: SonicToast
