Bandai’s Gashapon division is releasing the Star Wars Blister Charm Collection 2 (STAR WARS ブリスターチャームコレクション2) in the third week of April 2026. Each capsule costs 500 yen (appx. $3.30). It’s a sequel to the first wave, which gave us Darth Vader and an Imperial Stormtrooper, and this time the lineup leans toward the good guys.
The Star Wars Blister Charm Collection 2 is a capsule toy series made by Bandai’s Gashapon division. It is scheduled for release in Japan in the third week of April 2026 at 500 yen (appx. $3.30) per pull. The set has five charms, each about 5 cm (appx. 2 in) tall, with a ball chain.
A Cardback Shrunk to Pocket Size
The joke here is scale. Bandai has taken the format of the late-1970s American carded figure, a printed cardback with a plastic bubble glued on top, and reduced the whole thing to roughly 5 cm. The bubble isn’t a flat decal. It’s an actual raised blister with a tiny figure seated inside, which is the detail I keep coming back to.
Five Characters, Chosen With Intent
The roster is Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO and Yoda. That’s essentially the Rebel half of the original trilogy, and it pairs neatly with wave one’s Imperial lineup. Hang Vader and Leia on the same bag strap and the story writes itself. I like that Bandai treated the two waves as opposing sides rather than a random grab bag.
Paint and Print at 5 cm
At this size, the cardback print does most of the storytelling. Each card carries its own character portrait, and the color blocking reads clearly even from arm’s length. The droids are the real test. R2-D2’s blue panels and C-3PO’s gold plating have to stay crisp on a figure smaller than a fingertip, and from the promo shots, the separation looks clean. Leia’s white gown is a quieter challenge, since white plastic shows every flaw.
How It Stacks Up Against the Originals
The obvious benchmark is Hasbro’s Vintage Collection, which has spent years reproducing those Kenner-style cardbacks at full size with real care for typography and card stock. Bandai can’t match that depth at 2 inches. What it matches is the silhouette: the card’s proportions and the bubble’s placement are faithful. Yoda is the clever pick. He never had a 1978 card, so seeing him in that format feels like a small alternate history.
The Collector’s Survival Guide: How to Justify This
The Collector Math: Han Solo flew into an asteroid field at 3,720 to 1, and everybody calls him a hero. There are five charms in this machine, so my odds of pulling Princess Leia are 1 in 5, at 500 yen a pull. Go ahead, tell me the odds.
How to tell your wife: Yoda said, ‘Do or do not, there is no try,’ and every gashapon pull is literally a 500-yen try. There are five charms, so stopping at one would disrespect a 900-year-old Jedi Master. So I didn’t try; I did.
How to tell your parents: Mom, you always wanted me to learn a second language. C-3PO is fluent in over six million forms of communication, and Bandai puts him in a capsule for 500 yen. That’s about 83 yen per million languages.
How to tell your kids: This is Yoda, and he lifted an entire X-wing out of a swamp without touching it. Touch his blister, and your tablet floats to the top shelf the same way. He’s five centimeters tall, but size matters not.
This is a set that rewards owning both waves, because Leia looks a little lonely without a Vader card swinging next to her. For 500 yen, Bandai has made a love letter to the cardboard era that fits in a coin purse, and I think that’s exactly the right size for nostalgia.
🟢 Product Specifications 🟢
✅ Product Name: Star Wars Blister Charm Collection 2 (STAR WARS ブリスターチャームコレクション2)
✅ Manufacturer: Bandai Gashapon
✅ IP: Star Wars
✅ Lineup: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Yoda
✅ Size: Approx. 5 cm (appx. 2 in)
✅ Accessory: Ball chain
✅ Price: 500 yen (appx. $3.30) per capsule
✅ Release: Third week of April 2026 (Japan)
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