Welcome to my online gallery of my favorite Japanese collectibles - UFO Catcher Toys. I've been collecting these plushes, keychains and assorted other toys since around 1997, and over the last few years, I've amassed quite a collection - perhaps around 1500 items? I started this web site in 1999 to help other collectors see what is out there, which is always helpful when you're trying to collect rare items. This site is a gallery featuring my personal collection. Please remember that the toys on this site are NOT FOR SALE.
What's New:
Update 6/30/2002 - I'm going out to Las Vegas tomorrow, so I wanted to put something new up here before I left. I'll start with an announcement. Hatsuko at www.ufocatcher.com approached me about displaying images created for her site here. If you've visited her site, (and I'm sure you have) you know its full of professional quality images of catcher toys that are for sale. But the images are removed once the toys have been sold. Integrating some of those images here is something that will ultimately be of great benefit to collectors, since this site will no longer be limited to my personal collection. The first of these images are here now, on the Mini Moni page. Other new updates/additions include Virtua Fighter Kids, Atelier Marie, Azumanga Daioh, Kirby, Kimba the White Lion and One Piece.
Update 5/11/2002 - Bunch of small updates. 42 in all. 17 pics added to Sailor Moon. Finally added the last Mini Moni plush. Added a new Super DX Gromit to the Wallace & Gromit page. There are new pages for Gamera and Astro Boy. New plush sets were added to the One Piece and Inu Yasha pages.
Update 4/13/2002 - Very quick, very small update. I heard that some people might be stopping by to see my THE DOG page, so I added pictures of the big 12" plushes. The intro image (right over to the left) shows the difference in scale between the 4" and the 12" Welsh Corgi plushes. Wow!
Update 4/7/2002 - Quick update of stuff I worked on yesterday. New pages include Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Gakuen Senki Muryou, World Masterpiece Theatre, PaRappa the Rappa and Saiyuki. Updated pages include THE DOG and Doremi.
Click here to go to the Index Page. From there, you can choose the series you'd like to view.
The text and digital images are the copyright of the webmaster, aka kane@kanegon.com, who freely admits he spends way too much time thinking about toys. The toys displayed here are © Banpresto, Sega Japan, Takara, Ti Tokyo and San-X. The site is not endorsed or affiliated with any catcher toy manufacturer or store. It exists as an information site for hobbyists and fans of Japanese pop culture. Cheers.