Not every Sakamoto Days merchandise wave is a figure. Team Entertainment, the Japanese goods company behind a steady stream of original anime merchandise, is launching a Vintage Style line built around newly drawn chibi illustrations of the cast.
This wave is scheduled to go on sale in late December 2026, with pre-orders already open through Team Entertainment's own online shop and a network of goods and hobby stores across Japan.
Goods waves like this one matter for a franchise's collecting culture just as much as figures do, since they are usually the most affordable entry point and the easiest items to actually carry around or use day to day.
Here is exactly what is in the lineup, who it covers, and how to think about protecting flat paper and acrylic goods, a category collectors often overlook.
The lineup spans several distinct item types: acrylic stands, die-cut stickers, acrylic blocks, trading can badges, trading umbrella markers, and trading mini bromides, according to the official announcement.
That is a broad spread for a single goods wave, covering both display-style items like the acrylic stands and blocks, and more portable, usable items like the badges and umbrella markers. Spreading one character's artwork across that many item formats also gives collectors multiple price points to buy into, rather than one single must-have piece per character.
Taro Sakamoto, Shin Asakura, Nagumo, Shishiba, Osaragi, and Natsuki Seba all appear in the newly drawn Vintage Style artwork, a wider cast spread than most figure waves have managed so far for this franchise.
Including Natsuki Seba specifically is notable, since she has had comparatively less dedicated merchandise than the show's more action-oriented cast members up to this point.
Figures get most of the collecting spotlight, but a goods wave like this one is usually what a casual fan buys first, long before committing to a scale figure or an S.H.Figuarts action figure.
That lower barrier to entry also tends to widen a franchise's collecting base, since items in the five to fifteen dollar range reach a much larger audience than a premium figure priced well above that.
Team Entertainment is not a figure manufacturer in the way Bandai Spirits, Kotobukiya, or MegaHouse are; it specializes in original anime goods, trading-style items, and licensed novelty merchandise.
That distinction matters for expectations around quality and scarcity: trading-style goods like can badges and bromides are usually sold in randomized sets, which changes how collectors approach completing a full character set compared with buying a single figure outright.
Pre-orders are currently only confirmed through Team Entertainment's own Japanese storefront and physical goods shops, which means collectors outside Japan will likely need a proxy shipping service or wait for a secondary import retailer to pick up stock.
Given how trading-style goods waves have been handled for other franchises, expect specialty import shops to list individual items at a markup once the initial Japan-only release sells through. Ordering directly rather than waiting for a secondary listing is usually cheaper overall, even after accounting for proxy shipping fees.
Acrylic stands, bromides, and trading cards are easy to damage in ways a figure is not: bent corners, scuffed printed surfaces, and sun-faded ink are all common with flat paper and acrylic goods handled loosely in a bag or drawer.
EVORETRO does not currently carry a dedicated acrylic-standee holder or pin-badge display case, so the honest, closest practical match for the flat paper items in this wave, the bromides and trading cards specifically, is a standard penny sleeve sized for small prints and cards.
A goods company committing to a full six-character wave with this many item types suggests Team Entertainment expects sustained demand, not a one-off capsule release tied to a single anniversary.
Combined with the figure manufacturers already active on this franchise, Sakamoto Days now has a genuinely multi-tier merchandise ecosystem spanning affordable goods through premium scale figures.
Team Entertainment, a Japanese company specializing in original anime merchandise.
Late December 2026, with pre-orders already open in Japan.
Taro Sakamoto, Shin Asakura, Nagumo, Shishiba, Osaragi, and Natsuki Seba.
Typically no; trading-style goods are usually sold in randomized sets or blind packs.
Figures get the spotlight, but a goods wave like this is often the more affordable way to build a complete franchise collection. Keep any bromides or trading cards you pick up in a penny sleeve from the moment they arrive.
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