Bandai Capsule Gashapon Wasps

I ordered these wasp figures from the Bandai Gashapon Capsule series off eBay recently. The set came with a yellow wasp and a black & white one. They came in separate pieces, and you put them together, including their heads, thorax, abdomen, legs, wings and antennas. All the joints are on ball pegs, so you simply pop them in.

Both figures are highly detailed, and about 4” long. Holding them in your hand, they resemble actual wasps, only bigger. The end of their abdomen has a slit at the end, with a stinger that can poke out. The wings are translucent amber and grey, with translucent compound eyes. The articulation includes the head, mandibles, wings, abdomen, and slight movement on the antennas and legs. The capsule they come in can be transported into a stand, with a piece of plastic that grips snuggly onto the segment behind the thorax.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved insects and bugs. I would rent books about them from the library, would watch nature shows about them on TV, and sit in my backyard, checking out the various assortment of ants, flies, bees, wasps, beetles, spiders, mantids, grasshoppers, etc, that could be found back there. I recently saw some of these reviewed on YouTube, so I searched on eBay and found this pair. Both are very cool, and fit well as foes for my various Ultraman and kaiju figures.

Bandai offers various other insects in their Gashapon Capsule series, including other wasps, spiders, beetles, etc. So if you’re interested in some, you should check them out. These two that I got are very both nice; I’m glad I ordered them.

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