Siliconera’s 2023 Figure Holiday Gift Guide

It’s undeniable – anime figure collecting is an expensive niche to sink your teeth into. Maybe you have no clue where to look to find the best deals and highest quality products (which is a real concern, given the amount of bootleg figures out there). If you have someone in your life who loves collecting anime figures as a hobby and you’re unsure where to look when it comes to buying gifts for them, Siliconera’s 2023 Figure Holiday Gift Guide is here to help you out.

Good Smile Company Figure Gift Guide Recommendations

Whether your giftee enjoys collecting full scale figures or small collectibles, Good Smile Company is likely a name they recognize. Good Smile is known for producing high quality scale figures as well as more affordable, smaller collectible figures like Nendoroids, Figma, and Pop Up Parade figures. Here’s a list of a few notable figures from Good Smile that are available now.

• Hatsune Miku Digital Stars 2022 Version scale figure
• Hololive Gawr Gura Figma
• Hololive Laplus Darkness Scale Figure
• Persona 5 Joker Nendoroid
• Sonic the Hedgehog Nendoroid

Kotobukiya Figure Gift Guide Recommendations

While Kotobukiya produces solid anime scale figures, it’s also known for its unique lines such as the Bishoujo statue lines, which became notable for rendering classic western media characters into figures of attractive plastic women. Additionally, this company can also satisfy your giftee’s need for model kits, if they’re into those.

• Armored Core Noblesse Oblige Model Kit
• Bishoujo Pennywise Statue
• The Witcher Bishoujo Statue Geralt
• Transformers Starscream Bishoujo Statue
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble Vash the Stampede ARTFX J Figure

Square Enix Figure Gift Guide Recommendations

If your giftee loves Square Enix games, a figure produced by the same company may put a smile on their face this holiday season. Square Enix produces many original figures of its properties in lines like Bring Arts, Play Arts Kai, and Adorable Arts.

• Final Fantasy VII Cheongsam Dress Tifa Figure
• Final Fantasy VII Sephiroth Adorable Arts and Bring Arts Figures
• Final Fantasy XVI Nektar Moogle Figure
• NieR: Automata 2B Version 2.0 Figure
• Shin Megami Tensei Mascot Jack Frost Figurine

Bandai Figure Gift Guide Recommendations

Bandai is a well-known toy company that produces intricate, highly posable figures. This company makes other kinds of figures as well, but you’ll have luck with it if you’re looking for impressive action figures.

• One Piece Portrait of Pirates Corazon and Law Figure
• One Piece Portrait of Pirates Vivi Figure
• Paldea Pokemon Scale World Figures
• Persona 4 Golden Izanagi Figure
• Yu-Gi-Oh Blue-Eyes White Dragon SH MonsterArts Figure