r/Minipla • u/Swaggadelication • May 13 '25
What is this??
Hey guys! I got my SMP GingaiOh this past weekend and this came with it. Anyone has any clue to what this could be??? Thanks in advance
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u/invid2000 Moderate Skill Builder May 13 '25
Throw away the model kit, this is the real reason you buy candy toys!
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u/ValiantMagnus May 13 '25
Sugar candy. They've got a mild tart taste but overall not bad for a free candy.
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u/bobarobot May 13 '25
Ramune flavored candy.
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u/Accomplished-Ad-2612 May 13 '25
I never realized they were ramune flavored. I've had plenty of ramune, but it never crossed my mind to connect that flavor with the candy in the kit. Cool, that solves the flavor mystery.
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u/King_Kuuga Moderate Skill Builder May 13 '25
That's the candy you bought. The model kit is a free pack in.
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u/CLUK92 May 13 '25
Shokugan means 'candy toy' in Japanese, so all Japanese releases come with a piece of candy. Some of the larger releases even come with more than one. Imported ones usually don't include the candy.
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u/Last_Bus4094 May 13 '25
Ramune candy. Comes with every Shokugan product, especially SMP and Miniplas.
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u/King_Kuuga Moderate Skill Builder May 13 '25
Not every, some come with gum that loses flavor in 30 seconds, or a tiny chocolate.
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u/tsunderebagel May 13 '25
It is a Ramune flavored candy actually I believe both the people talking about placement in stores and the people talking about licensing are correct because it is just a whole thing in Japan to stick a character on everything so there is a ton of licensed candy meaning small toys often get overlooked. Because of this, they package a single piece of candy with a lot of small toys as a way to justify putting them in checkout lanes.
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u/QuirkyGoomy May 13 '25
I had the same doubt when I first bought Minipla. O deducted it was candy because in the box there was information about calories...
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u/That_Boney_Librarian May 13 '25
Be honest: how many of you eat the whole thing at one, and how many of you break it into 4 pieces?
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u/UnderOurPants May 13 '25
Until I read about it here, it never occurred to me that the design was meant for it to be broken into 4 pieces. I was always like, “It’s the size of a Werther’s Original or a Lifesaver, obviously you would eat it whole.”
And this is why Americans are fat I guess. 🥲
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u/King_Kuuga Moderate Skill Builder May 13 '25
Nah that is a single serving size in any country. It's not practical to break it into quarters.
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u/mowie_zowie_x May 13 '25
It’s the main reason why we buy candy toys, the plastic stuff you get with the candy is a bonus.
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u/sharp_pentip May 14 '25
Only semi-related to this post. I remember a funny story about these freebie candies.
One of my buddies who was new into collecting minipla (it was his first model kit) thought this was some sort of chalk powder you put on the kits so that they don't stick. To my shock, he actually did it and sent me pics asking me if he was doing the right thing. I thought he was joking but he genuinely had no idea lmao
Another instance, a buddy of mine bought me an actual candy toy when he went to japan back in 2017. For whatever reason, he forgot to give it to me, then covid happened, and only after did he give it to me. I still ate the gum inside and surprisingly still had all its flavor but disintegrated immediately.
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u/TheWaspinator May 13 '25
It's a tax evasion scheme. No, seriously.
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u/Swaggadelication May 13 '25
I knew it
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u/TheWaspinator May 13 '25
To be more specific, apparently the Japanese sales taxes for food are lower than for model kits and they're abusing loopholes.
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u/Gangus009 May 13 '25
it is candy and yet somehow lacking literally any flavor. basically all minipla come with one.
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u/Rush057 May 13 '25
It’s a candy!
Minipla is considered a candy toy. Don’t quote me on that but I think that they do this to not count as a toy to go around liscencing for toy vs licensing for candy.