After all these years of Tamagotchis living peaceful lives on your keychain, the aliens have finally come to collect. Bandai is dropping a new gashapon, the Tamagotchi UFO Swing ~Aurora ver.~, during the second week of October 2026 — and yes, it's exactly as wonderfully absurd as it sounds.
Each vignette in the lineup shows a Tamagotchi character getting beamed up by a saucer. Five types are in the capsule: Mametchi, Kuchipatchi, Mimitchi, Maskutchi, and Ginjirouchi. Your favorite little egg-shaped buddy, mid-abduction, clinging to a flying saucer with a look that says "this is fine." It's the kind of silly, harmless chaos that Tamagotchi merch does better than anyone else.
Here's the part collectors will actually care about: the character attaches to the saucer with a snap-on canican clasp. That means nothing is glued down. You can pop Mametchi off one saucer and swap him onto Kuchipatchi's, recombine the figures however you like, and build your own little abduction fleet. The vignettes are mini-sets with a custom element baked right in — arrange the UFO of your dreams and let the crossover chaos begin.
Before you ask: no, this isn't a brand-new sculpt. The Aurora ver. is an aurora repaint of the existing UFO Swing line — a dreamy color-variant finish, not a fresh build. If you already have the earlier UFO Swing figures, this set is a palette-mate, not a do-over, which makes it a pretty easy add for anyone who loved the original run.
Each capsule runs 300 yen, tax included — about the price of a convenience-store coffee, which is frankly the sweet spot for a capsule toy this charming.
Now, the part that should make completionists happy: Bandai says the set will ship multiple times after the initial run. In gashapon terms, that's a gift. First batches of capsule lines have a habit of vanishing the moment they land on the shelf, and resale prices follow. Here, the first batch is not the only one, so there's a real chance to grab what you're missing without fighting the scalpers. Patience is a legitimate strategy this time.
The Aurora ver. lands during the second week of October 2026 at capsule machines near you (or near your proxy shipper, anyway). It's a small, silly, surprisingly customizable little set — five characters, one cosmic abduction narrative, and a clasp system that rewards fiddling. If you collect Tamagotchi gashapon, this is an easy yes.
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Until then: keep an eye on the sky. Your Tamagotchi might be getting a ride home.