Before video games took over the living room, the Pizza Cats were already throwing down on the tabletop.

Released by Bandai as part of the Party Joy series, this colorful board game lets players jump into two different game modes:

• 🏯 Edoropolis Battle

• 🤖 Mecha Edo Battle

Designed for 2–4 players (ages 8+), it’s fully illustrated in that unmistakable late-Showa / early-Heisei style — bold colors, dramatic character art, and pure Saturday-morning chaos.

This is one of those items that perfectly captures the era:

not just merch, but a snapshot of how Kyattō Ninden Teyandee lived outside the TV screen in 1990.

Vintage. Playable. Ridiculously charming.

Before gachapon machines ruled the Earth, Bandai was already out here shaping destinies with… ramune candy blind boxes.

Peak Japan. Peak 1990. Peak Teyandee.

These ¥100 boxes contained:

• 1 random keshi-style minifigure.

• 1 small plastic coin.

• 1 ramune candy packet.

• 1 paper scroll.

The Lineup (10 figures + variants!)

Each box could contain any of the following characters:

• Yattaro (Normal / Mega-Up)

• Pururun (Normal / Mega-Up)

• Sukashii (Normal / Mega-Up)

• Karamaru

• Karasu ninja (x2)

• Zankaa

• Wokkaa

🟥 Mega-Up versions are the chase pulls — bulkier armor, bigger presence. Wings and helmet crests are removable. Only the main three had this variant.

🟦 Normal versions match the standard keshi sculpts of the era.

Finding sealed boxes is still possible, but they’re often very expensive.

メーカー / Manufacturer: Bandai

Price at release: ¥300 each

Line name: てやんでぇ村 (“Teyandee Village”)

Released alongside SPC ep airing — extremely early merch!

Each one of these playsets included:

• tiny plastic diorama.

• a Keshi-sized character.

• a small sheet of stickers.

• accessories (plastic food &/or dishes).

🟢 1. たこやきCAT (Takoyaki CAT)

The “street food stall” of Teyandee Village.

Contents:

• Brown terrain base w/ river path

• Green takoyaki stand

• Giant takoyaki balls (lmao)

• Keshi figure.

• Sticker sheet for banners + shop signs

🔵 2. ピザキャット佃島支店 (Pizza Cats Tsukuda Island Branch)

A miniature branch of the Pizza Cats restaurant… for reasons.

Contents:

• Red roof mini-parlor.

• Boat dock + tiny boat.

• Keshi figure.

• Water base + dock pieces.

• Pizza accessories in sticker form.

🟡 3. 巣の茶屋 (Nest Teahouse / Bird’s Nest Café)

The least Pizza-Cats-ish of the three, but still part of the line.

Contents:

• Tea house building.

• Garden-style base.

• Mini table accessories.

• Keshi figure.

All three released in 1990, the same year the anime debuted. They are technically candy toys (食玩 / shokugan) sold in toy aisles and convenience stores.

The figures included are soft plastic keshi variants, unique to this line. Despite being tiny dioramas, they are surprisingly cute when assembled. A full set boxed is considered grail-tier by SPC collectors today.

This is the ONLY full playset ever made for Pizza Cats. It was obviously made for children, so the conditions of the remaining sets range anywhere from mint to “well loved”.

Considered by many collectors to be a “Grail” item, complete sets are extremely expensive.

✔ It includes exclusive mini-figures

• Yattaro (Keshi/White)

• Pururun (Keshi/Red)

• Sukashii (Keshi/Blue)

• Otama (Keshi/Red)

The Nyanki have yellow plastic civilian work uniforms that fit over their battle armour, as well as pizza carrying cases.

Ko’on no Kami and Karamaru were included as cardboard standees that served more as targets for launcher at the too of the playset.

✔ It comes with ENORMOUS sheets of stickers

These include:

• Interior wall art

• Menus, pizza toppings, table decals

• The “Dust Shoot” sign

• The blue triple ovens

• Welcome Pizza Cats archway

• Eyecatch-style character cutouts

• Pizza toppings, signage, props

Loose sets almost always have missing stickers, so a full sheet is extremely rare.

✔ It’s mechanically interactive

This isn’t a static display — it transforms, launches, and deploys:

• The Nyankī launcher fires the keshi figures.

• The building unfolds to reveal the entire restaurant interior

• There’s a pizza-making area.

• A small Nyagosphynx-themed pizza delivery car.

• Hinged doors, signs, rotating stools, etc.

Bandai went hard on engineering for a show that had only been out for a few months.

The EdoMae model kit line contained more characters than the MegaUp series - they’re also rare and much more expensive.

In Japan, they were sold as model kits that you had to build, yourself.

These figures were also released in Europe, in a pre-assembled form. Sources say that they hit store shelves before the show was aired, so they didn’t sell well.

The only one I currently have is Mietoru.

The propeller above his head can rotate freely, and his goggles can be positioned over his eyes, or they can be pushed up to rest on his forehead. His weapons, tail and wings are easily detachable.

Between the four Rescue Team members (Gotton, Rikinoshin, Mietoru & Nekkiy), the detachable weapons slot together to form an amalgamated super weapon.

The set included the following characters:

1. Yattaro (with weapons & Mega-Up armour)

2. Pururun (with weapons & Mega-Up armour)

3. Sukashii (with weapons & Mega-Up armour)

4. Gotton (with weapons)

5. Rikinoshin (with weapons)

6. Mietoru (with weapons)

7. Nekkiy (with weapons)

8. Nyagoking (with weapons).