The Rise of Bakugan: It’s time to take action!
Browsing Terapeak’s Hot Searches list, which ranks the most popular eBay searches over the past little while, you’ll find a lot of familiar suspects in places 1 through 7: wii, ipod, xbox 360, iphone, wii fit, coach, psp… Okay, nothing crazy. So color us surprised to see sitting at number 8:
… Bakugan? For realzies? What the heck is Bakugan?
Naw but seriously, we’ve heard a little bit about this toy-collecting phenomenon: Bakugan is a Japanese anime television series, accompanied by a strategic game involving cards and spring-loaded action figurines. These products are produced by Sega Toys and Spring Master, and according to Terapeak they’re also exceptionally popular on eBay.
Where it gets even more interesting is this recent announcement on KidsTechReview, which outlines a plan for Digital Blue to begin production on a line of Bakugan electronics: digital cameras, alarm clocks, and who knows what else. According to the blog post, the first products will be released this coming spring.
Wait, so if “bakugan” is the 8th-most searched term and “digital camera” is 9th, does that mean these things have a pretty good chance of selling well? Hmm, time will tell. Though we do think this looks pretty rad…
Tags: anime, bakugan, collectables, ebay, figurines, terapeak, toys
February 28th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Never heard of this either. With millions of people searching eBay it’s hard to believe bakugan ranks number 8. Astounding really.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:02 am
This is a very useful tool, thank you
March 18th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Well said, finally a good report on this stuff
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
I am addicted to this show, and have just started collecting the Bakugan Trading Card Game.
Another obsession, Oh Well! Have fun in life is what I always say.