Dragon Ball Kai North American Tour at WEM

I was at West Edmonton Mall playing Pokemon Go and ran across the Dragon Ball Kai Travelling Exhibit at the Ice Palace. It was a pretty busy show at points. There were figures and stands to pose with and lots of figures and model kits to look at, along with the card game.

I'm familiar with Dragon Ball, having read some of the manga and seen a few episodes, but I'm usually more into non-superhuman battling anime/manga. I read the original Shonen Jump in English when it premiered in North America, and it was a great deal of fun. Dragonball Daima continues the adventures of Goku, who is turned into a child, and friends as they face new foes and unlock new powers after the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. It is a reimagining of Dragon Ball GT.

Crowds at the Ice Palace.  There were contests and model-building sessions, too.

I was quite impressed by how much merchandise is available in North America building on the Dragon Ball franchise's popularity.  You wouldn't find all of it in one place, but there is plenty from figures to card games and video games.  Some merchandise catalogues and sample manga chapters were freebies for the fans. It was really nice to see all the figures and merchandise exhibited, almost like something you'd find in Tokyo at some of the shows I've been to.

I was battling in the 6 gyms at West Edmonton Mall for the Hoopa Raid Day.

Big Son Goku Statue.

Standups.

Banpresto mini figures.

More Banpresto.

The dragon.

Ichibansho Figures.

Posable SHFiguarts. $50 on Amazon.

Battle!

Quite the selection of action figures.

Parts of an action figure.

The model kits with the coloured pieces technology were originally developed for Gundam models.

Figures galore.

Big ape.

Cute figures.

Superman capsule anyone?

Have a villain.

Son Goku in attack pose.

More Banpresto figures.

Dragonball Evolve figures.

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