Merchandise/Keychains
This page is for keychains, phone charms, and carabiners.
amiami Hey! Pikmin charms
Those who pre-ordered Hey! Pikmin in Japan from the store amiami, received an exclusive set of acrylic Pikmin charms each with mini carabiners and chains allowing one to easily clip them together. The four charms include a Red, Blue, and Yellow Pikmin, and the Hey! Pikmin logo.
The Hey! Pikmin charms from amiami.
Close-up.
The plastic banner.
Chained together.
Promotional image.
Amazon.jp Hey! Pikmin charm
Those who pre-ordered Hey! Pikmin in Japan online from Amazon Japan, received an exclusive metal phone charm displaying the Hey! Pikmin logo.
The Hey! Pikmin charm from Amazon.jp.
Club Nintendo Pikmin 3 keyrings
In 2013, Nintendo released a set of five Pikmin keyrings exclusively to Europe. These keyrings include a Red Pikmin clinging to an apricot, a Yellow Pikmin lying on top of a strawberry, a Blue Pikmin carrying a raspberry, a Rock Pikmin sitting on a plum, and a Winged Pikmin transporting a grape. These were released via two methods: the Red Pikmin and Yellow Pikmin were rewards on the European Club Nintendo website, and were purchasable for 1700 Stars each, while the other three were pre-order bonuses from a European store called "GAME". The store let buyers choose one of the three keyrings when pre-ordering Pikmin 3.
Keyrings given out by Club Nintendo.
Keyrings given out by GAME.
Takara Tomy Arts Pikmin 3 mascot collection
Takara Tomy Arts released a collection of keyrings in February 2014 based on Pikmin 3. The keychains are comprised of Red Pikmin, Yellow Pikmin, Blue Pikmin, Rock Pikmin, and Winged Pikmin types, each with either a leaf, bud, or flower, bringing the total number of keychains to fifteen. They are designed to clip onto each other from top to bottom so that one can create "ropes" of Pikmin. These were common to find in Japanese dollar stores.
All 15 keyrings displayed.
Promotional image of the keyrings.
Takara Tomy Arts Pikmin keychains and mascot straps
On March 18th, 2002, Takara Tomy Arts released a set of Pikmin mini-figures attached to a chain and clip. The figures consist of a Red Pikmin, a Yellow Pikmin, and a Blue Pikmin, each with either a leaf, bud, or flower, as well as a red, yellow, and blue pellet and an Olimar figure. The keychain clip would come with either two or three figures, as well as a tag with the Japanese Pikmin logo. Keychain clips that contained Olimar would also come with one other figure, while keychain clips that did not would consist of three various figures.
In July of 2004, these mini-figures were re-released for Pikmin 2 with more variants, and this time as phone charms. The new variants included Purple Pikmin, White Pikmin, and Bulbmin, with leaf, bud, and flower variants, as well as a figure for Louie and the President. The logo on the tag was updated with the Japanese Pikmin 2 logo.
Due to the popularity of the first set of mini-figures, as well as the recent release of Pikmin 3, in June 2013 the figures were released a third time, again based on the first Pikmin game. Once again debuting as phone charms, they include Olimar attached to the strap, with a Pikmin attached to a new ring on the bottom of Olimar's feet. The set contains nine different keychains which feature Olimar and one Pikmin. The Pikmin with Olimar varies between a Red, Yellow, or Blue Pikmin, and has either a leaf, bud, or flower.
Promotional image of the Pikmin keychains.
Promotional image of the Pikmin 2 mascot straps.
All 9 Pikmin mascot straps displayed.
Box art of the Pikmin mascot straps.
Promotional image of the Pikmin mascot straps.
UlalaCube Pikmin 3 bendable keyholders
A collection of Pikmin-themed rubbery bendable keyholders were released in Japan by UlalaCube in mid-December of 2013. There are six different types of keyholders, which consist of a leaf Red Pikmin, a bud Blue Pikmin, a flower Yellow Pikmin, a flower Purple Pikmin and leaf White Pikmin, and a flower Winged Pikmin and bud Rock Pikmin, as well as a secret variant which depicts a leaf Red Pikmin, flower Yellow Pikmin, and bud Blue Pikmin. All of the keyholders are approximately 10 cm long, and were sold in boxes of twelve, as well as separately at stores in Japan.
The secret keychain.
All 6 keychains displayed.
The box art.
Banpresto keychains
These keychains were produced by Banpresto and sold in 2001 in Japan as party favors. There are seven keychains in the set, which consists of a leaf Red Pikmin, a flower Yellow Pikmin, a bud Blue Pikmin, a Mushroom Pikmin, a red pellet, a yellow pellet, and a blue pellet. These were packaged in only five variations as shown below.
Red Pikmin and pellet.
Yellow Pikmin and pellet.
Blue Pikmin and pellet.
Red Pikmin and Mushroom Pikmin.
Yellow Pikmin and Blue Pikmin.
Back side of the packaging.
Uni Phone Charm Mini-Figures
In 2005 a Japanese pen and pencil company called Uni, sold their pencil led bundled with one of eight Pikmin phone charm mini-figures. These include Captain Olimar, Louie, a Red bud Pikmin, a Blue leaf Pikmin, a Yellow flower Pikmin, a Purple bud Pikmin, a White flower Pikmin, and a leaf Bulbmin. One could find the led and charms in Japanese stores arranged within a display showcasing the figures. The phone charms were later sold separately without the pencil led.
A catalog image of all 8 figures.
The front of the packaging for all 8 figures.
Back view of packaging.
Official render of fully assembled display.
The top portion of the in-store display.
Packaging for the charms sold separately.
Back view of packaging.
