BODY: Slimes made of dessert, a book that opens to reveal the monster you just defeated, and a solid metal Final Key heavy enough to feel like loot. Square Enix has announced five new Dragon Quest merchandise lines at once, all landing on the same day: January 26, 2027. Pre-orders are open now at the Square Enix e-STORE.
The headline item is the Miniature Figure Collection, a blind-box set of six sculpts drawn from the first two games — the Hero and Princess Laura from Dragon Quest, plus the Prince of Lorasia, the Prince of Samaltoria and the Princess of Moonbrooke from Dragon Quest II. Singles run ¥2,200, with a sealed six-piece box at ¥13,200.
Alongside it comes the Miniature Sweets Figure Collection: Slime Cafe (¥1,650 / ¥9,900 per box), reimagining Slime, She-Slime, King Slime, Golem, Momonja and Ookizuchi as confectionery. Returning fan favourites get a second round too: Smile Slime Mini Puppet Plush Collection Vol. 2 (¥1,650 / ¥9,900) adds Healing Slime, Mad Hand and Restless Armour to the lineup, while Adventure Journal Collection: Defeated Monsters Figure Vol. 2 (¥2,200 / ¥13,200) keeps its signature gimmick — a tiny book that cracks open to show the creature logged inside.
Rounding things out is the Metallic Items Gallery, three diecast replicas at ¥2,750 each: the Thief's Key, the Magic Key and the Final Key — the escalating lockpicks that have gated Dragon Quest dungeons since 1986.
The insider take
The timing is not accidental. Leaning the flagship figure line on Dragon Quest I and II characters follows directly from the HD-2D remakes that brought those casts back into circulation, and Square Enix's merchandise arm has long used anniversary-adjacent windows to re-sell nostalgia to adults who played the originals on Famicom. Worth knowing for overseas buyers: these blind-box ranges are calibrated for the Japanese kapuseru and specialty-shop market, where buying the full sealed box rather than gambling on singles is the normal move — and e-STORE pre-orders routinely close months before release, with limited restocks. Secondary-market prices on the first Smile Slime puppet wave climbed well past retail within a year.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).