[](/web/images/want-to-be-a-part-of-our-newsletter-youre-welcome-to-submithttps-johtosubstackcom-s-mailbag-content-.jpeg)Want to be a part of our newsletter? You’re welcome to submit content including (but not limited to) questions, fan-created art, short stories, cherished memories, photographs from your collection, and anything else you think we would like to see. Today we have a question from SteC, who you may know from our Pokémon fan in Japan features!

Aside from the trading cards and in-game Pokédex, if you began a physical collection of your very own, what would it be and why?

SteC, Japan

My collection of Pokémon sliders that I began collecting in 2023

Hey SteC, it’s great to hear from you! I have so many Pokémon items that I have collected throughout the years of being a fan, from trading cards, Tazos, figures, stickers and even video game soundtracks! Currently, I am trying to complete a set of Pokémon Sliders, which were figures released in the late 90s and early 2000s. They had a metal ball inside the base that would allow the Pokémon to roll across flat surfaces, and crash into targets and other Pokémon Sliders. I only learned about them last year, but they look so charming that I decided I would try and collect them all! Currently, I have ten Pokémon Sliders, and I think I’m about halfway done!