Supreme Bandai Gashapon Mini Technics Turntable

The Supreme Bandai Gashapon Mini Technics Turntable is a collectible miniature toy from the August 2021 Supreme x Technics x Bandai collaboration — one of the most culturally specific and most conceptually resonant collectible pieces Supreme has produced, combining three distinct iconic brands into a single object — featuring a miniature scale replica of the Technics SL-1200 turntable, the professional DJ turntable that is the foundational equipment of hip-hop, house, and electronic music DJ culture since its introduction in the 1970s, produced in Bandai’s Gashapon format. Gashapon is the Japanese vending machine toy capsule format developed by Bandai that produces small, highly detailed miniature collectible figures and objects distributed through quarter-operated capsule vending machines, with the Gashapon format’s combination of miniaturized craftsmanship, blind capsule presentation, and $15 retail price per unit creating the most accessible and most playfully democratic collecting experience in Supreme’s collaborations history — making the $15 Gashapon Mini Turntable the lowest price entry point in Supreme’s full product catalog at the time of its release. The Technics SL-1200’s cultural significance as the turntable inseparable from hip-hop’s founding as a musical genre — the same platform DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash used to create the breakbeat mixing techniques that birthed hip-hop in the Bronx in the 1970s — gives this miniature collaborative capsule toy a conceptual weight entirely disproportionate to its physical size and retail price. Released August 19, 2021 at $15 retail through Supreme’s global flagship stores and weekly Thursday drop format.The Supreme Bandai Gashapon Mini Technics Turntable was released on August 19, 2021 with a retail price of $15.