HOT TOYS SUMMER 2026 SHOWCASE still has two weeks on the clock. The free floor at Bellesalle Akihabara 1F opened 15 August and shuts 13 September. Hours are 11:00 to 19:00, last entry 18:30. After that, the Fortnite global launch samples, the hololive prototypes, and the venue-only Marvel figures go back into boxes.
The hall sits inside the Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building at 3-12-8 Sotokanda, a short walk from JR Akihabara Station's Electric Town exit. You do not need a ticket. You do need patience on weekend afternoons, because the same room is also the FORTNITE HOT TOYS GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT. Hot Toys Japan posted the dates on 13 August. Dengeki Hobby walked the floor on opening day. Straight Press later confirmed the venue-limited Spider-Man and Iron Man sales were already moving.
What still matters in the last two weeks
The show is a prototype-and-sales mix, not a museum. Staff rotate samples. Some counters take reservations that later ship through Toysapiens, the Hot Toys flagship store. Others sell stock you can carry out. If you only photograph, you can do the loop in 40 minutes. If you buy, budget a second hour for payment and a bag check near the door.
Jonesy the First, the 1/6 Fortnite figure, was the opening-week headline. Hot Toys put it on view and opened a worldwide run of 3,000 pieces. Jules, Cuddle Team Leader, and Aura sit nearby as 1/9 figures. A 1/1 Victory Crown replica is on the same table. Those smaller Fortnite pieces and Cosbi minis have been selling on-site since day one, so late visitors should assume popular colours are gone.
Hololive first look, Marvel you cannot reorder here
Hololive production used the same showcase to debut its Hot Toys line. Usada Pekora appears as a Television Masterpiece action figure and as a Cosbaby S, both labelled coming soon. Eight hololive members also exist as Cosbi samples still under supervision. None of those were walk-out stock on opening weekend. They are here so you can see paint and scale before a later Toysapiens window.
Marvel is the opposite problem. Movie Masterpiece Spider-Man (Final Swing Suit) Promo Edition from Spider-Man: No Way Home is listed at 45,000 yen and sold only at the hall. Iron Man Mark 4 (Haze Fractal Armor) uses die-cast and is also venue-limited. Dengeki's 15 August notes still stood when Straight Press recapped the show six days later. If either figure is your reason for coming, go on a weekday morning. Weekend queues eat the last-entry buffer.
Death Stranding 2's Junji Ito-suited Sam is a Toysapiens exclusive reservation, with rooted hair on the production version. Deluxe Higgs is dated for December 2026. Arcane's Fractured Jinx is another Toysapiens exclusive on view. Those counters are for looking and signing a slip, not for a same-day bag.
How to reach Bellesalle without wasting the last entry
JR Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, and Sobu stop at Akihabara, as do Tokyo Metro Hibiya and Tsukuba Express. From the Electric Town mouth, walk north along Chuo-dori, then cut west toward Sotokanda 3-chome. The hall is on 1F, so you never need the upper-floor radio shops for this visit. There is no cloakroom worth planning around. Large backpacks get in the way of the figure cases.
Photography is the point of a showcase, but glass and spotlights fight phone cameras. Bring a fast shutter and skip a tripod. Staff will stop you if you block a sales desk. Food is not inside the hall. Eat in the Radio Kaikan basement or at Atre Akihabara before 18:30 if you want a last walk-through.
Official updates still run through Hot Toys Japan's X and Instagram, plus hottoys.jp and toysapiens.jp. Dengeki's opening report remains the most complete English-readable photo log. Treat any stock list as 15 August data unless you confirm at the counter. Thirteen days is enough time for a weekday visit. It is not enough time to wait for a restock rumour.
Practical Details
- Dates: 15 August to 13 September 2026
- Time: 11:00-19:00 (last entry 18:30)
- Venue: Bellesalle Akihabara 1F, Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building, 3-12-8 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021
- Nearest station: JR / Tokyo Metro / Tsukuba Express Akihabara
- Price: Free entry. Spider-Man Promo Edition 45,000 yen (venue sale)
- Website: Hot Toys Japan
