Zelda 40th Anniversary Collectibles Include Shields, Triforce Items in Japan

Three thousand, six hundred yen sounds like a reasonable entry price for a piece of Hyrule's birthday merchandise, roughly $22.55 at current exchange rates. Getting one to a doorstep outside Japan is where that math falls apart.

The official Legend of Zelda Japan social account announced a wave of 40th-anniversary collectibles shipping on or around April 25, 2026. The lineup includes a Special Feature Huzzle puzzle, a miniature Hylian Shield collectible, and a Kabanda Sign collectible available to pre-order, alongside immediately purchasable Triforce, Emblem of Hyrule, and Master Sword items, all priced at approximately 3,600 yen. The items are only available in Japanese markets at this stage, with no Western release currently announced.

Running parallel to the pre-order items, Bandai released a "Legend of Zelda Weapon Collection," a set of nine miniature weapon replicas sold in candy sections at Japanese stores nationwide. The collection covers the Master Sword, Hylian Shield, Great Eagle Bow, Rock Breaker, Royal Claymore, Lightscale Trident, Zora Longsword, Seven Jewels Dagger, and Stonecrusher, with specific pricing not yet released by Bandai.

For international collectors, that April 25 window makes the timeline urgent. The three most practical import routes are proxy shopping services like Buyee, Tenso, and FromJapan, which purchase on your behalf from Japanese storefronts that block overseas addresses; import retailers like Play-Asia that stock Japan-exclusive Nintendo merchandise; and Amazon Japan, which ships some items internationally but regularly restricts collectibles to domestic buyers only. On any route, international shipping from Japan typically adds $15 to $40 on top of the base price depending on weight and carrier, with customs duties on top of that for buyers in the U.S. and EU. A single 3,600-yen item can realistically land at $50 to $70 all-in before any secondary-market premium is factored in.

That secondary-market risk is worth weighing before committing. For Zelda's 35th anniversary in 2021, Nintendo's major deliverables were Skyward Sword HD and the limited-edition Game & Watch handheld, which included four Zelda games and sold out quickly, commanding steep resale premiums afterward. The 35th anniversary was itself considered a restrained celebration, and the 40th appears to be following a similar pacing strategy: merchandise and smaller drops first, with larger announcements potentially held for later in the year. Fans are already speculating about remakes or Switch 2 releases later in 2026, and the April 25 collectibles are widely read as the opening move of a longer anniversary timeline rather than the main event.

The Huzzle puzzle inclusion deserves a closer look for anyone unfamiliar with the brand. Huzzle produces cast-metal interlocking puzzles with difficulty ratings running from entry-level to near-unsolvable, and a Zelda-themed entry will almost certainly lean into the franchise's dungeon-puzzle identity. That crossover appeal to both Zelda collectors and puzzle hobbyists is likely to drive demand well beyond the core fanbase.

The original Legend of Zelda launched in Japan on February 21, 1986, as a launch title for the Famicom Disk System, meaning the franchise's actual 40th birthday passed in February. Spreading the merchandise rollout into late April signals that Nintendo is treating the anniversary as a months-long campaign, which historically means more announcements are coming. Whether those announcements travel outside Japan at launch, or arrive for Western fans six months late via a proxy service, remains an open question.