AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
Bandai AI shopping shelf share
🧸 Toys · 🇬🇧 UK · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#71
Toys · UK
Shelf-share
0.2%
of UK answers
Sentiment
100%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
Who's on the toys shelf
LEGO
17.3%
Connetix Tiles
10.7%
POP MART
6.9%
Magna-Tiles
5.5%
Yoto
5.5%
Tonies
5.3%
Bandai
0.2%
The shoppers Bandai wins
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Bandai ranks best.
Where Bandai wins the journey
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
#48
0.3%
Research
#27
0.9%
Comparison
—
not surfaced
Validation
—
not surfaced
Purchase
—
not surfaced
Where the engines differ
What AI says about Bandai
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
100% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed mid
50% mid, 50% premium
“Luffy - Naruto Uzumaki - Son Goku Banpresto and Bandai ranges are common starting points for UK anime collectors.”
ChatGPT
“Check the manufacturer. Look for recognised brands such as Hasbro, Bandai/Tamashii Nations, NECA, and Mattel.”
ChatGPT
“Bandai S.H.Figuarts — Best for detailed action figures Best for: Collectors who want realistic details, articulation, and display poses.”
ChatGPT
Products AI names
The specific Bandai items the engines put in front of UK shoppers.
Shelved alongside
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Bandai.
How to read this
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Bandai, relative to the rest.
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Bandai.