Across the collector network
Six approved public traces, kept in canonical chronology, span collector information, publications, dealer-room exchange, documented merchandising, and later community memory from 2002 through 2024.
Selection note: This is an editorial reading path through six approved witnesses. It is not proof of uninterrupted operation, a complete transaction record, a popularity or value measure, an endorsement, or evidence that all ChibiGojiToys activity occurred through G-FEST.
Six witnesses
February 2002
An early documented collector-network trace
A Godzilla music reference credits Linda at Chibi-Goji Toys with alerting the writer to the Godzilla Sound Collection through her Japan connections. This is a useful early witness to the shop's role as a specialty information and sourcing node, not merely a catalog.
- Confidence
- verified source
- Source class
- independent collector / reference site
Fall 2004
G-FAN publishes a Chibi Goji Toys dealer profile
G-FAN issue 69 lists 'Dealer Profile: Chibi Goji Toys' by Armand Vaquer among its articles. This gives the store a dated publication anchor in the Godzilla fan community.
- Confidence
- verified publication index
- Source class
- publication
August 2009
G-FEST hospitality becomes part of the remembered shop experience
A contemporary G-FEST account identifies 'Gojigirl Linda Conrad' and remembers her passing inflatable paper beach balls to shoppers before the dealer room opened. The same source later describes the Chibi Goji Toys spotlight in G-FAN 69.
- Confidence
- verified independent account
- Source class
- community report
August 2011
Collectors remember Chibi Goji Toys as a source of unusual finds
Monsterland Ohio identifies an Eiji Tsuburaya vinyl set from Linda at Chibi Goji Toys as a favorite G-FEST purchase and separately notes a GMK Godzilla displayed at the Chibi Goji Toys booth.
- Confidence
- verified independent account
- Source class
- community report
July 12, 2013
A photographed Chibi Goji Toys G-FEST table
A Flickr photograph by Ultra999 is explicitly titled 'g-fest 2013 dealers room — chibi goji toys table' and was taken July 12, 2013. It is a strong visual witness for booth layout, merchandising and brand presentation.
- Confidence
- verified dated photograph
- Source class
- third-party photograph
July 2024
Chibi Goji Toys remains part of G-FEST collector conversation
A 2024 G-FEST recap from On Monster Island names Chibi Goji Toys among sellers from whom attendees made pickups, indicating continued recognition in the kaiju collecting ecosystem.
- Confidence
- verified contemporary media reference
- Source class
- podcast / media