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Save what you own, want, watch and trade. A free MBX account keeps your collector states synced across devices while the marketplace stays open to browse.
Open a bucket to mark it Owned, Wanted, Seen or For Trade — then watch MBX turn those states into useful collection and market signals.
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Give collectors one trusted place to discover, value, collect and exchange mini 5-gallon buckets.
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Search the canonical mini bucket catalog, then filter by evidence, availability and market signals.
Collector value starts with correctly identifying what you actually have. MBX Collector Guides document manufacturer-defined series, waves, production quantities, identifiers, archive status and recognized production variants — then connect those facts directly to the canonical Bucketdex record.
Release facts below are summarized from KB Toys' own growing archive of official releases, production waves, variations and production anomalies. MBX links back to the manufacturer source for provenance.
View official KB Toys guide ↗We preserve the manufacturer's own numbering logic so collectors can distinguish production versions from recognized errors.
The initial production version of a specific design.
A later run that may carry small production or presentation differences.
An unplanned difference that the manufacturer later recognizes in the permanent collector record.
Color, packaging, inserts and print treatments are all potential differentiators.
Five manufacturer-documented records currently map directly into MBX canonical records. Production size, dates, SKU/UPC and physical identifiers now travel with the bucket record.
This is the earliest documented version in the official system and predates the first public release.
Archive statusArchived. The guide treats the wave as the starting point of the permanent KB Toys Mini Bucket record.
The first official public KB Toys Mini Bucket release. The manufacturer states this exact design will not return in the same form.
Archive statusArchived after a 173-unit public release.
The first official Blue Series release and the first KB Toys Mini Bucket documented with a matching lid.
Current statusThe manufacturer's current-status section says Blue 1.0 pre-order fulfillment is complete.
This is not just a community nickname: KB Toys formally recognizes the unintended black-imprint production variant in its collector archive.
Archive statusPermanent archived variant with a published 200-unit release size.
The first Gold Series release expands the system into a premium-designated line while retaining KB Toys visual identity.
Current statusThe official guide lists Gold 1.0 in the international shipping stage.
According to the manufacturer's archive system, an archived bucket is not reproduced in the same bucket-color + logo-color + logo-design combination. Future releases may evolve, while the original stays in the permanent record.
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Use MBX as the memory layer for the hobby. The more states you save, the more useful availability, pricing and trade signals become.
Availability and market signals for buckets you explicitly watch.
Export this device’s collection, sightings, local photos and watch states as a portable MBX backup.
Buyer confidence without marketplace clutter. Test protected checkout, tracked shipping, delivery confirmation, inspection holds, disputes and seller payout release.
Test checkout against real Bucketdex records.
Protected checkoutSwitch between seller, carrier and buyer actions.
These are deliberately configurable before real payments are connected.
Report what you saw. MBX will also show which missing piece of the record your find can help verify.
Track the useful stuff, not paperwork.
A clean, straight-on product photo is best.
Create a listing. Signed-in collectors publish to the live MBX network; Protected Exchange payment remains in sandbox.
Simulation only. No card is charged.
Opening a case immediately freezes seller payout in the sandbox.
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