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Gacha machine backpack is Japan’s hottest new fashion statement

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2023
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Wearable gacha machine is sure to turn heads wherever you go. 

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• Japan
• (backpack • bags • capsule toys • cool • fashion • gacha • gacha machines • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • weird)

New Studio Ghibli die-cast anime cars on their way, even if neither one is really a car【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2023

Two memorable non-land-based Hayao Miyazaki vehicles are joining the Tomica lineup.

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• Japan
• (anime • cars • Castle in the Sky • cool • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)

Test your luck with one of six randomly selected 2023 Tomica lucky toy cars

• Shannon
  Jan 3, 2023

Will it be a Ladybug Subaru 360, or a Rhinoceros Beetle UD Trucks Quon?

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• (2023 • collectibles • cool • cute • good luck • good luck charms • Takara Tomy • tomica • toy cars • Year of the Rabbit)

New Studio Ghibli die-cast anime car line brings Catbus, Spirited Away Sea Railway to your home

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 16, 2022

Tomica dreams of Ghibli.

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• (anime • cars • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Porco Rosso • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)

New sushi train toy makes sushi for you, then delivers it, and is exactly what we want【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2022

A functional sushi factory for your dinner table.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • cool • food • gadgets • Kaitenzushi • kitchen gadgets • revolving sushi • sushi • Takara Tomy • toy trains • toys • trains)

Japanese AI device reads stories to your kid with your voice, even if you’ve never read them【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2022

Coemo lets you narrate stories whether you know them or not.

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• (AI • artificial intelligence • cool • Takara Tomy • technology • toys • video)

Demon Slayer’s Mugen Train is now ready to be your personal home sushi train too【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2021

With a mouthful of a name, the Kimetsu no Yaiba Cho Niginigi Ouchi de Kaitenzushi Mugen Ressha-hen can deliver mouthfuls of sushi!

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• (cool • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • food • Kimetsu no Yaiba • revolving sushi • sushi • Takara Tomy • toys • trains)

Electronic grandchild “Ami-chan” developed by Takara Tomy

• Master Blaster
  Aug 21, 2021

The future of grandparenting is now!

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• Japan
• (aging society • Ami-chan • dolls • respect for the aged day • robots • Takara Tomy • technology • toys)

Master the art of making soba noodles with this easy to use kit from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2021

Everything you need to make a great bowl of fresh noodles at home.

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• (COK • cooking • DIY • food • food hack • gadgets • how to • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • recipes • SNJO • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)

Prodigious Pokémon Project Piplup plushie provides perfectly peaceful naptime【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2021

This Pokémon plushie is big enough to serve as a desk and soft enough to use as a pillow.

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• (anime • Piplup • Piplup Project • plushies • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • video games)

Become a noodle expert with Takara Tomy’s new Soba-Making Master and free online cooking lesson

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 13, 2021

Making homemade soba with the whole family has never been so satisfying.

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• Japan
• (ABC Cooking Studio • COK • cooking • DIY • Noodles • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)

Master Ball bug cage lets you finally catch even the most powerful insects out there

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 2, 2021

Forget capturing Mewtwo, it’s time to snatch some beetles!

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• (bugs • insects • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • toys)

Attention nagashi somen-iacs! This new Japanese gadget lets you enjoy flowing noodles solo

• Katy Kelly
  May 4, 2021

Takara Tomy’s new palm-sized gadget helps you enjoy flowing nagashi-somen noodles at a responsible social distance.

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• (COK • cooking • flowing noodles • food • gadgets • nagashi somen • Noodles • outdoors • SNJO • Takara Tomy • weird)

“Electric Shock Warning! Electric shock Pikachu” released in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2021

Takara Tomy harnesses the power of the electric Pokémon to spark young imaginations.

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• (cute • Pikachu • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • toys)

Giant, huggable Dragapult plushie is the work-from-home companion of your dreams

• Dale Roll
  Dec 8, 2020

The Gen-8 Pokémon even comes with some Dreepy missiles!

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• (cute • Dragapult • Dreepy • PC cushions • plushie • plushies • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • Takara Tomy • toy)

New “Bottle Man” bottle-cap battle toys too popular, sold out all over Japan on release day【Vid】

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 25, 2020

There’s even a Switch game you can shoot real bottle caps at!

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• (bottle caps • bottle man • Takara Tomy • Takaratomy • toys • video)

Pikachu Outbreak home robot walks, talks, and sings when you call to it【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2020

One of the cutest versions of the Pokémon mascot wants to come to your house to play!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • robots • Takara Tomy • toys • video • video games)

Another at-home noodle meal? Then play with your food with Japan’s Big Stream Somen Slider Custom

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2020

Nagashi somen-style dining at home for when your local restaurant and water park are closed.

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• (COK • cool • food • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • Takara Tomy • weird)

Miniature purikura photo booth from Japan lets you feel like a Japanese schoolgirl from the ’90s

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2019

New palm-sized machine actually takes real purikura photos.

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• Japan
• (1990s • 90s • COK • cute • Kawaii • nostalgia • photos • purikura • schoolgirls • Smartphones • sticker pictures • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • toys)

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Of course you’ll talk to this Pikachu lamp from Japan, so it talks back and dances too!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2019

After lighting up our lives, the Pokémon mascot is now ready to light up our homes.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • interior • lamps • light • Pikachu • Pokemon • Takara Tomy • video • video games)

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