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Leading toy maker in Japan releases DIY mayo-making machines

Master Blaster
Apr 2, 2019
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We take the Ultimate MYO for a spin and see if it truly is the limit of mayonnaise makers.

Japan
(cooking • DIY • machine • mayo • mayonnaise • recipe • Takara Tomy • toys • Ultimate MYO)

Awesome Japanese light gun uses your smartphone to turn real world into huge first-person shooter

Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2019

X-Tag features 64-player battle royales, multiple weapons, and power-ups, but it’s a game you play in the real world, not on a screen.

Japan
(awesome • cool • laser tag • smarpthones • Takara Tomy • toys • video games • vido • X-Tag)

Pikachu and Eevee will give YOU hugs with these awesomely adorable new Pokémon pillows

Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2018

The two Pokémon who get the most loving squeezes are ready to give you one right back.

Japan
(anime • cute • Eevee • interior • Pikachu • pillows • plushies • Pokemon • stuffed animals • Takara Tomy • video games)

Talking robot Pikachus go on sale in Japan, make Pokémon fans dreams come true【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2018

Honestly, is there anyone you’d rather have a conversation with than Pikachu?

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

Studio Ghibli releases Sheeta doll from anime film Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2017

This beautiful new doll comes with a number of cute details that anime fans will love.

Japan
(anime • cute • dolls • Ghibli • Laputa • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy)

Enjoy a Japanese sushi train at home with a fun Ferris wheel rollercoaster twist 【Video】

Oona McGee
May 31, 2017

Amp up the excitement of eating sushi with this new theme park ride concept from Takara Tomy!

Japan
(Amusement Parks • Ferris wheel • food • Fuji • fuji-q highland • Japanese food • rollercoaster • sushi • Sushi Train • Takara Tomy • theme parks • toys)

Create your very own dessert drink with this new “Squeeze and Shaken” cooking toy!

Kay
Mar 3, 2017

Just squeeze and mix to get a delicious shake in the flavor of your favorite dessert!

Japan
(drinks • milk • shakes • sweets • Takara Tomy)

Japanese toymaker celebrates Halloween with crazy animal and anime cosplay in the office 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2016

Yes, that is Cardcaptor Sakura diligently working with her fishmen colleagues.

Japan
(awesome • Cardcaptor Sakura • cool • cosplay • crazy • funny • halloween • Takara Tomy • weird)

Star of Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service now comes as a doll with four cute accessories

Oona McGee
Jun 6, 2016

Move over Barbie and Licca-chan, there’s a new doll in town.

Anime & Manga, Culture, Entertainment, Japan
(anime • cute • figurines • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy)

Cardcaptor Sakura toys for all the good girls and all the good boys — now with official voices!

KK Miller
Mar 27, 2016

Fans can thank Takara Tomy for a whole slew of official goods for their favorite card capturing elementary school girl.

Japan
(Cardcaptor Sakura • Clow Cards • Kero • Takara Tomy • toys)

New robot cat toy “Hello! Woonyan” is set to bring you mechanical cuddles, meows, and more

Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2016

Now you and your kids can experience the fun of owning a cat without any of the hairballs!

Games & Tech, Japan
(cat • pet • robot • Takara Tomy • technology • Woonyan)

Licca-chan gets the royal treatment in this gorgeous Doll Festival set

Jamie Koide
Feb 21, 2016

Toy brand Takara Tomy collaborates with distinguished doll maker Kyugetsu to release a limited 2016 edition of the Licca-chan Doll Festival series.

Japan
(dolls • hina matsuri • Japanese holidays • Licca-chan • Takara Tomy)

Need a souvenir to take home from Japan? How about some cute Hello Kitty minicars?

Preston Phro
Jan 28, 2016

Forget miles per gallon — it’s all about the cuteness per gallon!

Japan
(cute • Hello Kitty • Takara Tomy • Tomy • toys)

New Street Fighter’s Chun-Li figure shows off her signature move

Anime News Network
Jan 12, 2016

Japan
(Capcom • Chun-Li • figure • merch • Street Fighter • Takara Tomy • toys • video games)

New series gives Tomica toy cars a Feudal makeover with samurai-inspired designs

Mike
Jan 12, 2016

Takara Tomy will introduce several neat new models in their spectacularly popular Tomica toy car line later this month, each based on Feudal-Era warriors and generals.

Japan
(cars • models • samurai • Takara Tomy • tomica • toys)

Decorative animal toys with massive chins now a thing in Japan for some reason

Mike
Dec 30, 2015

Toy manufacturer Takara Tomy A.R.T.S continues its line of bizarre “gacha” capsule toys with cute (?) animals that have developed enormous underbites.

Japan
(animals • shakure • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • toys)

This changes everything: New device injects chocolate into bananas

Mike
Nov 18, 2015

Sliced bread. The smartphone. A computer that sits on your lap. The flying buttress. Occasionally, a new person or thing comes along that proves to be a total game changer; something that completely redefines the way you look at and interact with the world around you.

This unassuming device is one of those: A contraption that literally injects chocolate into a banana, forever rendering the humble banana into an amazing new food group and essentially negating any nutritional value the protein-packed fruit once had (not that this bothers us).

Japan
(bananas • chocolate • food • Takara Tomy • toys)

Takara Tomy’s new “Color Catch Pen” is amazing, but also looks kind of like a vibrator

Mike
Sep 8, 2015

…There. We said it.

As technologically cool and fun-sounding as the “Mitsukete-miyou! Iro Kyachi Pen” (lit. “Let’s Find it! Color Catch Pen”) appears to be, it also has the unfortunate appearance of a “massager,” which in Japan, is code for…Well, look, it’s code for a vibrator. Literally no one uses a “massager” for their back or any other non-genital area (and anyone who says otherwise is a dirty, filthy liar and probably also says they never pee in the shower, which we all know is a lie, too), so parents be warned: You and your child may have lots of fun playing with this fantastic, educational toy, but you will also never, ever, ever be able to shake the image of your nine-year-old holding something they might as well have found in your secret fun-time drawer out of your head for as long as you live.

Japan
(education • kids • Takara Tomy • technology • toys)

We go hands-on with “Pictuarium”, the virtual aquarium that brings your doodles to life!

Meg Murphy
Jul 27, 2015

Fish may make low-maintenance pets compared to cats and dogs, but they are still fragile creatures, and you may find that neglecting to clean the tank, forgetting to feed them, or letting their water get too warm in the summer months will send Bubbles to an early, watery grave. Even with utmost care, some fish don’t have very long lifespans, and no one likes saying goodbye to a beloved pet.

Well, now you can forgo the aquarium maintenance and not worry about the heartache, by creating your own invincible fishy friends and bringing them to life through your iPhone with Takara Tomy Arts’ new Pictuarium!

Japan
(art • cool • Pictuarium • Takara Tomy • toys • virtual aquarium)

We bump into Kuratas, the 120 million-yen robot, at the Tokyo Toy Show

Master Blaster
Jun 23, 2015

Many of you may recall the three-meter-tall (12.5 feet) ridable Japanese robot known as Kuratas which we have covered many times before. Earlier this year the real-life mecha made waves when it went up for sale on Amazon for the sum of 120 million yen (US$978,000).

For years now, Kuratas has been charming wannabe mech-pilots around the world until its most recent offering in January, but since then things have been quiet on the giant robot front. So you can imagine our Mr. Sato’s surprise when he stumbled upon one by chance during a trip to the 2015 Tokyo Toy Show.