Articles on Takara Tomy
Takara Tomy toy plays recordings backward - Oct 28, 2009
Crave Scrap the puchipuchi pudding. I want this. Takara Tomy's Sakasa Master Japan Voice Recorder (1,344 yen, US$14.60) promises even more crazy, pointless fun for collectors of all things chindogu (un-useful ... Read story »Yuruppy, a virtual pet petting gizmo - Feb 27, 2009
Crave Where do they dream up names like Yuruppy? Following in the footsteps of the faddish Tamagotchi from rival toy company Bandai, the Yuruppy is slated for a Japan rollout in ... Read story »Hi-Kara's palm-sized karaoke system - Nov 12, 2008
Crave Meet the latest singing sensation from Japan, the Hi-Kara. Hot out of Takara Tomy's wonder emporium, this tiny karaoke cube measures 5.5 inches on all sides. Not quite pocket-sized, it's ... Read story »More than meets the ear? - Apr 27, 2007
Crave New from Takara Tomy is the product strangely named Transformers Music Label Frenzy and Rumble. These headphones are robots in disguise, able to transform into a Decepticon robot. Yes, we noticed ... Read story »Tolne camera: Throwback to the old retro - Sep 28, 2007
Crave Nostalgia has a new home. With retro fashion gaining a bit of traction on the catwalk, Takara Tomy must be thinking: "Ah so!" These new plastic cameras use not digital memory ... Read story »Volta's children skywards again - Jul 28, 2006
Blogs This week, again. About Volta's children. No, not about that big one with its 31m wingspan. This time I'll pick up a mosquito-class airframe of a mere 3.5g. Yes, you heard ... Read story »A bipedal walking robot on the cheap - Nov 1, 2007
Blogs Last summer at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition arena (June 28 to July 1), Japanese toy giant Takara-Tomy sneak previewed a tiny robot that made all the Japanese kids (and quite ... Read story »Life is another game, oh chum. Come to your life - Dec 29, 2006
Blogs We live in the 21st century. Even the lowly piggy bank has to go digital willy-nilly. The inevitable fate of our time. We have to resign ourselves to this trend. %IMAGE=piggy01.jpg% ... Read story »A turtle "robot" with the sense of tone and rhythm - Oct 4, 2007
Blogs The Japanese tend to extend the definition of robot beyond the horizon. Everything that moves with a cog or two, and a couple of ICs hidden inside, is called a robot ... Read story »Adult's toy? No, it's your dream-come-true - Dec 28, 2007
Blogs Japanese toymaker Takara-Tomy gives dreams and fantasies to billions of kids all over the world... in exchange for good money. Nothing wrong about that, because Takara-Tomy is not a philanthropic outfit ... Read story »Wow, you are an instant guitar maestro! - Jun 21, 2007
Blogs If you want to play music yourself, please try the newest craze: Air guitar. Oh, you don't need to practice this musical instrument at all. No vicious calluses on your fingers. ... Read story »Light in the floating world - Sep 21, 2007
Blogs Wow, You finally managed to invite Kaori-chan for dinner at your place. She is the Britney Spears of your office... well, just a little watered-down version, nevertheless. You vacuumed your tiny ... Read story »Jump to page: [1]
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