Though it looks a lot like a larger version of those little cigarette rollers, this gadget is actually used to form perfect stuffed Japanese gyozas. We like it, but Alton Brown would never approve of such a single-function device.
Bandai is taking a new approach in the herculean task that is enticing nerds to exercise. This pedometer/calorie counter casts you as a 16th century Samurai hell-bent on controlling Japan.
I like to imagine this Bandai Noodle-maker/slide helped turn this family from dysfunctional and unhappy, to loving and close-knit. Do you see how much fun they’re having watching their dinner fall 18-inches in dramatic fashion?
Usually to meet my top popping OCD, I plow through a 24-pack or two in a single night. But it’s an addiction.
Bandai’s Aqua Dance water toy utilises some sort of nanotech coating to send endless balls…of water cascading through a maze. I feel the urge to pee just thinking about it.
Bandai is bringing this Japanese pocket toy, 5 Second Stadium—the first of many, like Mugen Pop Pop—over here. You try to click precisely at the 5-second mark. I’m premature, as always. [Giz @ Toy Fair]
With toddlers being more tech savvy than many adults these days, it only makes sense that manufacturers use netbooks to target this demographic. Case in point, Bandai’s Gachapin and Mukku-themed lineup.
Remember this? The blinking lights, the working train, the little pedestrians, bobbing up and down in place, just waiting to be eaten by a still-unseen Godzilla-this thing is so fantastic. [Akihabara News]
Bandai’s $US2000 limited edition speaker has a glowing, moving, living diorama of Tokyo’s Ginza district as seen in 1955. I don’t care how it sounds, it’s the coolest speaker I’ve seen all year.
There is no doubt about it—a 50cm tall R/C Mechagodzilla is something a lot of kids (and quite a few adults) would like to get their hands on this holiday season. The size is definitely impressive, but Bandai has also thrown in some spinning hands and decked it out with LEDs to sweeten the deal. However, the best part has to be the 360 degree rotating head that can go all Linda Blair at the push of a button. On the negative side, the fact that it is a Japan-only release is a real kick in the groin for fans in the states. Then the $US830 price tag swoops in to deliver the knockout punch.
