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Toys
Japanese Voice Recorder Toy Plays Back Everything In Reverse
2:00PM Adrian Covert | It’s simple. Takara Tomy’s Sakasa Master Japan records anything you say and spits it out backwards. If you’re needing gift ideas for random relatives, this $US15 toy should get a week’s use before it’s tossed aside. [Strapya via TokyoMango]
Gadgets
Bowlingual Discovers That Every Dog Has An Inner Japanese Woman
11:40PM Mark Wilson | What is your dog trying to say when he’s barking at bicyclists riding by your window? If only we spoke Japanese, we’d know. More »
Gadgets
Cheapo Version of Wii Fit Offers 100 Million Workouts
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | Jump into your glittery spandex pants and crown you head with that leopard headband, because you are going to need them to follow the 100 million—yes, million—three-minute workouts of the Minutes Gym Digital Video Trainer. More »
Toys
Re-Released Takara Tomy Transformers Watch Needs a Little More AllSpark
5:00PM Elaine Chow | If you need help reliving your childhood, Takara Tomy is re-releasing its classic Transformers watch. I don’t remember Transformers looking so drab though. Funny what a few years will do to your perspective.
Games
Tomy’s Piggy Bank Comes With Built-In RPG
8:30AM Jason Chen | Japanese kids and otaku need slightly more motivation than the rest of us to save money, and to that end, Takara Tomy has made a piggy bank with an RPG game built right on there. It’s called Bank Quest (was Final Bank Fantasy taken?) and you can buy weapons and armour for your dude from the savings you place inside. That reminds us of the RPG Toilet we saw in Japan one time that rewarded us for the size, weight and consistency of he deuce we dropped. Wait, that might not have happened. [Akihabara News via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
Toys
A Quick Glimpse of Tokyo Toy Show 2008
11:45PM Mark Wilson | For those of us not lucky enough to be at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, here’s a quick highlight video running through some of the more interesting products. Our favourite has to be the AeroSpider by Takara Tomy. It’s an R/C car that can burn donuts on 90-degree surfaces (like walls) and then top off the act by driving completely inverted on the ceiling. We’re sure that parents will just love it. [CScoutJapan via bbGadgets] More »
Home
Le Soba Machine Gets you Soba in the Privacy of your Own Home
8:52PM Addy Dugdale | Soba lovers of the world rejoice, for you can now buy the Ie Soba from Takara Tomy, a machine that can make you Soba noodles at home. Traditionally rather a time-consuming process, all you need is buckwheat powder, wheat flour, water and 20 minutes. See it boxed up below. More »
