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Retro Transformers Watch

Robert Birming — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:25:52 +0000

Fans of the Transformers robots will soon be able to get their hands on a new edition of Takara Tomy’s classic Transformers wristwatch that was first released in the 80s. The LCD on the watch features 170 LEDs to display rudimentary graphics which depict a smiley face, sleepy face, or the Autobots symbol. The watch [...]

i-SOBOT vs Godzilla (video)

Robert Birming — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:05:46 +0000

Video footage of i-SOBOT, the world’s smallest mass produced humanoid robot, in a no holds barred battle up against Godzilla: While many celebrate the triumphant arrival of Takara/Tomy’s tiny humanoid robot upon American shores, a disturbing development comes with it. All across the USA, i-SOBOT fight clubs have been forming. These clubs have only one [...]

i-SOBOT Humanoid Robot Introductory Video

Robert Birming — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:21:44 +0000

This official Tomy/Takara i-SOBOT video shows the tiny talented humanoid robot doing flips, talking, and gives a brief overview of several of its features: In other i-SOBOT news the official i-SOBOT web site now has some of the Japanese web pages up; still waiting on the English language pages. Also, Amazon has changed their quoted [...]

Umine Nature Images Projector

Robert Birming — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:09:32 +0000

The Japanese toy company Takara Tomy has now released a new product called Umine – a small projector to help you relax by displaying various images of nature onto your ceiling or wall. Umine projects images of beach scenes, waterscapes and forest along with sounds of twittering birds, waves and other relaxing mood-setters. The 3.5mm [...]