Evangelion anime and films may have concluded but not the merch, and neither is the racing team that is still actively competing in Japan. Another thing that continues is the Evangelion die-cast toy cars from Tomica. Joining the Tomica EVA RT Unit 1 GR Supra, and the Tomica EVA RT […]
Remember the playability-overloaded Takara Tomy Diaclone DA-95 Robot Base that is part of a giant robot? Well, the Japanese toymaker best known for the Transformers franchise has recently revealed the other half, and good lord, it is jaw-droppingly impressive.
What are the odds that an entire family loves the Takara Tomy Plarail toy trains? I’d think the odds are pretty low. However, in case you have one such family, then Nippon Hotel Co., Ltd.’s Hotel Metropolitan Edmont (Tokyo, JR East) has the place to take your Plarail playing to […]
Piggy bank is, well, just a piggy bank. It is not a playable thing… unless the piggy bank is the Takara Tomy Playable Piggy Bank Space Invaders Table. This super fun coin bank is modeled after the iconic table-style arcade console for Space Invaders introduced by Taito in 1978.
Another Takara Tomy Transformers toy news for today. Prior to the reveal of the toy color MP-44S and MP-56+, it was revealed there will be another Transformers Masterpiece coming your way. This time, it is the Autobot Hoist that has gotten the Masterpiece treatment.
I could have sworn that we told you about the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-44 Optimus Prime figure when it was released in 2019. Apparently, we did not. Jeez. What were we doing??? Anyhoo, never mind that we did not because there is a new MP-44 coming your way.
If you have handled the Hasbro Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Optimus Primal figure, you will not it is not the best. Hell, you don’t even need to handle it to know that because the color is a dead giveaway that isn’t great. I mean how is Optimus Primal gray? […]
The sixth and final member of the much anticipated Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Combiner, MPG-06 Trainbot Kaen [JP], has been announced and is available to order. This G1 action figure features authentic Takara Tomy design and deco inspired by the original cartoon series and comes in its original packaging with […]
The SORA-Q Lunar Robot that Takara Tomy helped design will not be returning to Earth when it has done with its mission on Moon. Well, not that you can own it anyways. Oh, wait. Maybe you can own one. Takara Tomy has recently revealed a remote control toy replica of […]
Transformers toyline offers an infinite opportunity for new products even from a single character. Take for example Optimus Prime. In addition to a semi-truck, the Autobot leader has been a Canon DSLR, a Nike sneaker, a PlayStation One console, a hat, and a watch holder, for example. And now, it […]
Truth be told, often, a toy’s playability is 90% imagination and 10% tangible elements. Take for example a die-cast car. 10% is the toy car while the vroom, vroom, the racing between cars, and “driving around”, are pretty much imagination’s work. If anything, many toys, including those specifically designed for […]