Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th

Sunday, March 11th, 2007 8:06am CDT

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(The following information has been translated from the Toy Festival website)

The 16th Annual Toy Festival will be held on Sunday, March 18th from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM in Tokyo at the “Bigsite” conference center (West Hall). The Toy Festival is one of the largest toy events in Japan and it features new and old toys as well as mangas, figures, and video games.

(The following information has been translated from TakaraTomy’s website)

TakaraTomy will be featuring the following Transformer products at the Toy Festival:

- A display of the Optimus Prime movie toy (unclear which version will be showcased).
- A live radio performance of the KISS Players radio show.
- The KISS Players Sparkbots debut sale. Each Sparkbot set includes: 3 Sparkbot key chains (which were named by the three female voice actresses). The set also contains a CD which features segments from the radio show along with behind the scenes recordings.

- The first 100 people to purchase the new Sparkbots set will receive an invitation, which will allow them to meet the three voice actresses at a later date.

To learn more about the Toy Festival (in Japanese) visit their homepage. Big clear images of the Sparkbots:

Sparkbots
Angela
Stardust
Zangetsu

And to read about TakaraTomy’s updated website click here.

Credit(s): Toy Festival, TakaraTomy

This article was last modified on Sunday, March 11th, 2007 8:13am CDT

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Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49219)
Posted by First-Aid on March 11th, 2007 @ 8:29am CDT

(barfs all over his shoes) God, that's nasty. Why is Takara letting Barbie into their lineup?

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49229)
Posted by Nico on March 11th, 2007 @ 8:44am CDT

Meh....stupid japaneese concept. Their good idea ended whit the "Car turning into Robot" gimmick!

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49234)
Posted by Stormrider on March 11th, 2007 @ 8:47am CDT

First-Aid wrote:(barfs all over his shoes) God, that's nasty. Why is Takara letting Barbie into their lineup?

Because Takara is convinced that men want to play with figures like this.

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49395)
Posted by 1337W422102 on March 11th, 2007 @ 12:56pm CDT

Stormrider's probably got a point. Takara will strip 'em down to their knickers, camel-toe 'em, give them scared facial expression and bondage accessories and a giant robot slave master. Rapemasters FTW.

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49404)
Posted by Sideshow Sideswipe on March 11th, 2007 @ 1:00pm CDT

can't they release new toys instead of 20 year old ones?

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49455)
Posted by Anonymous on March 11th, 2007 @ 1:58pm CDT

What's next? Kiss Player inflatable dolls?

That's just too damn rediculus to take seriously.

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49868)
Posted by Stormrider on March 11th, 2007 @ 8:05pm CDT

83457W422102 wrote:Stormrider's probably got a point. Takara will strip 'em down to their knickers, camel-toe 'em, give them scared facial expression and bondage accessories and a giant robot slave master. Rapemasters FTW.

That's not exactly what I meant. I meant that Takara is targeting men that collect female figurines. There are a variety of reasons why they collect them. I'm not arguing against your points, however let's not let the graphic descriptions get out of hand. Remember we have young ones reading these boards sometimes.

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49956)
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on March 11th, 2007 @ 9:16pm CDT

im guessing you're going to that SR

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (49990)
Posted by CyberTooth on March 11th, 2007 @ 9:27pm CDT

Somehow when these sound more like My Little Pony or Stripper names.

Things been a little slow?
Zangetsu some...

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (50028)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on March 11th, 2007 @ 9:57pm CDT

I like the EGGBOTS, the colors are weak, but what cha gonna do?

To bad I can't go to this

Re: Tokyo Toy Festival, Sunday March 18th (50432)
Posted by Stormrider on March 12th, 2007 @ 10:09am CDT