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In the eyes of an Asian, we Americans look like creatures from a sci-fi movie. Huge eyes and equally growing bellies. It’s actually quite scary. So, the only way to see how other cultures view us, is to see how culture portrays us through art. Kotobukiya will be releasing a set of Anime-styled Indiana Jones Action Figures in June for ...

Fortune cookies are probably the last place you would think to look for a serious fortune. The second least place to look for answers is a Magic 8-Ball. Combine the two together, and you get one odd question-answering baked good. Whenever you get stuck with a moment of indecisiveness, the Magic Fortune Cookie will be there to help you decide, ...

Featuring full slide action, this very miniature Nokia 5200 toy is small enough to get lost among the coins in your pocket, yet still resembles the slider phone. Did we mention it can slide despite its size? It can actually slide! Oh, and it also features an image of a kitty on the screen. Pst, Pst, here kitty kitty. — ...

Robots are relatively unpopular objects to crave for, they’re too huge, too expensive and you wouldn’t know what-the-heck-is-going-on in the industry most of the time. Takara-TOMY’s new Omnibot2007 i-Sobot is the world’s smallest humanoid (2 legs) walking robot, and the best part is its price: $312, comparing to robots of its same class that usually cost $1000 at least. The ...

You know how sometimes you need to have the gadget grow on you after the purchase before you start to get comfortable with using it? Well, Japanese toys manufacturer Takara-TOMY has brought this to a completely different level with the new kind of One-Seg DMB toy TV they showed us at Toy Forum 2007 this morning. This portable TV itself ...

The Japanese population has one of the highest savings ratios in the world, and this Jinsei Ginko (human life bank) piggy bank helps reinforce that idea to the next generation. The Jinsei Ginko is not like other big banks you have ever seen before. For one thing, it can only take 500 yen coins ($5). Secondly, the more you save, ...