Takara Tomy promised us that maglev technology would make its way to playsets next year, when we spoke at this year's Tokyo Toy Show. It had two very different toys on hand, one a train that the ...

Japanese toy company Takara Tomy is offering a working scale replica of the record-breaking 603 km/h (375 mph) SC Maglev (Superconducting Magnetic levitation) Train. However, all is not what it seems, ...

Visitors look at toys exhibited at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 28, 2025. The toy show kicked off here on Thursday, attracting 210 exhibitors with around 35,000 items on ...

There are certain places in Japan where you can pretty much always find capsule toy vending machines. Electronics shops, for example, usually have a row of them near their entrance or in the corner of ...