Tutukki Bako US$60.00
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(12/20/08)
Call us crazy! When we were in Japan a couple weeks back, we found an ad for this new product – Tutukki Bako – and it basically depicted a finger in a little box and the finger influenced what happens on the screen. Think Tamagochi 2.0 – we were...
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(12/20/08) Call us crazy! When we were in Japan a couple weeks back, we found an ad for this new product – Tutukki Bako – and it basically depicted a finger in a little box and the finger influenced what happens on the screen. Think Tamagochi 2.0 – we were amazed, amused and completely determined that we had to get our hands on this crazy thing. Well here it is, just flown in from Japan, no real images yet, no english translation – this was launched days ago in Japan and was not intended to be sold here, at least for now, so translations are hard to come by. But it's so simple that you don't need a translation: Slide your finger in the opening on the side, choose your stage (Panda, Figurine, Amoeba, Ocean, Face) and you are all set. Start playing around, make the face sneeze, give the panda a little push or kick the stick figure out of the screen, all good fun. Now we don't know why we are so addicted by it, but it's a brilliant piece of Japanese toy culture and we just can't help but pick it up... See less