International Tokyo Toy Show

International Tokyo Toy Show

A person demonstrates how to play Japanese toymaker MegaHouse's "Yakinikuo", meaning "King of Grilled Beef", at the International Tokyo Toy Show, July 16, 2009. The game in which players compete to pick as many pieces of "food" jumping on a grill-like platform will be displayed at the toy show, which runs until July 19.

Japanese toymaker TOMY Company's Motomasa Kuge displays the company's world smallest class infrared light controlled biped walking robot "ROBO-Q" at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2009 in Tokyo July 16, 2009.

A staff of Sega Toys looks up at the ceiling during a demonstration of the company's new fireworks pattern projector called "Uchiagehanabi" at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2009 in Tokyo July 16, 2009. The product, equipped with sound effects of the fireworks, will go on sale in Japan on August 1 for 15,540 yen ($166).

Decocchao dolls by Japanese toymaker Sega Toys are displayed at the International Tokyo Toy Show, July 16, 2009. The toy show started on Thursday and will be held until Sunday.

Japanese toymaker TOMY Company's "Bowlingual voice" device, which the company says "translates" dog emotions, is displayed at the International Tokyo Toy Show, July 16, 2009. The wireless microphone device, which fits on a dog's collar, transmits the animal's sound to a handheld consul which analyses and "translates" into six emotional categories. The device then emits a common phrase matching the dog's emotional state, both in words and voices.

Japanese toymaker CCP Co employee Kazuaki Tanaka demonstrates the company's infrared light controlled "Sky Armor" at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2009 in Tokyo July 16, 2009.

Japanese toymaker Bandai Co's "Jibun Damashii," a made-to-order character figurine with a face based on the owner's photograph, is displayed at the International Tokyo Toy Show, July 16, 2009.
(Reuters Photo)