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| rdfs:comment | - Tomy Co., Ltd. is the legal English name for the Japanese toy, children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1, 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy with long-time Japan rival, Takara Co., Ltd. However, the new company made the unusual decision to adopt two different legal corporate names so while in English the name is simply Tomy, in Japanese the legal company name is the combined name, K.K. Takara-Tomy (株式会社タカラトミー ). The original Tomy was founded in 1924, while Takara was founded in 1955.
- In 2014, it was confirmed that the upcoming television cartoon Sonic Boom will have an entire toyline devoted to the cartoon. The rights of the toy making will be handled by Tomy.
- In 1981-1982 Tomy created a series of toys for the Disney film TRON. In 2002, for the 20th anniversary of TRON, NECA re-released several of the Tomy toys.
- Thomas starter set.jpg Tomy made those Thomas toys and sets back in 1992 to 2006
- Tomy is a company made in the UK,US,Canada and other countries. Here are the products from this brand to Thomas and Friends 1.
* Motor Road and Rail (retired) 2.
* Teletubbies Telly Tummy (retired) 3.
* Teletubbies Big Hug (UK only) 4.
* Bananas in Pajamas (retired) 5.
* Big Big Loader (retired) 6.
* Dance with Me Teletubbies (discontinued) 7.
* Tomy Trains (removed) 8.
* Tomica (US and UK only) 9.
* Chuggingon (US and Canada only) 10.
* Aquadraw 11.
* Zoids (retired)
- Editorial policies of many Western (English language) business publications is to ignore "merger" declarations and declare one company to be bought by another, often by splitting hairs over the number of board members, etc. Therefore, in much of the English media, the Takara-Tomy merger was characterized as a "take-over" of Takara by Tomy. This assumption was made easier by the adoption of only the Tomy name in English. It is true that several years of losses had put Takara in a financially weakened state at the time of the merger. On the other hand, Takara did in fact have significantly higher sales than Tomy for three years preceding the merger. Yet it is common knowledge that, over the years, the management of Takara and Tomy, which were located less than a kilometer apart in Tokyo and
- They also produce the following non-Thomas products:
* Plarail (known as Tomica World outside Japan), a battery powered plastic train system which became Motor Road and Rail in the UK and US. After Fisher-Price bought the TrackMaster range, TOMY began to produce the Plarail items outside Japan from 2010 in a range called Tomica. The range was discontinued in 2013.
* Tomica (not to be confused with the re-released Plarail range outside Japan), a series of die-cast cars which are compatible with Plarail.
* Motorised construction sets that involve characters dumping and loading small spheres and transporting them.
* Licensed products, notably Nintendo and Disney franchises.
* Various games, including board, pocket, and downloadable games.
* K'NEX
* Megasketcher
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- Tomy's logo, used primarily outside out Asia; the TAKARA TOMY logo is instead used within Asia
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| abstract | - Tomy Co., Ltd. is the legal English name for the Japanese toy, children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1, 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy with long-time Japan rival, Takara Co., Ltd. However, the new company made the unusual decision to adopt two different legal corporate names so while in English the name is simply Tomy, in Japanese the legal company name is the combined name, K.K. Takara-Tomy (株式会社タカラトミー ). The original Tomy was founded in 1924, while Takara was founded in 1955.
- Editorial policies of many Western (English language) business publications is to ignore "merger" declarations and declare one company to be bought by another, often by splitting hairs over the number of board members, etc. Therefore, in much of the English media, the Takara-Tomy merger was characterized as a "take-over" of Takara by Tomy. This assumption was made easier by the adoption of only the Tomy name in English. It is true that several years of losses had put Takara in a financially weakened state at the time of the merger. On the other hand, Takara did in fact have significantly higher sales than Tomy for three years preceding the merger. Yet it is common knowledge that, over the years, the management of Takara and Tomy, which were located less than a kilometer apart in Tokyo and had respectfully competed with each other as they grew side-by-side into world-class toy companies, had discussed merging several times, including times when Takara appeared stronger. Thus, ultimately, philosophically, culturally and legally under Japanese corporate law, the companies agreed to merge on an equal basis. There has been much post-merger speculation on the control of brands such as Transformers now being with Tomy vs. Takara. Much of this arises due to the new use of the English "TOMY" copyright on all packaging, including former Takara brands shipped by Hasbro. This is simply the natural result of the practical decision to use only the Tomy name in English. In fact, internally, where 99% of the employees are Japanese and speak mainly Japanese, there is only one company, known in Japanese as "Takara-Tomy," and almost all internal departments have a healthy mix of management from both former companies. The fact that the English name is "Tomy" bears little relevance for most employees. In Japan, Takara-Tomy continues to use the former Tomy and Takara names as distinct brand names on toy lines which originated in each company, but most new toy lines or stand-alone products carry the new Takara-Tomy brand. Staple toy lines from each company are continuing, in many cases gaining synergy from the co-marketing of each other's properties. This merger gave the combined company near parity in domestic (Japan) toy market share to domestic rival Bandai. Takara purchased a majority stake in Tatsunoko Production in June 2005. The studio then became a complete subsidiary of Takara Tomy, following the March 2006 merger. In 2006, Tomy UK launched a website where consumers can buy directly from Tomy's catalogue online. In early 2011, Takara Tomy acquired RC2 and its sub-brand, Learning Curve, which included The First Years, Lamaze, and Compass.
- In 2014, it was confirmed that the upcoming television cartoon Sonic Boom will have an entire toyline devoted to the cartoon. The rights of the toy making will be handled by Tomy.
- In 1981-1982 Tomy created a series of toys for the Disney film TRON. In 2002, for the 20th anniversary of TRON, NECA re-released several of the Tomy toys.
- Thomas starter set.jpg Tomy made those Thomas toys and sets back in 1992 to 2006
- They also produce the following non-Thomas products:
* Plarail (known as Tomica World outside Japan), a battery powered plastic train system which became Motor Road and Rail in the UK and US. After Fisher-Price bought the TrackMaster range, TOMY began to produce the Plarail items outside Japan from 2010 in a range called Tomica. The range was discontinued in 2013.
* Tomica (not to be confused with the re-released Plarail range outside Japan), a series of die-cast cars which are compatible with Plarail.
* Motorised construction sets that involve characters dumping and loading small spheres and transporting them.
* Licensed products, notably Nintendo and Disney franchises.
* Various games, including board, pocket, and downloadable games.
* K'NEX
* Megasketcher
* Slot car sets
* Baby and nursery toys
- Tomy is a company made in the UK,US,Canada and other countries. Here are the products from this brand to Thomas and Friends 1.
* Motor Road and Rail (retired) 2.
* Teletubbies Telly Tummy (retired) 3.
* Teletubbies Big Hug (UK only) 4.
* Bananas in Pajamas (retired) 5.
* Big Big Loader (retired) 6.
* Dance with Me Teletubbies (discontinued) 7.
* Tomy Trains (removed) 8.
* Tomica (US and UK only) 9.
* Chuggingon (US and Canada only) 10.
* Aquadraw 11.
* Zoids (retired)
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