Bandai's "aqua drop" in Tokyo Toy Show 2008, playing with super water repellent rolling polka dots

From Thursday, 19th June to 22nd Sunday, 2008 at Tokyo Big SightTokyo Toy Show 2008Will be held. The public release date is 21 and 22 days, and it is a huge event which is expected for 120,000 people in 4 days. So it is that many interesting toys will be exhibited, so I went to Tokyo right away.

BandaiI found it at the booth "aqua drop" playing with rolling polka dots. The surface is subjected to super water repellent finish, and the water becomes a beautiful sphere and it is designed to roll like a ball like a ball.

Since I took a movie, please see how things are wonderful.
[Super water repellent game] aqua drop - Aqua Drop -

Booth landscape. There are lots of aqua drop lining up.


With super water repellent finish, water repellency of 1.5 times that of ordinary water is realized, and water slides on the surface of the board.


You can see exactly "super" water repellent.


A movie comparing water drooling on an unprocessed board and super water repellent processed board.


There are 4 games in all.


Orange ones are "hikari". It is the concept of having the lowest level of difficulty, first of all enjoying the movement of water.




White is "Kawara." The block is arranged in a brick shape and I enjoy enjoying the shape of a slime of droplets falling from the top down.




The blue color is "Kubomi." Because the polka dots stick together and separate from each other, it is difficult to line up.




Yellow is "Hamon." It is clear if you roll the polka dot to the center part, but the difficulty level is the highest.




As an image, it looks like a toy rolling old silver balls until the goal, and rolls polka dots instead of silver balls. Water is injected from the side of the toy with a syringe, and the amount can be adjusted by yourself. If you want to reduce the amount of water, just pour out water from the hole marked OUT.

The release date is from late July, and the price is 1575 yen (tax included) each.