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Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy’s personal karaoke machine "Hi-kara" is demonstrated at International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo June 19, 2008. The product, which the company claims is one of the world’s smallest karaoke machine, is equipped with a 2.4-inch LCD display, headphone and a microphone and will go on sale in Japan on October 18 with a price tag of 10,500 yen.(97 U.S. dollars)(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

A woman poses with the SoftBank Mobile Corp’s robot-shaped mobile phone "Phone Braver 815T PB" at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo June 19, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Bandai Co’s employee Reiko Hirai demonstrates the company’s latest electronic piggybank "ikemenbank" at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo June 19, 2008. "Ikemenbank", or "handsome men bank", is a heart-shaped electronic piggy bank with an LCD screen that allows its owner to conduct a virtual affair with a cartoon character while watching the coins pile up. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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