More merging madness: Tomy - Takara

[KJN]

Not long after the Namco - Bandai merger it's time for another one. Tomy and Takara will merge to form Japan's 4th largest toy/game company. You can't help wondering how many of the old companies that will still be left in a coupple of years.

Hope somebody will bring over Choro Q Works BTW.

[Ed Oscuro]

Hmm...which is bigger, Tomy or Takara? Oddness.

[CRV]

Hmm...which is bigger, Tomy or Takara? Oddness.

Well, Takara's got Transformers and Tomy's got...err...

[Tron 2.0]

Uhh doesn't Takara own stock in Atlus all ready?

Now they want Tomy?

[KJN]

Uhh doesn't Takara own stock in Atlus all ready?

Yes Takara owns Atlus. And Konami had a 22.2 % stake in Takara but sold all shares when Takara posted a $141.2 million loss for 2004.

[kainemaxwell]

I didn't know Tomy was still around, I think I mostly remember them for some their actuon figure-type construction kits when I was a kid.

[Cthulhu]

Takara is a toy GIANT here. Tomy ... honestly, I have no idea what they make. I see ads for Takara stuff all the time, but not Tomy. They probably have lots of sub-brands, but I dunno what they are. Takara themselves isn't known for making very good games, but Atlus sure is.

[junglehunter]

Did SNK own some piece of Takara a long time ago? Or was it a coincidental business agreement? :/

Anyone know?

[Daria]

I know Tomy did a lot of action figures for Kingdom Hearts, and Disney in general. I believe they also made some mario RC kart racers.

[GobopopRevisited]

Tomy has Playmobil...

[MegaDrive20XX]

Good ol' TAKARA! and there insane SNK ports...

Well this will be interesting to see two famous toy companies joining forces...

[GaijinPunch]

Uhh doesn't Takara own stock in Atlus all ready?

Yes Takara owns Atlus.

Yikes
http://dynamic5.gamespy.com/~japanga...opic.php?t=708

EDIT:
They're still talking about merging. It's not a done deal yet.