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Check out this cool new toy from Takara Tomy, slated to arrive on the market in late October. It's a home soba maker. All you have to do is put soba powder and water inside the red bowl, and turn the crank on the right side. The crank then mixes the water and soba powder at just the right consistency to produce perfectly even, delicious-to-eat soba noodles.
More pics after the jump...
(via Nikkei Trendy)
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Looks awesome, so is this aimed at kids or adults, because I want one!
Posted by: teeny | September 12, 2007 at 07:31 AM