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At the Tokyo Toy Show this past weekend, Japanese company Happinet introduced this funny little piggy bank featuring a happy dog standing in front of a bowl. When you put a 500 yen coin in the bowl, the dog starts lapping at it furiously, tapping the bowl progressively until the coin drops into the base. Super entertaining, which makes it a good way to save money since you have to pay up to watch him in action.
via Impress Watch (Japanese)
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Dog make it fun to save money.
Posted by: rrabano | July 16, 2009 at 12:23 PM
I had one in the shape of Eiffel Tower, you had to put the coin in a platform, spin the switch, then the platform would lift up and drop the money inside the tower. xD
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Posted by: abagale | July 20, 2009 at 07:21 AM