ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

There are several sensations that most logical people would like to harness and be able to replicate at will. In Japan, the brains eschew such tedium as logic in favor of the quick fix of fun. First, there was the PeriPeri, a portable toy that puts you in a loop of opening boxes til your heart’s content. Now, the Trends In Japan blog, reports on the next entry into the “Infinite Toy” market: Combining the morning banana diet craze with the thrill of the peeling process, Epoch has put out the Endless Banana. The perpetually peelable fruit even comes complete with an embedded voiceover by actress Saki Fujita.