Tomytec

Tomytec (トミーテック Tomītekku) is a subsidiary of TakaraTomy specializing in [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}scale model|{{#if:||scale model}}]]s and photography accessories. When TakaraTomy set about launching the MPG line with a set of fully licensed incarnations of the Trainbots in collaboration with the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Japanese Railway Group|{{#if:||Japanese Railway Group}}]] governing much of Japan's rail industry, what began as a consultation eventually spiralled into a full-on official colaboration between Tomytec's train department TOMIX and TakaraTomy's Transformers team.<ref>Interview with the MPG design team in Figure Ō issue 285 with Kōjin Ōno and Hideki Shimanuki, translated at TFW2005</ref>

Known Transformers contributors at Tomytec

• Hideki Shimanuki (marketing)
• Dai Ono (TOMIX, designer)

References

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External links

• Tomytec official website (English, machine translated)
• [[wikipedia:{{#if:ja|ja:}}トミーテック|{{#if:Tomytec at Japanese Wikipedia|Tomytec at Japanese Wikipedia|トミーテック}}]]