Japan toys: Battery-free “Plarail” appeared: TAKARATOMY
-First in 62 years of history-
“Plarail”:
Introducing “Plarail,” which runs electrically without using batteries.
Running without batteries:
Move the car body back and forth on the floor or table,
When you rotate the wheels, it generates electricity,
If the rail is assembled in a perfect circle, you can run 5 or 6 laps.
TAKARATOMY:
On September 3, the company announced the “Plarail,” which runs electrically without using batteries.
“E5 Series Shinkansen Hayabusa”
“E6 Series Shinkansen Komachi”,
It will be released on October 21st for 4180 yen (tax included) each.
Power generation by hand:
It generates electricity when the car body is moved back and forth on the floor or table and the wheels are rotated.
With a 30-second charge
5 to 6 laps on the rail,
It is said to run electrically (7m)
When rolling by hand, it generates electricity in both forward and reverse directions.
Newly developed power generation mechanism that produces the required power with just the power of the hand (patent pending)
–ITmedia NEWS
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