Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Naka-ku, Nagoya, President: Hanshichi Toyoshima), which promotes proposals for comfortable lifestyles, has launched a project called "LandLoop" that uses waste materials generated in various regions of Japan Japan as part of raw materials to create items made of biomass plastic with low environmental impact. Medicom Toy (Headquarters: Uehara, Shibuya-ku, Representative Director: Tatsuhiko Akaji) is developing ". It was used as the raw material for the second body of the JP BE@RBRICK". Following the first one, this is the second time it has been adopted.
In the second installment, which is the first new work in about a year, ABS resin is fused with apple trees from Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture after pruning, which were scheduled to be discarded, and a collaboration with "THE BEATLES" has been realized. It will be on sale at Medicom Toy directly managed stores and online stores from Saturday, April 12, 2025.
LandLoop is a project developed by Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. to create a new future for plastics. By reducing the amount of plastic materials used, we use waste materials generated in various regions of Japan, such as apple tree scraps from Aomori Prefecture, Yoshino cedar sawdust from Nara Prefecture, and oyster shells from Mie Prefecture, as part of the raw materials, and to create biomass plastic items with a low environmental impact. We aim to make the local area interesting by adding plastic (= Local + tic) to the culture, traditions, and values that are unique to the region (Local).
URL: https://landloop.jp/
Medicom Toy's ". JP BE@RBRICK" is a series of new concepts for Japan production that aims to be a "joyful product" for both people and the environment. 「. This is the second time that LandLoop has been used as a raw material for the main body of jp BE@RBRICK", and it is an eco-friendly BE@RBRICK that reduces the amount of plastic used as a whole by fusing ABS resin with apple trees from Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture after pruning, which were scheduled to be disposed of.
In the second installment, which is the first new work in about a year, a collaboration with "THE BEATLES" has been realized. The "THE BEATLES" logo is designed on the front, and the label mark of "Apple Records" established by the band in 1968 is designed on the back. The body is made of a material that fuses ABS resin with pruned apple trees from Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, which have been scheduled to be discarded, to express the texture of the iconic Granny Smith apple.
In the future, LandLoop will continue to aim to make the local area interesting by adding plastic (= Local + tic) to the culture, traditions, and values that are unique to the region (Local) through collaboration with various companies and items.
■ Product Details
Trade name:
.jp BE@RBRICK THE BEATLES 400%
Released on Saturday, April 12, 2025
¥30,580 (tax included)
Product page: https://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/list/20082.html
⚫️ Height: approx. 280mm
⚫️ Available at Medicom Toy directly managed stores and online stores!
■ About BE@RBRICK (Bear Brick)
In 2001, the year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of teddy bears, which continue to be loved all over the world, it is a bear-shaped block type figure of about 7 cm that was born with the concept of "making teddy bears with a digital image". Nothing is added except for the parts of the main body, which is divided into 9 parts, and it is made with the rule of "design only with prints". Resonating with this "limitless possibilities of expression," BE@RBRICK has developed a variety of collaborations with many artists, brands, companies, and characters who are fascinated by its cute forms, and has continued to send thousands of items to the market and has gained many fans around the world as an "artistic toy."
About MEDICOM TOY
Based on the concept of "making what we want," we plan and manufacture character figures in a wide range of fields such as movies, TV, comics, and games. In 2001, he released the bear-shaped block-type figure "BE@RBRICK" (Bear Brick), and continues to collaborate with artists, brands, companies, and characters around the world.
