Jun 2

Fanny Bank is a farting piggy bank.  It is a great gift to your father if he has strong sense of humour.  The farting bank will amuse you each time you deposit a coin in by producing different farting sounds.  Also a great gift for the person who has everything.

May 26

Itazura Bank Pet Coin Box is so cool and cute!  The piggy bank features a cat or a dog hiding in a cardboard box of fruit or instant noodle.  When you place a coin on the fish shaped button, the animal inside the box will appears and steal the money.  There are eight different types of pet to choose from, which are calico cat, tabby (brown), tabby (ginger), bulldog (white), bulldog (brown), American shorthair, Chihuahua (cream), and Chihuahua (choco).  You just need $57 to get a stealer in your house.

May 23

The dogs on Choken-Bako will be very angry if you call it a piggy bank.  In fact they prefer the name “Doggy Bank”.  The Choken Bako Robotic Dog Bank features a dog on a box, and it starves until it will immediately goes for the coins you drop into its dish.  There are five different breeds.  Kuro, Cha and Shiro are shown in the picture above, and two other robotic dogs are Buchi (white and black) and Mayu (yellow and black).  The price for the doggy bank is US$51.

Apr 22

Tetris is my favourite game ever.  Alexey Pajitnov who designed the puzzle game is just so brilliant, and the best thing is that he is still alive (unlike most great people).  As Tetris is addictive and fun, and with the Tetris Arcade Gaming Piggy Bank, I can control my addiction to Tetris.  Other than controlling myself from playing too much Tetris, the arcade machine can also helps me to save money.  The Tetris Arcade Gaming Piggy Bank measures 148 x 185 x 185 mm, and it is white in colour.  It operates with 4 C batteries, and last 3 minutes for every game (after you slot in the money).  The price for the piggy bank is US$ 78.

Jan 16
Money Machine 2
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One thing my piggy bank annoys me is that it can’t sort coins.  The Money Machine 2 solves the problem of coins sorting.  The piggy bank counts and sorts coins into neat stacks automatically.  Total deposits will be shown on the electronic display.  Whenever you need the money, you can easily withdraw the coins which are wrapped in rolls.  The piggy bank is powered with 2 AA batteries.  The price of this coins sorter money counting jar is $2.00.

Apr 15
Domo-kun Bank
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Domo-kun Bank is a 5″ piggy bank featuring Japanese television NHK mascot Domo-kun sitting and eating his favourite cracker snack.  The non-plastic piggy bank is imported from Japan and comes in original Japanese packaging and is made of hard breakable material.  The Domo-kun piggy bank is pocket size but able to holds a reasonable amount of money. Domo Kun Bank is definitely a good choice as Mother’s Day gift if your mother is into Japanese culture.  It is currently on sale at Amazon.com at the price of $17.95.

Apr 15
Coink Piggy
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Deposit coins one at a time through a thin coin slot is tedious and laborious.  Coink piggy bank has a funnel that allows savers to deposit and taking out coins quickly in one shot.  The piggy bank designed by Scott Henderson is made of porcelain, and its size is 8.5″ x 7″ x 7″.  The Coink Piggy Bank is available in Yanko Design Designer Store at $36.00.

Apr 10
Banpresto Facebank2
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This is not a tissue box.  Banpresto Facebank2 is a Facebank without eyes, in which its design appeals slightly disturbing to me.  Facebank2 is a piggy bank designed by Takada.  The piggy bank will chew and eat up your coins which will freak out your friends.  It requires four AAA batteries to power, and available only in Japan in pink and blue.  The price for Facebank2 is $49.99.