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Sonokong Co, Ltd. (
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company. It was established in 1974. The corporate headquarters are located in Sugung-dong
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. The technical license of the company is owned by
Takara Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy Co., Ltd. to form Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was 遊びは文化」("playing is culture"). Products Toys In 1 ...
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History

*The firm began in 1974 participating in Hyeopseong Industry. In 1985 Seoul Chemical was established. In 1996 the company was renamed from Seoul Chemical to Sonokong. In 2016 the firm's exclusivity agreement with
Takara Tomy is a Japanese entertainment company that makes children's toys and merchandise. It was created from a merger on March 1st 2006 of two companies: Tomy (founded in 1924 as Tomiyama, changing the name to Tomy in 1963) and long-time rival Tak ...
expired. Twelve percent of the company was sold to
Mattel Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company has presence in 35 countries and territories and sells products in more ...
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Products

*Robots *Dolls *Model Cars *Games *Gaming Software *Motion Picture Entertainment *Trade Card Games * Yonggary


Animation

*'' Jang Geum's Dream'' (with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) *'' K-Cops'' *''
Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms ...
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Beyblade is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies ...
'' (Korean name is '' Top Blade'', with Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) and
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) *'' B-Daman'' *''
Battle Beadman is a Japanese manga series by Eiji Inuki which ran in CoroCoro Comics by Shogakukan from 2002 to 2005. An anime adaptation was released in January 2004. It premiered in the United States in April 2005. It is the first show of the '' B-D ...
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Fire Beadman is a Japanese manga series by Eiji Inuki which ran in CoroCoro Comics by Shogakukan from 2002 to 2005. An anime adaptation was released in January 2004. It premiered in the United States in April 2005. It is the first show of the '' B-D ...
'' (with Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and
Heewon Entertainment Heewon Entertainment Co, Ltd. (hangul: ko, ㈜희원엔터테인먼트) is a South Korea's toy, animation and entertainment company. headquartered in Guro-Dong Guro-Gu Seoul, Korea. established in 1994. It is a Korean animation and Japanese ani ...
) *'' Bumperking Zapper'' (with Daewon C&A Holdings and
SBS (Korea) Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) () is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. The broadcaster legally became known as SBS in March 2000, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting System (서울방송). Its f ...
) *'' Vroomiz'' (SamG Animation) *'' Speed Storm'' (with SBS) *'' Track City'' (with SBS) *'' The White Dog'' (with SBS) *'' Turning Mecard'' (with KBS and Heewon Entertainment) *'' Road To Friendship'' (MBC) *''
Dragon Rising ''Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising'' is a tactical shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters has advertised the game as a tactical shooter designed to represent mod ...
'' (MBC) *'' Animal Academy'' (MBC) *''
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See also

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Economy of South Korea The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, it has the 5th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world. South Korea is notable for its rapid economic development from an underdeveloped natio ...


References


External links


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