california united states key people george sohn products action figures website toynami.com toynami is an american toy company based in van nuys california . founded in 2000 by george sohn toynami is primarily focused on anime licenses for specialty retailers and collectors in the north american market . the company s name is a portmanteau of the words toy and tsunami . part of the early driving force that led to the creation of the company was sohn s interest in producing and releasing modern macross valkyrie toys something he spearheaded with japanese company yamato toys while being vice president of toycom yamato s u.s. division at the time . when legal issues arose blocking the non grey market release of yamato s macross toys in north america sohn left toycom and started toynami ironically first acquiring the robotech license which was the catalyst that roadblocked yamato and toycom s macross toys . using robotech as a starting point toynami has since expanded seeking other primarily anime based licenses and aiming more towards collectors instead of the mass market . contents 1 criticism 2 present licenses 2.1 anime 2.2 non anime 3 past licenses 3.1 anime 3.2 non anime 4 references 5 external links criticism edit toynami s reputation has been mixed since its inception with the criticism of the company focused on overall quality . in 2001 the company advertised their robotech masterpiece collection vf 1 veritech fighter toys as having approximately 33 % diecast content . after several months of delays the line s first model vf 1j rick hunter was released in the summer of 2002 sans the promised diecast metal content as solicited . other collectors were infuriated when their 3 000 robotech super scale statues which stand over 5 tall were delivered with broken parts and substandard paint quality . citation needed following several complaints from collectors toynami issued a recall notice of their robotech masterpiece collection maia shadow fighter on january 2009 . according to the company s statement a new factory was commissioned to manufacture the toy which was discovered to not meet quality control standards . within the 60 day period from the recall notice toynami offered a full refund for every unit returned . 1 present licenses edit anime edit bleach macross u.s. market via harmony gold usa naruto naruto shippuden robotech shogun warriors beast king golion and armored fleet dairugger xv non anime edit the canmans futurama mameshiba skelanimals so so happy unkl spongebob squarepants godzilla past licenses edit anime edit chobits inuyasha speed racer voltron non anime edit the chop chops the deviants dynomutt emily the strange harvey birdman attorney at law the herculoids precious miseries thundarr the barbarian references edit robotech.com maia shadow fighter recall january 20 2009 external links edit official toynami site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toynami & oldid 743513723 categories toy companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in los angeleshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view