Toylets

From Sega Retro

To do

  • Find proper logo.
  • Clean up Toylet template icon.
  • South Korean release. Link.
  • Cost, Free Play mode, and the 10 yen coin box.
  • Hardware design, how it mostly conceals the downward-facing sensor, why that's important for this kind of product.
  • Background on interactive urinals, brief history of the idea, and that while virtually all previous attempts were art projects/very limited release, the Toylet was really the first that was an actual sold product for installation anywhere, and with customer support for over a decade.
  • Game distribution method (USB sticks?) and what OS the system actually runs and is most equivalent to for comparison.
  • Tag all Toylet-related images with relevant tags.
  • Games were about $125, system was about $1750.
  • Frosted glass pictures here and here.
  • Sales ended in May 2016 (both main unit and software), maintenance ended in March 2021. ref.
  • So the DX version of Manneken Pis appeared at the trade show in those photos. If that show is the first appearance of Toylets, it kinda implies all games were developed before launch. Research this.
  • The official website lists a total of 180 installed locations in Japan. The real count is likely much higher than that, both depending on when they stopped updating that page and the amount of non-listed, private, or second-hand installations.
  • So I'm seeing NOTHING for Graffiti Eraser. No promos, no ads, no press releases. Is this due to the game's design going against the whole "cleanliness" feature? Unintentionally?
  • The stand likely doubled as a wall mount in some way, but get that verified.
  • A dedicated section on Toylet less as an upgrade to an existing installed toilet and more as an investment in a promotable attraction. I touched on this previously but the more I do research, people were installing Toylets left and right for their notoriety. To such an extent that the official website lists a section of reviews/thoughts from venue owners post-installation, and the majority are saying that their customers are specifically coming in to experience the Toylets. One even called it a "show/event in the bathroom". Which isn't too far off honestly.
  • Owners are saying it reduces both maintenance AND mischief/vandalism/etc in bathrooms. Which I can totally see. Most bathrooms are solid concrete indestructible things, but then you walk into a Toylet-equipped restroom and its suddenly like oh there's a dedicated system here and there are wires and electronics everywhere, and I feel like all of that kinda contributes to a slight "no broken windows" thing.
  • SoJ maintained a list of common non-compatible urinals for buyers to look through before purchasing, to ensure theirs wasnt on the list.
  • The stand/mounting bracket comes in three types according to the urinal shape.
  • The sensor is waterproof ("equivalent" to IPX5). The main body and coin box are not.
  • Toylet's 100V power supply was was not specific to the system or included with purchase.
  • "Designed for male urinals only." Can Toylets be used by anyone?
  • Sega stated Toylets were limited to Japan. "Currently limited", but English versions of games have appeared in South Korea.
  • The "notification screen" (advertising screens?) can only display .jpg/.bmp, and not videos.
  • Venue owners updated advertising/"notification" screens with a "dedicated" USB. They probably just mean any USB stick, but it might have to be specifically-formatted?

CartridgeCulture (talk) 01:52, 3 November 2021 (EDT)

Product codes

Images for eventual incorporation

  • Toylet USBpromoimage.png

    Once the Advertising section gets filled out, work this into and expand the USB section.

  • A South Korean Toylets installation.

CartridgeCulture (talk) 05:38, 9 November 2021 (EST)

Change name to Toylets

A lot of English sites that reported on the system named it Toylet, but that's pretty obviously not what it's indented to be called. If it were called トイレット (Toiretto), then that spells out Toylet, but it's called トイレッツ (Toirettsu). The website has it as toylets, and the assets for the game's entry on SEGA ARCADE GAME HISTORY also call it toylets. That seem alright? I almost moved the page, but maybe just the fact that English-speaking journalists called it Toylet is reason enough to keep it as such. If it does get changed, though, the articles should probably also be rewritten to use "Toylets" instead of "the Toylet". Nicolaas Hamman (talk) 11:24, 11 March 2023 (GMT+2)

I think you're right, it probably needs a name change. I'll go ahead and do the moves for this one :) Question though. What do you think we should use as a singular noun? Like to occasionally refer to a single piece of hardware? CartridgeCulture (talk) 00:26, 12 March 2023 (EST)
I'm not really sure. Yakuza Kiwami 2 has Toylets (even an English logo), so I suppose that's the best we've got for official terminology. As far as I know, it never calls it Toylet, just Toylets, even as a singular, e.g. "Toylets may be a urinal device, but promoting bathroom cleanliness is actually its key feature!" Nicolaas Hamman (talk) 09:32, 13 March 2023 (GMT+2)
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