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[/span][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][span]Gun-shaped teddy bear crackers ready to liven up wedding receptions[/span][/div] [div class="img_right"] [div class="today_image" style="width: 166px;"][div class="image"][img]http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/images/20060429p2a00m0na027000p_size6.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="250" width="166"][/div] [div class="caption"][font size="1"][span class="txt2"]A developer of the party cracker that shoots out a teddy bear holds up the device at Sunamiya in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, in April.[/span][/font][/div] [/div] IMABARI, Ehime -- A paint firm here is hoping to add color to wedding receptions in Japan with a new device it has jointly developed -- a gun-shaped party cracker that shoots out a teddy bear.[/p]Sunamiya, a paint firm based in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, announced the development of the device, which blasts a teddy bear equipped with a parachute into the air. The teddy bear parachutes down afterwards.[/p]Developers hit on the idea after noticing that it had become a trend for people to throw teddy bears into the air instead of bouquets at wedding receptions.[/p]In addition to paint products, Sunamiya produces a paintball marker used to fire paintballs at escaping criminals so they can be identified and captured.[/p]"We're hoping to capture the hearts of couples," a company representative said, commenting on the new device.[/p]The crackers will go on sale in May, and will be marketed to businesses. (Mainichi)[/p][/div] [a href="http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060429p2a00m0na032000c.html"]http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060429p2a00m0na032000c.html[/a]
