The Late Late Toy Show could watch the show as it was not geo-blocked. 40,000 applications for tickets were received with only around 200 available. The show had a "Mary Poppins" theme, with Ryan Tubridy opening the show dressed as chimney sweep Bert and then tore off the costume to reveal his Christmas jumper. The 2013 toy show featured a record breaking 237 toys. Over 231 performers and demonstrators took to the stage, with 34 of them performing a special opening number from Mary Poppins. The opening song on the show was Chim Chim Cher-ee and featured Ryan Tubridy dancing. In advance, a week before
Chim-Pom to resemble Pikachu, the naming a riff on Takashi Murakami's "Superflat" reading of Japanese aesthetics. Mori Art Museum (JAPAN) Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (JAPAN) The Japan Foundation (JAPAN) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (JAPAN) Asia Society Museum, New York (U.S.A.) Queensland Art Gallery (AUSTRALIA) “SUPER RAT” (Parco Publishing, 2012)<br> “idea ink 03 – Geijutsu Jikkohan” (written by Chim↑Pom, Asahi Publishing, 2012)<br> “Chim↑Pom” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2010)<br> “Why we can’t make the sky of Hiroshima ‘PIKA!’?” (co-edited by Chim↑Pom and Abe Kenichi, MUJIN-TO Production, 2009) Chim-Pom Chim-Pom (stylized "Chim↑Pom") is an artist collective formed in Tokyo in 2005,