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Hello Kitty Rubiks Cube (Again)

Monday, November 12th, 2007

No this isn’t a rerun! You’ve probably read about the other Hello Kitty Rubik’s cube, but this is an entirely different one. Though just as amusing, if not more~

Hello Kitty Rubik’s Cube

Haha! Pic was taken from Pantazis’ Puzzle Paradise. Okay so it doesn’t take a genius to solve this one, but I still love it. It has 8 parts that you can turn (2×2x2), and if you mix her up, you’ll end up with something like that there in the pic! From what I gather, you can mix her up even more, here’s another pic for you all…

Hello Kitty Rubik’s Cube

Then maybe you can play that sound effect from Transformers, when they transform hahaha XD

Aaaanywhooo, this is officially called “Hello Kitty Professor Rubik’s Cube” and it was made by Tsukuda Original. It costs about 20 USD according to this site. A bit pricey, but awesome nonetheless. :)

Oh btw, special mention to WENDYBONITA who left a comment about Hello Kitty’s Birthday. Greetings to all Kitty fans in Mexico! ^^

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Hello Kitty Zodiac Plushies

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Hello Kitty Zodiac 2Hello Kitty Zodiac 1

I’ve seen a few variations of the Hello Kitty Zodiac already, but these are the cutest in my opinion ^^ I just really wanna post about these before I go back to the Hello Kitty new releases. XD

I found it on the Sanrio shop, and basically it’s Hello Kitty dressed as the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Let’s see, in the order above from the top left: Mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse (Edit: changed from “ox” thanks to lilybethflame for pointing that out), sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and boor.

I think the pink snake is adorable! She looks like a worm XD But they’re all cute, without a doubt. Funny though, the ox is actually a cow here, and the rooster is a chicken! Haha~ reminds me of that anime Fruits Basket :P

Check the item on the Sanrio shop if you wanna see more. Each one is about 6-7cm big, and the entire package costs 3,990 Yen including a purse ^^

Technorati tags: chinese zodiac, beanbag, plushies, animals, hello kitty zodiac, juunishi

Hello Kitty At Thirty Three

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

As we all know, Hello Kitty’s birthday was last Nov. 1, and fans all over the world greeted and paid tribute to our favorite Kitty. I have my own little thing on the works, but right now I’d like to highlight some things that happened in celebration of her big day~

Hello Kitty Birthday Parties. Here are a couple of pictures I found on Flickr, just click the images to see more related pics of how these people celebrated her birthday!

Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!
ABOVE, a sheet of paper with birthday wishes for Hello Kitty. It’s so sweeet~ ^^

LEFT, Hello Kitty celebrations from Hello Diana’s shop, they even had a Hello Kitty mascot!

Coolness no? Also, I found out about this convention that’s gonna happen on her birthday next year, but I won’t post anything about that because I’m not sure about it, and that’s a year too far ahead :P

Hello Kitty Gold Items. Well we all know that Sanrio released a lot of shiny gold stuff way before her birthday, but here’s a quick rundown:

Hello Kitty Gold Playing Cards Hello Kitty Pure Gold Trump. Gold Hello Kitty playing cards — a set of 54 cards and 4 Jokers, made of 99.99% pure gold, weighing 0.73g each. Made by Mitsubishi Materials Co., Ltd. It costs 568,000 Yen, tax included. Expensive way to play poker ;)
And here we have the Hello Kitty Pure Gold Art. It’s made the same way as the gold playing cards. It shows Kitty and Daniel on a carriage in Versailles. It’s about 29cm by 20cm, and costs 330,000 Yen. Another one of those “good life” Hello Kitty things~ Hello Kitty Gold Art
Hello Kitty Gold Calling Cards Finally, the Hello Kitty Gold Business Card. It costs 10,500 Yen each, also from the same material as the previous two. The size is just about the same as a normal business card would be. What a way to tell everyone how much you love Kitty ^^

Hello Kitty has other gold items, like the huge Maneki Neko and the Hello Kitty euros. You don’t have to be 50 to be golden. ;)

Hello Kitty New Items. I love the cover of The Strawberry News magazine for last month, in preparation for Hello Kitty’s birthday. I took a picture, lookie~

Hello Kitty on Strawberry News

Do you like Hello Kitty’s look? Haha it’s awesome. Anyway the issue had a lot of collaborations, and if you’ll see the lower left part of the picture, you’ll see a drawing of a girl watching Hello Kitty blow out her birthday candles ^^ There are some items that were released for Hello Kitty’s birthday, but I think I’ll reserve them for my next posts~

I’ll be making a video about Hello Kitty through the years soon. At least I hope I can get around to doing it. Sorry this is late, I just got back from my relatives as per custom here for All Soul’s Day. But as for now…

Happy Birthday Hello Kitty! We love you!~ <3

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Hello Kitty LED Glass

Friday, October 26th, 2007

LED Glass

Woohoo I love this! It doubles as a Christmas decor too, look at the pretty lights~ *o*

I like the design too, it’s cute heehee. If you wanna see what it looks like with the lights off, just check its page on eBay.

Well, this obviously isn’t official Sanrio, but if I had any say in this design, I would’ve demanded that the kitty on the left be in yellow. I mean, that’s obviously Mimmy, they should give her that at least. :(

This one is 8.50 USD, and is about 9cm high. The LEDs blink randomly, with the on-off button at the bottom. If you need to wash it, the base where the lights are comes off. It would make a nice gift~ ^^

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Hello Kitty Blindboxed

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Aha! I found them! If you remember my previous post about the Rain and Sea Hello Kitty, I had no info on them at all. Now I do! :P

Hello Kitty Blindboxed

Moohahaha! I feel like I won the lottery! *-* Well not quite since I don’t have them yet. Haha~ SO MANY! Let’s see, the rain and sea ones are there…there’s woodgrain, fruit, tulips, sprinkles, and some I’m not so sure of. Here’s the Strawberry Kitty:

Blindboxed Kitty

I found them on Urban Outfitters~ And apparently there are 12 designs. They’re called “Blindboxed” because kinda like gashapons, you buy them but don’t know what’s inside till you open the box. Meaning, you can’t choose :P

So to collect them all you might have to keep buying, twice as many, thrice as many even. But they only cost 8 USD each, so it’s not that bad haha. They’re smart eh?

Btw there’s supposed to be an ice cream Kitty, but it’s not in the picture I guess. Dimensions are 2.5″ x 2″ x 3″, and they’re made of vinyl. Haha, this discovery pleases me. *-*

Technorati tags: urban outfitters, hello kitty, blindboxed, vinyl, limited edition

Hello Kitty Fish

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I’ve made a video on Dream Studio (only my second actually ^^v) and yaaaaaaaay it got Editor’s Pick!

I got a comment that someone didn’t like the song though.. I guess I can understand that, but I think the song’s cute. Also I like the meaning @_@ In case you’re wondering, the title of the song is “上を向いて歩こう” (Ue wo Muite Arukou) by Kyu Sakamoto, translated it means “I look up when I walk”. Click here to see the lyrics ^^

Anyways! There was one image there that I haven’t featured here yet, and I guess I forgot about it. Till now. Here it is~

Something’s Fishy

Hello Kitty FISH! I got it on the Regional Kitty Blog harhar! This fish is called the “Pacific Saury” or “Sanma”.

…a slender, silver- colored, fatty fish that is often enjoyed salt-broiled or char-grilled. Unlike her autumnal counter-part, the matsutake mushroom, sanma is an inexpensive Fall food and is enjoyed by all.

Yet another fall-related Kitty! She looks really funny though XD This is to answer Beargirl’s “what will they think of next” question! Haha~

Technorati tags: regional hello kitty, hello kitty fish, dream studio, pacific saury, sanma, autum, fall

Hello Kitty Palm Pet

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Palm Pet

Woooo~ Now this, I’m aware, is just plain cute. Pink bunny ball AND it’s Hello Kitty — this is like all the elements of cute rolled up into this ball. Pun intended.

yeah I know, this might as well not be Hello Kitty, after all it’s pink and is a bunny, but it IS Kitty, really, you just have to believe XD But I’m sure you Kitty fans can see it. Actually if I’m not mistaken, this is an official Sanrio item.

The image is from Geishabot again (really nice gallery, you should visit). I looked around and found out about it, yay~

Dimensions are 3-1/4″ x 2-1/4″ x 1-1/2″, in short, it really just is about the size of your palm! ALSO! If you pull the tail, it vibrates! Cute moohahaha!

On ToyToGo, this is model KT-94813-84 and costs 4.75 USD. Click the link to check it out :)

Technorati tags: hello kitty, sanrio, palm pet, bunny, rabbit

Hello Kitty Gum Machine

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Gum. Gum is one of the most important inventions on earth. It ranks high up there with the iPod, the internet, and sliced bread. Well…at least in my world. :P

And now, knowing how much gum means to us, our favorite Kitty has graced us with this beauty.

Gum Machine

It’s tiny! It can fit in the palm of your hand, so YAY! You get the pack of gum in a separate pack, and you just take Kitty off the machine, fill it with the gum, screw it back on (upside down I’m guessing lol) and voila! You just have to pull the red lever on the side (not seen in the pic) to get the colorful treats~

It only costs 3.95 USD! *-*

Credits time. Picture is courtesy of Geishabot on Flickr. Info on it I got from Kaboodle. And apparently Kaboodle got it from DreamKitty.

Bad news time. It’s not on DreamKitty anymore.. T_T

Technorati tags: hello kitty, gum machine, dispenser

Rain and Sea Hello Kitty

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Sorry, the title might be a bit misleading, but I didn’t know what else to call this post haha~ So this might be a little weird to some, but I personally think it’s cool in a modern-art way :)

Sea and Rain

There you go haha. Credits to Pandaramic for these pics! These obviously don’t look much like Hello Kitty anymore, but that head and ribbon are unmistakable~

I don’t know what they’re made of, but I really like the blue one, it would fit perfectly in my room! Here are individual pics, also from Pandaramic

Rain Kitty Sea Kitty

Hmm I guess it’s more “sailor” than “sea”. But then “rain and sailor” would have been less catchy LOL. What on earth am I talking about? Well, I have no idea where she got this, but she mentioned “Seen in Explore September 16, 2007″ whatever that means~ :P

Technorati tags: hello kitty, sailor, sea, raindrops, rain, weather, anchor

Hello Kitty Chestnut

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Hello Kitty Chestnut

Is that not one of the silliest and cutest Hello Kitty things you’ve ever seen?

Hello Kitty as a fuzzy chestnut. A fuzzy chestnut. Moohaha. XD

Okay! So I found this on a Regional Kitty blog, but since I have no idea where to get it and have no other information on this item, I’ll share another Hello Kitty chestnut~

Hello Kitty Chestnut 2

This one is called “秋の味覚” or “Taste of Autumn” ~ How fitting eh? It’s almost fall, all the warm colors are coming out. Of course, where I’m from, we don’t really get the four seasons. It just keeps raining here, boo.

KT seems to love dressing up as food haha~ Sorry no info on this either ^^v

Technorati tags: kuri, chestnut, regional, autumn, season, fall, hello kitty