Sanrio Pop-Up Tour (USA)
To celebrate Sanrio's 50th anniversary, there is a Small Gift Mobile Pop-Up Shop Tour in the USA.
Starting
on October 23rd 2010, the tour launched in San Francisco. It will end
on December 10th in New York. It is essentially a truck bringing loads
of exclusive Kitty goods to sell, and Hello Kitty will appear for
photos. The merchandise are quite special and cute.
I am in
Canada and they are not visiting us here. Nor could I fly to these
pop-up tour locations. So wanted to go. Maybe another time.
Picture and Info Source: Sanrio.com
Novermber 15th 2010 (Monday)Today three of these books arrived:1. Sanrio Days (Japanese)2. Sanrio Memories (Japanese)3. Small Gift Celebrating 50 Years of Sanrio (English)
いちご Days (Ichigo Days = Strawberry Days) Sept 2010 - Jan 2011
This is happening in Japan. Sanrio Japan teamed up
with the Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka to hold a special event
called “Strawberry Days” at the beginning of September. This super cute
exhibition displayed nostalgic Sanrio products as well as “Sweet Hello
Kitty”, a yummy masterpiece made by Sweets Decoration Artist Osamu
Watanabe!
The fun festivities will
continue at the Daimaru Kyoto Store from November 3rd to November 16th
and at the Matsuzakaya Nagoya store December 23rd to January 10th.
Dream Room 夢のお部屋
Exhibition
Birthday Cake
Oh,
so pretty, but too far to go. From various bloggers, I got to see some
pictures of this exhibition. They put out quite a collection of vintage
items as exhibit.
Text info: Sanrio.com
Picture info: Sanrio.jp
October 22nd 2010 (Friday)
Golden Memories Sticker Set
I have the old one (year 1976) and the new one (year 2010).
Compared them. They are different............in many ways.
The old one is called "SEAL SET".
The new one is larger and is called "STICKER SET".
Stickers inside are different also. The new one also lacking a large sticker.
1976 version is made in Japan, 100yen.
2010 version is made in Japan, 420yen.
1976 on the left, 2010 on the right:
October 21st 2010 (Thursday)
So happy today. This big doll finally arrived.
マイメロディ 復刻ぬいぐるみ 30x27x40cm tall 3,990円
This is the Golden Memories Melody doll, the biggest one in the series.
I
have a difficult time tracking one down. Maybe because it is big
(expensive), not all stores order it from the supplier. I requested a HK
shop to order for me, and it turned out that they receive no stock of
this after 1 month. Anyways, I managed to get one somewhere now. So
happy to open the box and see her arrive.
At the first sight,
she didn't look very cute and cuddly. However, when I hold her and feel
the texture, oh, all the memories of older dolls came back. It's
magical. I love her.
They use the material similar to plush
dolls made years ago. The outside look is not as "perfect" and "smooth"
as recent dolls. But that's the exact way plush dolls used to be. It
simply feels good to hold her. Nice big size too. Words can't describe
how much I like this new dolly.
The actual doll is a lot more orangy (or peach) in color than her official picture.
If you are a Melody fans, I'd say, this doll is a MUST HAVE!!!
My doll:
Her official picture:
Two big dolls this month of October. Oh, they look so different.
Sanrio 50 周年小禮物第一彈
第二彈
第三彈
第四彈
第五彈
Source: Sanrio.co.jp
So, this is THE Christmas toy of the year 2010: Lalaloopsy Dolls
They have plastic head and limbs. Changeable clothes.
Personally I don't understand it, or simply, I don't like it.
Just like THE toy last year (ZhuZhu Pets), I just don't get why they are so hot.
