Hello Kitty For Men Part II

There been a few times where Sanrio had ventured  into the men market. There was the 2007 Hello Kitty for men line in Japan. A few years back Sanrio produced the  Hello Kitty X Kiss and  Hello Kitty  X Street Fighter  in Men’s and Women’s  sizes.  Now, it look like  Hello Kitty  ready to pounce back into the market with the Hello Kitty Men Project.

From the Japanese site:

Message from Hello Kitty

kept you waiting your boy.

Everyone boy, Hello!

Is Kitty. Until now, I have got to love a lot of girls but you know, it was thought for a long time. And not just a girl, and  the need is also for  the boy. So, I am for the first time. To create a kitty for boys, HELLO KITTY MEN Project! The first  exhibition of T-shirt made ​​in conjunction with designer’s. Right, cool huh? In the future, to deliver more and more the shape of a new kitty. I been looking forward to. HELLO KITTY MEN Project Start!

(edited  bad Goggle translation)

I hope this time  Sanrio Sanrio sell the items in the US.

Of course Hello KItty has one more thing going for her: nobody thought in 2007, a show about ponies, for little girls, would appeal to grown men.

 

Hello Kitty Back in Space: Hitches a Ride on the Hodoyoshi-3 satellite

Hello Kitty is back in space orbiting on  Hodoyoshi-3 satellite as part of Hello Kitty 40th anniversary, Sanrio took part of the  Hodoyoshi-3 satellite by sending up a 4 cm Hello Kitty figure  with other cameras and experiments.   Already Sanrio has already released a picture on their Japanese website and  a series of videos.

A short  news story was released here, but I am a bit miffed why this has not gotten more attention, I guess it did not  have a young 12 year girl running the mission.

Ongoing is a contest by Sanrio to select  and broadcast ten  10 messages from fans aboard the Hodoyoshi-3 satellite. You can find information and the contest entry form here.

Sadly this a one way trip for the Hello Kitty figure, eventually the figure will deorbit  and bun up depending on the altitude of the satellite or spend years orbiting the earth.

A better news story  by Reuters

 

Annual Sanrio Character Ranking Results Are In – It’s an Upset

One would think being her 40th anniversary   Hello Kitty would be a shoe in for the top spot; but for the 29th Sanrio Character ranking first place goes to My Melody with 79,235 votes, Second  is Hello Kitty with  respectful 72,951, 7.9% off  the leader. The Little  Twins Stars come in Third   with a distant  50,323 votes.

No with  a large  showing of votes could Sanrio  get the  hint fans want  more My Melody items? I still waiting for 20inch + My Melody  and Batz Maru plush.

Every Year or so Sanrio runs a character ranking contest  where fans can for  their favorite Sanrio character,

You can see more results  here

How to Rip off a Buyer

First buy  plush at regular or discount.  I got the one on ht bottom at %60 off during the closeout sale normally $120 to $85 respectfully. Put it a bag  with a bow.  That makes it look expensive. Next miss-measure it by including the feet;  therefore , making a 24 inch plush look like  an 30” plush. I have a post how to correctly  measure  a Sanrio Plush.  Finally jack up the plush  price and roll in the cash.

This really gets to me. eBay is no longer  a reliable place to purchase Sanrio Items due in part of  changes to sellers policies that force out small sellers.

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