For some time I wanted to puts some Hello Kitty n the bathroom. I missed that last puss at Target in 2009.
Hello Kitty Shower Curtain: $2.50 at an Yard Sale
Bath Mat: $19.99 at Target.
One happy male Hello Kitty fan: Priceless
I would not buy the Shopping style of shower curtain, but for $2.50 the deal was right.
Update: Ms. Rojas has won an award and will be going to the Reginald Science fair. We to go girl. Good Luck in the Regionals
I am glad unexpected fame and world wide attention did not jinxes her chances. The judging was tough according to the report and her video nor fame did not count.
Antioch teen’s ‘Hello Kitty rocket’ wins at school science fair – Contra Costa Times
“ANTIOCH — The weather balloon experiment that sent a Hello Kitty toy almost 18 miles above the Earth is now an award-winning science project that is sending its creator to a regional competition.”
By now only a few on this earth has not heard of how a 7th grader, Lauren Rojas, has sent Hello Kitty Plush 93,000 feet up in the stratosphere as part of a science project.
Having looked at the video, she did an excellent job of presetting her experiment during the flight, the pictures are spectacular and hello kitty in her rocket is just so cute. The rocket parachuted back to earth 47 miles from the launch point, in a tree; a likely place for a kitty. Hello Kitty is safe and sound back on Earth. The video went viral and new report has been seen all over the world and on National TV.
Not to detract from Ms. Rojas feat, some in the media is reporting this is Hello Kitty’s first trip into (or near space). That honor really should go to Melissa whose Hello Kitty has flown with The Expedition 9 Crew in 2004. I quote from part of that post.
“This is to certify that Hello Kitty accompanied the Expedition 9 Crew in their long duration space mission aboard the International Space Station. This item was flown for the wonderful Melissa (last name omitted for obvious reasons).
The Expedition 9 Crew was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on April 19, 2004, at 9:19 a.m., aboard the Russian Soyuz Spacecraft TMA-4, and return to Kazakhstan on October 24, 2004, at 6:35 a.m. aboard the Soyuz Spacecraft TMA-4.”
I also thought Hello Kitty as Soyuz crew mascot aka Micro Gravity Indicator some time ago.
Still way to go Lauren for Hello Kitty first altitude Balloon mission.
Full Report : Hello Kitty says hello to space, thanks to Antioch teen’s science project
The following is a response I posted on Hello Kitty Junkies over constant refrain older fans are hearing that Hello Kitty is Just for Little Girls.
I remember Tiffany Grant , a voice actress had hosted a panel at Kumoricon, the anime convention in Portland, Vancouver area. She gave a history of Hello Kitty and Sanrio noting sales slowed in the in 80’s after the initial released in 1970,s. While there are other reasons for the decline, resulting in hiring of Yuko Yamaguch.
When there was an up tick of sales, founder Shintaro Tsuji did marketing research, and noted young women who were fans as children were buying items for their children. Mr. Tsuji a decision to go after the young women demographic.
The takeaway is if Hello Kitty is only for little girls, then why is Sanrio have so many collections and collaboration aimed at Juniors and young women? There are many collaborations I can name off the top of my head,: Mac Cosmetics, Forever 21, Vans. Now with the Kiss and Street fighter collaboration, Sanrio is signaling they are ready to make a play for the final frontier: The Male market.