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The Odd, Sordid World of Hello Kitty!

 
  

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Margin Walker
03:18 / 01.08.02
First, there's this article from The Onion about Hello Kitty's manufacturer: Sanrio Introduces New Divorced Character

Which is funny, but then there's The Hello Kitty Stress Test: http://www.sanriotown.com/psycho/psycho6/psycho6_us.htm

Which is pretty odd, but not nearly as odd as this: Hello Kitty vibrator? Cough, splutter, gasp. It's true, folks. San Francisco's notorious sex-toy shop, Good Vibrations, has received from Japan a shipment of vibrators bearing the lovable cartoon icon's image. And already, customers are buzzing with excitement.

Uh...
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
03:25 / 01.08.02
I have a Hello Kitty Vibrator. Bought it on eBay and have had more fun showing it to people and getting their reactions that anything else weird I have ever purchased.

I recommend them to everyone on Barbelith.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
05:07 / 01.08.02
I am the Queen of Chococat and Nyago paraphernalia. Ask anyone.
 
 
rizla mission
10:10 / 01.08.02
I have a Hello Kitty wallet, Hello Kitty nail varnish and some Hello Kitty stickers.

What can I say, I was at the airport, I can a few dollars to get rid of, they were on sale..

so passe in student-land, but I don't care.
 
 
Trijhaos
12:57 / 01.08.02
I think this is pretty interesting. It's a gallery of Warhammer miniatures that have a Hello Kitty motif.
 
 
bitchiekittie
12:59 / 01.08.02
I cant help myself. I must confess

it all started when I was a small girl. even then my love of stationary was strong, and here were these cute, tiny packets of stationary one could buy for only a dollar. I have a dollar! for all this stationary! never mind that, once tucked into its tiny envelope, was not much bigger than a postage stamp - its a lot of stuff! for one dollar! which I have!

naturally, I hid these tiny, precious packets from my male school chums as I raced through the dirt with toy cars and arm wrestled them in the back of the school bus. but my mind returned to them, again and again.

as I grew, I saw sanrio less and less, but when I did I always felt the need to buy them - an almost compulsive drive to purchase these small pink kitty-themed pruducts even if Id never use them, never admit to my love of them.

while hello kitty no longer holds the same allure as it did in my youth, I have discovered a penchant for badtz maru, her naughty penguin counterpart. from badtz maru bandaids to badtz maru window stickers on my car, hes everywhere, my dirty little secret come to the surface

and that is my confession
 
 
Margin Walker
16:53 / 01.08.02
male school chums?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
16:56 / 01.08.02
bk: I hear ya. I've managed to rein in my stationary fixation somewhat in the last few years (buying three packets of decorated envelopes a week sat ill with my greenie leanings), but it's hard! It's so, so hard! Only today I was in a stationer's-- I just went in to get my CV photocopied, I swear. I mean, they had notebooks! With holographic covers! Writing paper/envelope kits, tied up with raffia and adorned with a single dried rosebud! They had little plastic wallets of miniature highlighters, for Chrissakes! Right at the checkout, man-- right at the goddamn checkout!

At least I can get my Hello Kitty fix online. *sobs*
 
 
bitchiekittie
17:58 / 01.08.02
"male school chums?"

thats my code name for 'em, and Im stickin to it

mordant - theres an AC moores nearby (like a giant craft/art supply store) with a whole island of them, every character. and theres even a sanrio store in a not-so-far mall.

I even know a place that stocks the infamous hello kitty vibrators
 
 
Margin Walker
20:00 / 01.08.02
For anyone that's curious, this is what the, um, "temple massagers" look like:



Kinda puts the "why?" in "Kawaii!"
 
 
Grey Area
20:10 / 01.08.02
Hmm...change the colour scheme and you could slap on a Fisher-Price logo. My First Vibrator(tm). I'm sure there'd be a market amongst the more progressive and open-minded households.

...and
a) why is there a bear?
b) why is the bear waving?
 
 
Seth
20:33 / 01.08.02
My cute thing of choice is Bad Badtz Maru. He's a penguin with attitude. And he goes out with a seal. Snapping Turtle is mad about Doremon, because of his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket (he's got Mary Poppins style pocket on his front). And we both love Burnt Toast Man and Mashi Maru - how could you not?
 
 
Trijhaos
20:35 / 01.08.02
Well, wouldn't that make the perfect conversation piece?

What's the word to the left of off?
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
21:28 / 01.08.02
Open, so that you can replace the batteries.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
21:34 / 01.08.02
Don't know why but I just assumed that the kitty end was the one you, ah, insert... I see I was mistaken. Probably a good thing on the whole.
 
 
Trijhaos
21:41 / 01.08.02
You mean the kitty end isn't the one you insert?

Boy, you learn something new every day.
 
 
that
21:48 / 01.08.02
It doesn't look like the inserty sort, actually... I think it is for clitoral stimulation only, with the kitty end. And I think it's cool - anything that makes it easier and more fun for women to pleasure themselves is pretty great. There are vibrators shaped like cacti, and dolphins, and rabbits and the Loch Ness monster - why not a hello kitty one? It's friendly looking, it looks pretty innocent which is probably good if you travel a lot, or live with nosy people and don't want hassle...
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
21:51 / 01.08.02
Oh, I see. I didn't look properly before.

I think Chol is right about the type of stimulation. I mean, I wouldn't like to insert that in anyone's ear.
 
 
bitchiekittie
22:10 / 01.08.02
this thread. yeah.
 
 
Grey Area
22:14 / 01.08.02
...more things about Hello Kitty vibrators and their technical aspects than you ever thought possible. It's certainly been an educational experience. Plus I won't be able to look my neighbour (who has a Hello Kitty decal on her door) in the face tomorrow morning.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
22:33 / 01.08.02
Hello Kitty? Bah. It's just Miffy for the 21st century.
 
 
the Fool
23:42 / 01.08.02
Hello Kitty? Bah. It's just Miffy for the 21st century.

Of course it is, and isn't it grand! Personally I love the Chessnut people and the new one from San-x - Beer Faries!!! (I kid you not)
 
 
bitchiekittie
00:04 / 02.08.02
bad ass badtz maru - for those of you who cant handle pastels, but still have a yearning for the pleasure of pure cuteness
 
 
the Fool
00:34 / 02.08.02
Then, there is the orgasmo colourful funkiness that is afro ken!
 
 
the Fool
00:41 / 02.08.02
Y'know, I was just looking at the san-x site and it had a picture of a new green character. I can't quite work out what its meant to be, but I think its plankton... or algae... I mean, I thought cats in food was weird...
 
 
Margin Walker
02:48 / 02.08.02
Don't forget the Domokuns. Won't someone think about the Domokuns?

 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
04:03 / 02.08.02
Just so we're clear--and I do this because I work for an independent retail store that carries most of Sanrio, but we never get the current characters--Kogipond, Moshi Maru, Afro Ken and et al, are NOT SANRIO. They are part of Sanrio's biggest competitor in Asia, San-X. While those characters are hella cute and awesome, I repeat, they are not Sanrio affiliated. I love them too never you mind, they are not Sanrio.

Ask Spike. I am in love with Kogipond. He's BURNT BREAD for Chrissakes! And his girlfriend is PRETTY BREAD!

Oh, and just so you know, Sanrio's newest character this month is a white dog with Dumbo ears and a tightly curled tail. His name is "Baby Cinnamon." I'll leave you to guess what that tail is curled like.
 
 
the Fool
05:55 / 02.08.02
I always thought Sanrio and San-X were somehow affiliated? I mean they use the same font in there logos...

San-X is like slightly more grown up Sanrio. Or Sanrio for gen X?
 
 
Naked Flame
15:25 / 02.08.02
Sorry.... cacti?

Well, live and learn.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
23:01 / 02.08.02
Aah, my Hello Kitty collection currently stands at:
one metal box
one heart shaped tin
three pairs of socks
toothbrush holder and toothbrush
two hairbands
notepaper
two purses
tissues.

I want a Hello Kitty rape alarm but they're £29 and I really think it's a bit much. The world just kicks me in the teeth...
 
 
XXII:X:II = XXX
17:25 / 03.08.02
OK, after checking out the SAN-X site for Afro Ken, I must find merch of this. Probably my best bet will be to go to Toy Tokyo down on 2nd Ave b/t 7th St. & St. Marks. That puppy is my new ace bitch.

Did someone say there's a chracter that's BURNT BREAD??? Jesus, just how irreparably did we screw up the Japanese subconscious when we double-nuked them?
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
16:28 / 07.08.02
Think the best Japanese character toys ever have got to be . I have a cuddly Mama Ikura, which has got to be the cutest thing ever...
 
 
Spatula Clarke
17:22 / 07.08.02
Balls to Hello Kitty. Cute, yeah. Cute and cool? My friends, you need Tiki, Bub and Bob.





Cheers Taito!
 
 
Spatula Clarke
17:23 / 07.08.02
No cheers, website!
 
 
the Fool
22:03 / 07.08.02
Think the best Japanese character toys ever have got to be . I have a cuddly Mama Ikura, which has got to be the cutest thing ever...

I think Sushi Family are awesome too. I've got an omlete triplets soft toy at home and sushi family disk cases!!! Disturbing yes, but oh so cute!
 
  

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