An anonymous reader just pointed out a post on ToysREvil announcing the upcoming release of a new vinyl toy called Miao the Lucky Cat, who comes paired with a smaller character called Mousubi. The 7″ tall figure was sculpted by Zakka, the color artwork and package design was done by Simone of tokidoki, and the figure will be produced by Zakkamono. This collaboration will be limited to 500 pieces, with a tentative release date of April 2008. No pricing info is available yet. Miao will retail for $80 plus shipping and handling (thanks, LMJ, for the looking into this!). Here is a picture, courtesy of ToysREvil – they have a couple more up as well:
By the way…if this starts to deteriorate into a bashing post I urge the administrator / moderator to strike my previous post….. I want this board to remain friendly and not turn into a place for bashing…. Perhaps I shouldn’t have posted the previous message but I believe what I stated was in no way a bashing…I believe it was a mesage to point out that items if sold for only there worth would be almost exclusively for free and cost nothing…. It’s all in the perspective of how you view life and the4 value of items in the world…… No one can choose what is right for anyone… Opinions can be expressed but in a manner where it doesn’t criticize others for their choices….. To each his own…why do you think there are so many choices out there ….Because everyone doesn’t think alike…..Thank God we don’t….. what a boring world it would be if we all did……
carly – don’t want it? No one is asking you to buy it. Besides, this consumer market runs the world. Also, apparently you’ve never been an artist or a musician or met one.
Besides, $80 is nothing compared to what you can sell it for years from now.
But I digress.
Tokidoki ftw!!!
Don, I don’t think your comments were bashing at all. They were a perfectly legitimate response to someone who has posted now a total of 3 very bitter comments on this blog complaining about tokidoki’s prices & sizing and then starting in with the name-calling. While she is entitled to her opinion, if she continues to come here simply to dump on what the topic of this blog is about I will not feel bad at all about blocking her IP address from commenting again. From the sound of it, I’d be doing her a service.
And for the record to carly, this toy is also priced too high for me (although I *could* afford it, I choose not to) but somehow I just managed to state that without having a monster hissy fit and condemning everyone else who reads this blog in the process. I find that is the best manner to put forth one’s opinions if you want anyone to respect them or take them seriously.
…what she said :B
I guess to add with DON (constructive comment btw~)
Also in any collaboration, each company/trademark/whatever it is, is suppose to make money. Since it’s a collab between tokidoki and Zakkamono, they BOTH need to make money somehow. One company cannot have all the profits, so that’s why it may seem expensive.
But.. Girls and guys, I think we should understand carly is just looking out for us ;] You know.. since we all don’t make more than $100 in income and all for rent and food .. since we don’t have a job and don’t work hard for our money to be able to earn our just rewards. And c’mon, she doesn’t want us to eat our tokidoki toys because she knows how valuable it is to us! Isn’t that SWEET?!
I love the figure and wouldn’t mind spending 80.00 if I have it a the time. Sometimes I do wait for stuff to go on sale and other times I do pay the srp. I collect alot of action figures,statues,lithographs,giclees from Star Wars, Transformers, DC, Marvel ect you name it. Many people have laughed at me and my collection but hey when my star wars statue srp was 60.00 when I bought it and now it’s worked 10x the price well I laugh back heh heh. I have also seen many transformers action figures for insane prices but again there limited as for many collectible toys and the value can only go up so in the end it’s a great investment for anyone. Oh and just to add I love this blog and the people that read it because everyone is so friendly. It’s fun to read and post with others that share something in common that is fun.
I’m glad you feel that way, Janette – and I agree! Except for the very rare sourpuss, the people who comment here are awesome.
any idea where to pre order or purchase this item? I have been searching but no luck. Thank you
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