Tokidoki Blog

It’s time for another free giveaway, with a prize compliments of Panik’s Toy Box! Panik’s Toy Box is expecting their tokidoki Be@rbrick shipment to come in any day now, and to celebrate they are donating two of them to be given away to two lucky winners.

For a chance to win one of the two tokidoki Be@rbrick prizes, post a comment naming the last tokidoki item that you purchased. (This is just for fun - if you don’t own any tokidoki yet, then post an item that is in your toki wishlist!) Please comment only once - multiple entries will be condensed into a single comment and/or deleted before the drawing for a winner takes place.

This contest ends on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 12:00 noon EST. At that time, a winner will be chosen via random drawing, and a new post will be made announcing the winner. Be sure to post your comment with a valid e-mail address* that you plan to check on June 6th. This contest is open to everyone worldwide. Good luck!

*Note: your e-mail address will be visible to me only - as long as you fill it in when you post, I can see it.

The elusive Sandy and Mozzarella plush dolls are back once again with a slightly altered look from their original prototype photos.

Looking even more cute-n-cuddly this time around, they are once again resurfacing for pre-order with an expected release date of June 2008. Each plush toy is 9 inches tall and will retail for $20.

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Added bonus: Sarah just let me know that tokidoki iSkins are on sale for 60% off through May 31st.

Reader Michelle let me know that Simone will be signing at Nordstrom in Ala Moana Center in Hawaii on June 7, 2008. The details are:

Introducing tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger
Meet Simone Legno
NORDSTROM
BP Shoes - Level 2
Saturday, June 7, 2008
1pm-4pm
1200 Ala Moana Center
Honolulu, HI

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Also, for those of you who have been looking for a store that will ship the tokidoki jewelry internationally, Sue from Canada just pointed out in another post’s comments that Trendy Stars will do so. I see that they just added the tokidoki for Hello Kitty necklace and just about all of the latest 2008 jewelry.

New Clothing

More new tokidoki and tokidoki for Hello Kitty clothing filtered out to the shops while I was away - I found some darker colored options of existing t-shirt designs on Trendy Stars, along with the new Donutella and TKDK designs:

The Giant Peach has them too, along with four new items from the summer nautical collection:

And two new skate decks:

More new t-shirt color variations I found modeled on JapanLA:

tokidoki Bag Print Re-Release Updates

We now have a contact from the RHSC LeSportsac in Hawaii to keep us updated about what is going on with the upcoming print re-releases! I am therefore encouraging everyone to keep checking the tokidoki print re-releases category of this blog for the latest news rather than calling the poor folks at the Hawaii LeSportsac stores repeatedly.

The latest update: the re-release of Spiaggia in June is CONFIRMED. The final two re-releases are still unconfirmed, which accounts for the conflicting info floating around. The only confirmed info about them right now is that the final re-releases will take place in September and November and will be based on which prints sold the best in Hawaii.

tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger Giveaway

Danielle from tokidoki and Tara D. both wrote to let me know about a giveaway of 30 pairs of exclusive tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger Snow Heaven 72 boots which were created for the Sundance Film Festival 2008. Go to the contest page to answer the questions and fill in your information for a chance to win a pair of the boots, which are available in women’s shoe sizes of 9 ½ to 10 ½ only.

Sale at Panik’s Toybox

Now through Memorial Day, May 26th, you will earn double Panik Points on every purchase you make at Panik’s Toy Box. They are also offering 10% off your order (the discount will be automatically applied when you click the link). Coupons may not be used on gift certificates or combined with any other offer.

I just got back from an absolutely amazing vacation in Yellowstone National Park (plus a visit to my dream town of Jackson, WY) and am slowly plowing through the mega-ton of e-mails and comments that I have to catch up on from while I was away.  If you e-mailed me between the 13th and today and I haven’t responded yet, I will get back to you soon.  Regular posting will resume shortly. 

The full line of tokidoki for Hello Kitty clothing and tokidoki summer Nautical collection clothing is up now at Trendy Stars and The Giant Peach. These crab shorts are so cute!

Trendy Stars also just added some new tokidoki watches - the Solar Watch, the Pasta Mia watch, and this new one that I haven’t seen anywhere else yet:

And as some of you already noticed (thanks to nxdlamb & Lashonne for e-mailing me the heads up), the tokidoki.it store added this cute new Donutella t-shirt design:

Annnnnd - Tara let me know that the tokidoki.it store added the tokidoki for Onitsuka sneakers for pre-order too! There are 3 styles up so far:

Remember this tokidoki x Zakkamono collaboration toy that caused a minor ruckus back in February?

The tokidoki Miao is available for pre-order now on the Zakkamono website with an estimated ship date of June 2008. It stands over 9″ tall, weighs in at over 3 pounds 7″ tall, and retails for $80. Thanks to Noah for letting me know!

One Girl’s Trash is hosting their 8th annual fundraising garage sale and raffle - and one of the raffle prizes is a tokidoki Pool Trade Show Shopper Tote! The tote is new and was donated by tokidoki specifically for the raffle.

Raffle chances are 50 cents each, and you may enter as many times as you wish. All of the proceeds will go to the Missouri Cancer Society and the Lymphoma Society. Each 50 cent donation is good for one raffle ticket.

The raffle will run until June 3, 2008, and winners will be announced on June 4th.

As other retailers donate, additional items will be added to the raffle page.

EAST COAST
Krisha was at Macy’s Herald Square in NYC this past Saturday and took a bunch of field report pictures to share with us all. I’m not sure how quickly these items are flying off the racks, but thought these photos would be a fun addition to this post. (And eyewitness proof that this store DOES carry these items, for those of you getting rude SAs on the phone!)

WEST COAST
Kim in CA has this tokidoki for Hello Kitty field report to share:
I found the red shirts with the keyhole back (I GOT ONE! woot!), the light blue tube top, and the chain link crab print and more are all on sale at the Macy’s in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa/Orange county.

Also I saw the black hello kitty & tokidoki hoodies and the all over print t-shirts at Metropark at the Spectrum in Irvine.

Remember the tokidoki Pirata necklace that I blogged about back in February? Well, tokidoki just let me know that the necklace will be officially released as an exclusive to shop.tokidoki.it customers only - hopefully later in the day today! It will retail for $45, be limited to 250 pieces, and there will be a new shop.tokidoki.it homepage design to celebrate its release.

*begins obsessively clicking to check for it*

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Vicky from Chicki just received her shipment of new 2008 European tokidoki jewelry and took photos of it to share with us. The pendants are BIG! She took some photos of the necklaces on mannequins to give us a helpful sense of scale.

Vicky also let me know that she just got an e-mail confirming the release of the Skeletrino and Skeletrina vinyl toys. They will be in stores by mid to late June. The USA retail price will be $10.95 each, and the UK retail price will be about £6.95 each. Here is a photo of them that I ganked from Vinyl Pulse:

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Jamie from JapanLA just sent me photos of the latest tokidoki watches - Razor, Pizza Mia, and Solar. She said that she is already sold out of the Razor watch (which is my favorite!), but can special order it for people.

Here are two more rare tokidoki for Hello Kitty items that I have only seen in one place each so far…

tokidoki for Hello Kitty Cactus Sweeties top on tokidoki.it (thanks to Jessica for pointing out that they added more new stuff!):

tokidoki for Hello Kitty black tube top on JapanLA:

I have a new coupon code for Chicki to share! Use the code MOMOBELLA for 10% off any items in the store, tokidoki or otherwise. This coupon code runs until next Sunday, May 11th.

Vicky will also be sending me some photos that she took of the new European jewelry on a mannequin soon, for those of you who missed them the first time around. She says that the charms are really big!

Trendy Stars just got a shipment in of the new Summer 2008 nautical themed tokidoki clothing, as well as a good selection of items from the tokidoki for Hello Kitty collection.  They now carry the full line of tokidoki mimobots too.

Here are two of the more rare tokidoki for Hello Kitty items that they received:

And here are a of couple highlights from the summer nautical collection:

Thanks to Jessica and cece for being the first to point these new items out! Anna also let me know that she found the first nautical top at the Ala Moana Macy’s in Hawaii and sent these additional pictures of it:

I have a bunch of tokidoki for Hello Kitty clothing updates that I am grouping together in this post.

First is a tokidoki for Hello Kitty alert for NYers that TokidokiAngel sent me:

tokidoki for Hello Kitty alert for NYers
Last night me and my bf went to Macy’s Herald Square and they have LOTS of Tokidoki for Hello Kitty stuff!

They have the:

• black short sleeve hoodie
• aqua tee shirt with Sandy and HK flocked on the front
• black tee with HK and the weenie roasting devil
• all over print white tee shirt with HK and Sandy and stuff
• tiered white, blue and red dress (the white looked more light-ish grey tho)

also lots of the new 80s print clothing.

There was a grey sweatshirt type halter top but I forget if it had HK on it or Sandy … I’m pretty sure it was HK. I haven’t seen this top anywhere online tho so it was a surprise.

Also, it’s Friends and Family week so if you have a coupon you can save 20%!!

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Next, Donna sent me photos of her new Ciao Kitty Kiss Open Back Cap Sleeve Sweatshirt Top that she just received from The Giant Peach to share with those of us who may have missed it before it sold out lightning-fast. Donna thinks the sizing runs a little bit smaller than the regular tokidoki clothing line.

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And finally, in case you missed nxdlamb’s comments on an earlier post, she discovered two new tokidoki for Hello Kitty tops on eBay - a red Moofia + Hello Kitty t-shirt and a red and white striped top with Sandy on the front and Hello Kitty on the back that is super-cute. Has anyone seen either of these tops in stores yet?

1. Mimoco is running a new sweepstakes along with Metropark. The grand prize is a full set of the tokidoki for MIMOBOT drives, an 8″ Sahara qee signed by Simone + the much-coveted little Simone qee, and a $150 Metropark gift card. There will also be 3 runners-up who each win their choice of a tokidoki for MIMOBOT USB Flash Drive plus a Metropark $50 Gift Card. The contest runs through May 20th.

2. Josh Spear is also running a tokidoki mimobot contest. Their contest ends May 5th and will have a first and second place winner - check the linked post for additional details.

Good luck to everyone who enters - I hope that some Tokidoki Blog readers win! I am also sending some special birthday luck to Hunty today - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our fearless tokidoki fake seller spotter!