Woot! Woot! We get to see what the new 2008 line of Mezzanotte bags look like now too! Karmaloop just added a batch of Carnival and Mezzanotte (the new solid black print) bags to their site. Thanks to Jadie for the heads up. 
JapanLA also has Carnival bags in, including a photo of the inside of the Bacio bag (thanks, nxdlamb).
Panik’s Toy Box just added the tokidoki Tiger toys in white, pink, yellow, and orange for pre-order. The toys are part of the tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger collaboration, are made of ABS Plastic, and stand 6 inches tall. The estimated ship date is August 2008.
Panik’s Toy Box is offering double Panik points on all purchases made now through July 26th. They also have a Third Anniversary Contest running now through July 31st.
Carnival print tokidoki bags are available for pre-order now at Tobi!! I am so excited, they look sOoO cute! The new bags are available for pre-order in 5 styles:
Tobi also has a photo of the new Adios keychain that comes with each bag:
Thanks to Lashonne for the heads up! I also have word from Tobi that their shipment of the Carnival print bags is already on its way, and should be arriving within the next few weeks.
Below are the times that Simone Legno will be doing signings at the San Diego Comic-Con (reposted from blog.tokidoki.it):
It’s time for another contest! 
This one will be graciously hosted by Chicki.
How to Enter:
Post a comment naming what your fantasy piece of tokidoki merchandise would be.
Prizes:
1st Place - 80s shoulder bag and wallet
2nd Place - Sushi Race shopper
3rd Place - Soccer petite bag
Lollypop pencil case
stationery
pencils
erasers
sharpener (blue)
4th Place - Bad Trip shoulder bag
Sandy sharpener
cactus pup
5th Place - Adios outline shopper (grey)
Adios pencil sharpener
Contest Rules:
1. Sportsmanship is required of all participants both during and after the contest.
2. This contest runs from July 16th - August 3rd at 11:59pm. At that time, entries will be closed and the judging will begin. Vicky from Chicki will be performing the judging. Winners will be announced on August 4th.
3. First and second place will be selected by the judge as the most creative and/or humorous ideas. Third, fourth and fifth place will be picked at random from all of the entries.
Chicki has a new coupon code good for 15% off your order - enter coupon code LOYAL at checkout to get 15% off now through July 31, 2008. (Note: You need to update your basket before clicking continue when applying the coupon code.) They are also giving away goodie bags worth £15 if you spend £15 until the end of July. These offers can be used together.
It’s that time of year again - my summertime Infrequent Posting Alert. As you may have already noticed, I am going to be slower than usual with posting and responding to e-mails and comments for the month of July, so please don’t think I am ignoring you if my responses take forever until next month.
Onto some catching up…
Reader Caty just let me know that she was at STCC (Singapore Toy and Comic Convention) this past weekend for Simone Legno’s appearance. She took some video and photos of him performing a live art demo and wanted to share them with us.
Other tid-bits:
The results are in from the judges at tokidoki for our biggest contest ever - and here they are…
The FIRST PLACE WINNER, who will receive a limited edition tokidoki for Mikasa soccer ball and the three newest tokidoki skate decks is Alyssa Y. You can view her winning entry here:
http://www.youtube.com/v/BRg2Sf8CBx0&hl=en
The SECOND PLACE WINNER, who will receive a limited edition tokidoki for Mikasa soccer ball and a signed poster, is Jeanne aka TokidokiAngel. You can view her winning entry here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYL86tPohaA
For THIRD PLACE there was a three-way tie. Each third place winner will receive a limited edition tokidoki for Mikasa soccer ball. The three winners are:
m0j0j03y (Paul E. & Joseph P.) - you can view their winning entry here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7h6vuqLUdA
Chanel A. - she created a display for the soccer ball completely made out of felt (the white ball represents where the ball will sit), and this is her winning photo entry:
and Joslyn H. - you can view her winning entry here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Congratulations to everyone who won, thank you for your patience, AND thank you to all of you who took the time and effort to come up with such creative entries. I for one was impressed. ♥ Winners, please e-mail your mailing addresses to tokidokiblog@gmail.com so that I can pass them on to tokidoki, who will send you your prizes.