The results are in for the fantasy tokidoki merchandise contest that was graciously sponsored and judged by Vicky from Chicki! The first and second prize winners were selected by the judge, and the third, fourth and fifth place winners were each selected via a random drawing.
The FIRST PLACE WINNER, who will receive an 80s shoulder bag and matching wallet is Grace for her children’s backpack leashes idea.
Vicky’s comment: “I discovered these items a couple of moths ago when I noticed a boy with a monkey backpack and his mum was holding the tale. It made me laugh so much. Tokidoki character backpacks would be so cool. My little boy adores all the characters especially Leche. I could definitely see these on the shop shelves, how cute.”
This was Grace’s winning entry:
“Okay, I’m totally serious when I say this, but I think a really rocking Tokidoki accessory would be one of those little kids backpack leashes. I think that the designers could come up with different characters to wrap around a plush body with the backpack straps and velcro or metal loop buckles to fit around a child’s body and incorporate the art into the handle.
For example there could be a bastardino plush body and it would have the little plush spikes and the cute little tough puppy face, and the tail would be the “leash” and handle that the adult holds onto so the child won’t get lost. On the backpack part can be a zipper compartment to hold accessories, and a little pacifier clip, because those things are easy to lose.
I think this is a win-win situation because both the adult and the child gets to enjoy the Tokidoki, and it’s for both of them. The item itself will be stylish and functional as well. If I were a baby I would be proud to be sporting such a hot accessory, and if I were the parent, I would totally spend some good money to make sure my child wouldn’t get lost wandering around and looked stylish at the same time.
Hey, it’s a better idea than Tokidoki squeaky shoes for kids. I think I’d get clobbered for just mentioning that here. Annoying little things, hehe.”
The SECOND PLACE WINNER, who will receive a Sushi Race shopper tote is Xochitl for her inspector gadget style novelty umbrella idea. Vicky thought that “her idea was practical and funny.”
This was Xochitl’s winning entry:
“a HUGE umbrella with the outside painted pure black, but the inside covered in designs from tokidoki, like every inch covered in art work. The handle should also be covered in designs. also the umbrella should have changable tops and handles so that you could buy just the umbrella tops or handles and change them when u need a change, to suit ur mood. this could be sold around the world because it rains EVERYWHERE!
and u should have optional attachments, like u could hang little plastic figurines off the ends of the umbrella wires, or have a radio with a headphone plug in option in the shaft. and the handle could be shaped to resemble a hand so it looks like ur holding hands with someone ^_^> also u could have a little mirror that pops out or a secret compartment, or something even as crazy as an ipod dock!
there could be a little plastic screen the slides to the side to protect it from the rain. and that way u could watch ur ipod and charge it!
AND A PEZ DISPENSER!
or a little snack stash going on
lol anyways thats my idea”
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Vicky also wanted to give the following entries honorable mentions:
Kitsugar, whose idea was Nohohons
Jessaka Mitz, whose idea was Lucky Charms style cereal
Onop, whose idea was a bowling line
Okiedoki, whose idea was kites
TokidokiAngel, whose idea was a tokidoki house weather barometer
Tiadora, whose idea was rain boots (guess who will get her wish soon!)
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The THIRD PLACE WINNER, who will receive a soccer petite bag, lollypop pencil case, stationery, pencils, erasers, and a blue sharpener is Hoefler.
Hoefler’s winning entry was picked at random, and here it is again just for fun:
“I haven’t read all of these but the 2 things I would love the most:
1) A tokidoki smart car – fuel efficient and really cool. The best part about Smart cars are the colored panels can be removed so they could do different series in different colors and you could collect them all because you can just change out the panels. Then do like a simple interior and have it come with cool car accessories – containers for the trunk and CD holders and cup holder etc…
2) Tokidoki camera – maybe with Nikon because I love their quality and then have a fun party feature where you can have tokidoki borders added to your photos for printing (like on those photo sticker booths that were so popular) and maybe have those sticker sheets come with the camera because that would be really cute and fun.”
The FOURTH PLACE WINNER, who will receive a Bad Trip shoulder bag, Sandy sharpener, and a cactus pup is alison.
alison’s winning entry was picked at random, and here it is again just for fun:
I do a lot of traveling and when my black luggage falls down the carousel it looks like everyone elses; so why not create a tokidoki luggage set. The colors and characters are so recognizable you will not be able to confuse your luggage with everyone elses. Also since there are so many travel constraints these days travel sized bottles could be introduduced later along with luggage tags, locks and keys, etc.
The FIFTH PLACE WINNER, who will receive a grey Adios outline shopper tote and an Adios pencil sharpener is Pattie.
Pattie’s winning entry was picked at random, and here it is again just for fun:
I would love to have tokidoki bedsheets… pilows, duvets covers and all. But even better than that, I would love to have a type of plush chair with the tokidoki characters on them. It’ll be weird sitting on a (kind of life-size) Sandy or Mozarella, but imagine how cute that would be!
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Congratulations both to everyone who won and to everyone who entered – you all did a great job! There were so many awesome, creative, and funny entries. Winners, please e-mail your mailing addresses to tokidokiblog@gmail.com so that I can pass them on to Vicky, who will send you your prizes.
First is a picture of her Latte and Mozzarella spoons.
