Tokidoki Blog

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.

Thank you to Leah for pointing out that tokidoki just posted pictures from the Pool Trade show to their blog - including sneak peeks at some new t-shirt designs (I see popcorn guy!!), hats, toys (including the Sandy and Mozzarella plush dolls once again, and if you bump your screen resolution up to 800×600 and look closely you’ll also see a black Skeletrino and a purple Skeletrina), sneaker-boots, jewelry, and BAGS. If you look closely at the pictures, you can see at least three different prints (Carnival and Concerto Punk, I believe, plus the new solid black) and a few different bag styles. One photo also shows the new Adios keychain design.

Many thanks to Saki for sending me a link to an interview with Simone at JoshSpear.com that includes all sorts of exciting info, including confirmation that there definitely will be a new line of bags branded only as tokidoki - “but made by same people behind LeSportsac; same team, same factories.”

Me: w00t!
Wallet: *FEAR*

Other exciting news, all lifted from the interview: the next cactus friends toy released will be the cactus punk character!  That will be a must have for me.  Also coming soon are “tokidoki denim in Europe; the two cats of adios and ciao ciao called Skeletrino and Skeletrina; a new line of New Era hats; mimobots; plushes; new lines of watches, jewelry, and other cool stuff.”

ANNNDD - there are plans to open a tokidoki store in the USA in 2009.  Simone is “looking for a location.”

CAN’T WAIT!!!

Found on KT Sanctuary Hello Kitty Blog - with props to reader SJL for pointing this out - more photos of the items being released in the upcoming tokidoki x Hello Kitty collaboration!! I see a bunch more bag styles, all of which have the same basic print as the bag in my last tokidoki x Hello Kitty post, but even more exciting - plush toys! Hello Kitty dressed as a cactus friend, a small Bastardino plush, and hopefully more…

Reader Diana took some cellphone photos of the plush toys at the tokidoki signing at Yoyamart - as you will see, the Mozzarella plush doll, which was originally due to be released back in February, has resurfaced. The Mozzarella plush is now slated to be released in early November, and, if Vinyl Splatter’s dates are accurate, the long-lost Sandy plush doll should also be released at the end of this month!

And here are some more photos that reader Cleofe took at the signing and of her signed goodies:

According to STRANGEco, the release date for the Tokidoki Sandy and Moofia Mozzarella plush dolls has been delayed again. They will now be available sometime in the spring, with no definite date annouced yet.

Another STRANGEco and tokdioki collaboration will be released this month - Sandy and Mozzarella plush dolls! Both are 9 inches tall and will retail for $19.99. They are available for pre-order at Panik’s Toy Box now.

UPDATE: The release date for these dolls has been pushed back to the spring.