Reader Heather just let me know that she received a call telling her that the tokidoki L’Amore print re-release is today! It should be starting about 4-5 hours after the time of this posting. As with the other tokidoki bag print re-releases, the L’Amore print re-release is happening at LeSportsac stores in Hawaii and Guam only.
ALSO: According to the Waikiki LeSportsac manager via Krisha, the May re-release of Pirata has been canceled.
I just received confirmation from a Hawaii LeSportsac employee that after the re-release of the L’Amore print in April, Pirata will be re-released in May and Spiaggia will be re-released in June - for a total of SIX print re-releases! (Or eight, if you count the 2007 Euro-exclusive original tokidoki print re-release and the DFS Citta Rosa re-release.) These print re-releases will continue to happen in Hawaii and Guam only.
Reader Jessi let me know that there is a new 2008 tokidoki journal design coming soon that is available for pre-order on Amazon and TFAW.
Jessi also told me that the Waikiki LeSportsac in Hawaii still has a lot of Paradiso bags left, and that a sales guy there told her that he was expecting future shipments of tokidoki for LeSportsac bags in Inferno, Pirata, Famiglia, Tutti and Spiaggia. She thinks he might have also mentioned L’Amore. Has anyone heard anything else like this? The store is located at 2234 Kalakaua Ave. in Honolulu, HI and the store number is (808) 971-2905.
UPDATE: According to ihatetDfakes, the Inferno re-release is today!
Reader Donna just let me know that she received a call from LeSportsac Ala Moana in Hawaii telling her that the tokidoki Paradiso print re-release goes on sale first thing this morning! That should be about 5 hours from the time of this posting. (And, just to clarify for new readers - the Paradiso print re-release is happening in Hawaii and Guam only.)
Reader Dana spoke with a sales associate who works at the Ala Moana, Hawaii LeSportsac store yesterday and was told that they are re-releasing 3 more prints. Like the Foresta re-release, this will happen in Hawaii and Guam only.
February 2008 - Paradiso
March 2008 - Inferno
April 2008 - L’Amore
This info may or may not be accurate, as it is also rumored that the next print to be re-released will be Citta/Citta Rosa. I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see - but it at least sounds like the wait won’t be too long!
As expected, the flood of extremely marked-up Foresta re-release bags has begun to hit eBay. After checking out the prices, I’m thankful that I already have enough Foresta bags in my collection. The new Foresta re-release bags look exactly like the original release, which I find a bit disappointing, except that they have Adios keychains instead of tokidoki for LeSportsac white bear qees.
Reader Heather just let me know that the tokidoki Vacanze print was released in Hawaii today, and the line was out the door before the store opened! She also reported that tomorrow will be the re-release of the Foresta print, which will be exclusive to the Ala Moana LeSportsac store on Oahu. (The Waikiki stores will not be stocking the Foresta re-release).
Reader Kathy, who sent in the Foresta print re-release information in this post, just let me know that she does live in Hawaii. So I think it’s safe to bet at this point that the Foresta re-release is going to be happening in Hawaii (and possibly Guam) only. Bummer!!
More info thanks to Enigma in the comments - according to a LeSportsac SA in Hawaii, they are expecting to receive their Foresta re-release shipment in November 2007!
Reader Kathy wrote in with this exciting update about the rumored re-release of old tokidoki bag prints in 2008:
“I was told today that the first print to be re-released is Foresta. It should come out in 2008. One of my friends works for LeSportsac and she told me that the buyer already put the order in for them. She also told me that they are asking all the customers which print they would like to see re-released.”
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As usual, multiple customer service reps at LeSportsac are giving conflicting information. In repsonse to my second inquiry about whether or not any past tokidoki prints will definitely get re-released in 2008, I got this response:
“The only information we have available at this time is there is a Fall & Winter 2007 Collection. The Fall collection is scheduled to be released this week on the website.
Thank you for shopping LeSportsac.
Sincerely,
LeSportsac
Customer Service Department”
According to LeSportsac customer service: although the tokidoki/LeSportsac collaboration is ending after the Vacanze print is released, Lesportsac has the rights to the prints for one more year and is allowed to re-release up to 5 of them!
I am trying to get more info about which prints might be re-released when - I will post more info as I get it.
How do you all feel about this? On one hand I’m excited if they re-release some of my favorite prints, but on the other hand I was looking forward to giving my wallet a REST in 2008!