Tokidoki Blog

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!

Saki just wrote to let me know that she went to the TokyoPlastic custom geisha show at The Showroom on Saturday night, and saw that Simone had done a custom geisha. It is not for sale, but she took a picture to share with all of us. It’s cute!

Then I checked out Saki’s blog, Saki Wrote What?!! and saw that there is a tokidoki Kaniza vinyl figure being released at SDCC ‘08. It will be limited to 1,000 pieces.

As several of you have e-mailed to me and posted in the comments (thanks Jessica, Melissa, Lashonne, nxdlamb, and ariasmama - I’m a little behind and need to catch up again!), The Giant Peach just added 4 new tokidoki for Hello Kitty clothing items, including the blue t-shirt, black short sleeve hoodie, a t-shirt version of the all-over print tank top that we have seen, plus a new dress that we haven’t seen anywhere else yet. The Giant Peach’s photos show a better version of the colors of the all-over print (with the red looking correctly red instead of orangey).

Also, if you haven’t noticed it yet, I added the Tokidoki Reference Photos page and am working my way through getting all of the submissions added.

I have received some additional photos from NYCC from Iman and Cleofe, so here they are! But first, a really fun review - and video! - of the event from Alex:

“I’d like to share that my twin sister Juli and I were at NYCC this weekend and it was an amazing experience! I actually went to Simone autograph signing on Friday in a Mozzarella costume! Everyone on line for autographs gave me lots of positive feedback, warm regards and even took pics with me :] It was really awesome! By the time it was my turn to get an autograph from Simone I was a nervous wreck ahah. It was incredible though to see how excited he was to see me in my costume. He signed my Mozzarella toy and then asked for a pic with me and such. I asked him to sign my costume and he told me it was hard to draw on. I replied that he could just scribble on my costume and it would be fine. I snagged a picture of him and was very pleased :] While my sister was getting her drawing done, he made sure to point out Mozzarella’s boyfriend, Bulleto to us. We told him that we were twins and that we’d probably start working on that costume next! Then we grabbed a pic with him and proceeded to go buy lots of stuff from the TD booth next to him. Overall, it was a really incredible experience to get to meet him. We wouldn’t trade it for the world!”

Alex also has a video of her meeting with Simone to share - pay close attention to the first few seconds when Simone spots her costume, it is awesome!!

Iman’s NYCC 2008 Photos:

Cleofe’s NYCC 2008 Photos:

Alex (in her costume!) and her sister Juli meeting Simone:

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.

Reader Nicole just found pages on the Sanrio Japan website that show the latest pink, greeen, and black tokidoki for Hello Kitty items all in one place! We have seen many of these items on eBay recently but I thought it would be useful for everyone to have these links to refer to, so here they are:

• tokidoki for Hello Kitty Green
• tokidoki for Hello Kitty Black
• tokidoki for Hello Kitty Pink

These are some pictures that my best friend Amy (that’s her in the second pic!) took of Simone doing signings at NYCC this past weekend - enjoy!

Karmaloop just added a new page called tokidoki Bags & Accessories that has 3 watches on it so far, including the super-cute new Adios and Ciao Ciao sushi watch. I am very tempted to break my ban and get it since it is 20% off with a Karmaloop rep code at checkout!

Reader Maarten just pointed out a post on Vinyl Pulse announcing a new tokidoki Moofia vinyl toy called Bulleto that is due out in the summer. Bulleto is the male counterpart to Mozzarella and will come packaged with the vinyl shotgun shells pictured.