Personally, I haven't sanded anything since Year 9 Design & Technology, when I was forced to make a spice rack. However, if by some miracle I did decide to embrace DIY over and above BAI (Buy At Ikea) I would totally go for the Hello Kitty sander.
Hello Kitty remains as inexplicably popular as ever, but thankfully ( I think) the products that surround this kooky cat are often cheap as chips, meaning you can join in with the feline loving masses without hurting your bank balance. This sweet phone charm features the Kitty in Eastern regalia as a Geisha girl , with a fetching red kimono. At this price you really can't go wrong.
£2.50 from Kitsch-tique
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On this, my final day here, it seems only fitting that I should add one last post to the Hello Kitty category. I've made no attempt to hide my utter dismay at why grown women - and probably some men - would spend time and money on a small, wall-eyed cat, but if Shiny Shiny has taught me anything, it's that even really cool women like pink. Depressing though that might be, I accept it, and hereby offer you some pink, some Hello Kitty, and some more-or-less defunct technology.
Remember how we told you all about Hello Kitty Online and you all got fantastically overexcited? Well, get ready to lose your vocal chords because Sanrio Town, the central community the MMORPG will be linked to, has been officially launched.
The online portal will offer fans a multilingual free community that will be a haven for all things Kitty. There will be forums dedicated to Hello Kitty, other Sanrio characters, fashion, love, music and games to name but a few, and users will "get the chance to meet Hello Kitty and Friends and blog about all that's pink" apparently, which frankly sounds alarming. Besides, don't we already blog about all that's pink? Anyway, there's also a Dream Studio area so you can upload and personalise videos and photos to share.
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Is there no end to what that infernal cat can do? It seems Hello Kitty is now capable of keeping your mobile in juice and letting you keep chatting that little bit longer. This mini charger works via teeny tiny batteries, or alternatively via mini USB, for recharging those iPods. It's small enough to carry with you and sweet enough to create a tussle with the five to fifteen year olds it attracts.
From Geek Stuff 4 U[ via Akihabara]
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There comes a point when you suspect the acronym has got too long to be practically useful. Such a one is MMORPG, but I'd happily wallow in its silliness for hours if it meant avoiding the MMORPG that this post is about...
Yes, the online multiplayer world of Hello Kitty is almost with us. You can subscribe to the closed beta for now, but it will soon be open to all. Players will pilot their character's way through Flower Kingdom, London, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo and more, solving puzzles and creating a virtual world around them as they go. Linked to SanrioTown.com this aims to bring together all the virtues of social networking, Warcraft-esque multiplayer games and Second Life-style communities. Put like that, you can almost forget that the blasted cat is at the centre of it... Almost. But, sadly, not completely.
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Sadly, there are no stockist details on where you can get your very own pair of Hello Kitty contact lenses. Perhaps in the alternate reality where a small cartoon cat is worshipped, iconified and plastered everywhere. Or Japan.
[via Hello Kitty Hell]
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Remember those mythical Hello Kitty vibrators? Well, as we know they've finally arrived, and Zara and Alex got a chance to play with them. Alex even uses one on Zara...
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Pom poms take me back to my university cheerleading days, which used to consist of a lot of shots coupled with trying to balance precariously on my friends shoulders whilst shouting out vaguely spirited statements whilst twirling blue and silver pom poms. These may be purple and miniature, but the principle is the same, and they reek of school spirit, in a kitsch Hello Kitty way. Now you can wave your mobile proudly with these pom poms adorning it and express you love for the venerable kitty at the same time. And with such a large Mobile charm attached, you'll never have trouble finding your phone in your bag (though there may be issues in fittting it in).
£6.95 a pack of 3 from Any Toys
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It's never nice finding out that you need to lose a few pounds, but now that experience can be even more annoying, with the addition of the pink face of Hello Kitty, grinning up at you from the scales. Actually, this Kitty is pretty smart, and, in addition to telling you your weight, you can also plug in your age and gender and it'll tell you what your body's water content is, too, if you have a burning desire to know it. It's $129.99 from DreamKitty.
Product Page | [via Chip Chick]
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Speakers can be just a little bit boring, if you ask me, but this one manages to be more annoying than boring. It's yet another Hello Kitty branded gadget, and contains a flashing light, which would be sure to trigger one of my migraines. Designed to be used with iPods or other media players, you simply plug in your earphone jack and switch it on to enjoy the floor show provided by the 3 red, 3 blue and 2 multicolor LEDs. Currently reduced from $100 to $59.99, you can find it at DreamKitty.com.
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Yes, it's true. the once mythical Hello Kitty massager is now on sale in the UK, and this time it's X rated fun that it's after. There's a sexy Hello Kitty vibrating keychain on offer, which comes in a horse kigurumi outfit, and is available in six colours with helpful Japanese instructions, or a full size shoulder massager, that will get you purring. It even has some biographical information about your favourite cat- Kitty's birthday is 1 November. She was born in suburban London. She weighs the same as 3 apples and likes cute things, candy, stars and goldfish. Miaoww.
Watch this space for a video of it close up!
£24.99 for the large one, £19.99 for the keychain from Love Honey
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Another day, another bit of pointless Hello Kitty tat. Gone are the days when I could muster any sort of incredulity or even poke fun at it. For today I shall merely point you at it, and virtually shut my eyes and turn away so that I don't have to imagine you actually considering buying it.
If you are a fan and feel the need to splash some well-earned cash on the cutesome cat, that'll be $19.99, please. The only bit of advice I will give you is that if you're going to nick stuff from the corner shop, be sure you use a standard bike tyre or they'll find you pretty quickly.
Hello Kitty Bicycle Tyre [via Engadget]
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You know, with every entry I post today I think that the next one should be about some "serious" technology. And then something like this comes along and there's just no question that I must write about it. Hello Kitty has finally been consigned to the toilet where she belongs.
Sanrio has expanded its ever-growing baffling array of Hello Kitty products with an automatic TP dispenser. It's programmable if you know exactly how much you want to use without wastage, and it's all pink and sickeningly cutesome. And expensive - $220! Even with the laughable exchange rate that's over £100. One for obsessive collectors only.
[via Hello Kitty Hell]
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Glossing over the fact that this is yet another example of Sanrio's mad branding skillz, let's focus on what it actually is: a sauna belt. Now, the idea here is pretty simple. You know what a sauna is, you know what a belt is: put the two together and what do you get? Why, a sauna belt, of course: a belt that essentially makes you sweat around the waist, getting rid of your excess fat and cellulite while you sit back and relax. Sounds pretty uncomfortable to me, and whether or not it works is anyone's guess, but Hello Kitty fanatics will no doubt jump at the opportunity to own yet another piece of the Kitty. And hey, if the sauna belt doesn't work out for you, at least you've still got the bag...
Product Page | [via GizmoDiva]
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Not got enough Hello Kitty in your life already? Well, I honestly don't see how that can be the case because sometimes it seems like everything in the entire world has at some point been branded with the grinning white cat, but if you need a little more, let me present you with the Hello Kitty paper shredder. Now even the most boring of office tasks can be pink and Kittified. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...
Sanrio | [via Hello Kitty Hell]
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This really is taking baby steps (and not just because everything's pink and covered in cutesy crap). The rebranded OKWAP i885 is a slider phone with a stylus, basically. And that's barely an inch closer to smartphone than before. Which in a way I thank God for, because I'm not sure I could take a business person seriously if they were toting one of these to a meeting.
Look, you and I both know you searched for "Hello Kitty" and "Swarovski" and that's what brought you here. I could tell you that this little laptop packs a hard drive of 120GB and 2GB of RAM, and that it has a DVD Multi burner but all you want is bling, damned bling!
And you've got in in spades, with this 210,000 Yen (£880) LaVie G computer that's been Swarovski-d to the max, with matching mouse and USB key. And if the specs have peaked your interest, you might want to know there's AMD power behind it, and a 15.4" WXGA screen.
For those of you who stumbled here innocently: Happy Hallowe'en.
[via AkihabaraNews]
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After the mock assault rifle earlier this week, this is pretty unambitious stuff... A slightly below-average spec compact camera, it takes the shape of a Hello Kitty head and packs a five megapixel lens, a 2" LCD screen and SD card support to expand the low 32MB of internal memory. There's also 4 x digital (not optical) zoom in the palm-size cat's head, which places the shutter press on one of the ears and the lens within the famous jaunty bow.
Sanrio (Japanese) [via Akihabara News]
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I guess there are lots of jokes I could make here about the combination of Hello Kitty and lethal weapons, but it's Monday morning, so instead I'm just going to report that GlamGuns.com are now selling assault rifles with a Hello Kitty theme. And a crocheted "Hello Kitty" muffler, which is... nice. Makes shootin' and killin' seem almost friendly, doesn't it?
This will cost you $1072 and the bad news is that you don't get to kill the damn kitty with it. It is pink in parts, though, and you know how we girls love pink....
Product Page | [via Boing Boing
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