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As a precursor to printing its own currency and becoming fully autonomous, Sanrio and MBNA have teamed up to create the Hello Kitty Credit Card. Now you can advertise the Queen of Capitalism at the same time you buy your Hello Kitty related swag. The Hello Kitty Credit Card appears to have the standard set of rewards as Bank of America’s other World Points cards and is otherwise unremarkable. Still I am sure that somehow every use of this card further strengthens Hello Kitty’s quest for world domination. |
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Hello, Tarot! is a set of Hello Kitty themed tarot cards drawn and published by Joe Rosales. The set is currently out of print due to legal issues since I don’t believe he had an official license to use the Queen of Capitalism in his work. Still, I find the photo sets of the cards interesting since some of the cards like Death, the Hanged Man, the Tower, etc. don’t seem to fit in the typical Hello Kitty theme. |
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Apparently dressing cats up is given the Cat Prin Tailor outfits that showed up last year and now we have the Hello Kitty Cat costume. I guess if your favorite feline isn’t cute enough for you, this outfit allows you to transform them into the queen of kawaii or more accurately a very angry animal with a Hello Kitty face outline and a cute little pink bib/bow thing. I am not sure what kind of relationship people have with their cats that make them think they can survive putting their animals through wearing this garb, but I am sure I would be relieved of some skin and maybe a major organ the next time I went to sleep were I to even attempt doing this to mine. Even more disturbing is the bib, bow, head piece and pink purse cost a whopping $158 since they only made ninety sets. |
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It never fails. Once the temperature drops below roughly 50 degrees, my truck starts attacking me. Should I dare touch unclothed skin to the body of the truck, I am in for quite a shocking experience. As there are many other “victims” of static electricity out there, numerous solutions have been introduced. Pictured and linked below is the Antistatic KeyChain from appropriately named StopZap that has a light bulb that lights up when it receives the static charge and the object is clear to touch. It is available directly from StopZap for $10. Brando’s car section has a variety of key chains that serve the same purpose including one that features Hello Kitty that sells for $14 and doesn’t even include an all clear light. |
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Nirve jumped on the Hello Kitty bandwagon and obtained a license from Sanrio to create a Hello Kitty bike. They have created four pink themed bikes in their Co-Branded Series ranging from their “Little Kitty 16″ ($110), to the Retro Kitty 226 ($300) and filled out with the Retro Kitty 20 ($240) and the Retro Kitty 24 ($280) to provide the ladies with the appropriately sized coaster bike for their entire life. That’s all well and good, but it was the tires that struck me on the Retro Kitty bikes. Note that even they could not escape the Hello Kitty marketing juggernaut. I imagine on the right surface you could leave quite a trail of Hello Kitty faces. You can get just the 26″ Hello Kitty tires for $26 or 20″ variety for $20. |
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I haven’t posted a Hello Kitty link in a while so here is my latest tribute to the marketing engine of the Queen of Kawaii. The Hello Kitty Air Purifier was recently released by Sanrio Japan is an ion air purifier that is designed to work in both homes and cars and has power adapters and mounting methods to function in both. The Hello Kitty Air Purifier is available in Japan directly from the Sanrio Store for $61. |
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