Today's secret word is "Kawaii"

[tikistitch]

Presenting, our Mickeydoki bag!!!!



So, like many things with tiki, this is A Long Story.



Mainly, back in the spring of ought-seven, we were attending the Star Wars convention in downtown LA. Now, one thing about being in downtown LA after around 6-ish: it suddenly morphs from a thriving city into a vast empty wasteland. There is nothing open. NOTHING. So, if you are not a droid, and still need to consume food for sustenance, this can present a problem.



So, we were milling about a shopping mall, waiting to be seated at one of the two eating establishments we'd found that continued to serve food after sundown. Where we stumbled upon an insanely cool handbag. It was full of cutsie anime chara, the kind of thing that makes us squeal with delight. Unfortunately, the silly thing was priced so that it looked like an extra zero had been added to the tag. We put it back on the shelf, and went to get our pizza.



BUT! Some months later, we discovered that the Disney parks had briefly offered for sale very similar bags. With the difference that instead of cute anime-esque chara, they featured cutified versions of Disney chara. Including....you know who!

We added this item to our eBay search forthwith, and finally managed to locate one that cost a bit less than the down payment on Casa de Tikistitch. We bid! And now own a too-expensive but awfully cute anime purse.



Added with amusement: notice the cutsie Eiffel Tower, and the little white kitten beneath? We're pretty sure that's Marie, from The Aristocats. NO ONE cares about this character except the Japanese. Nice touch, Disney.

Comments

[blowdry.livejournal.com]

OMG, that is friggin' cute!

[lenity.livejournal.com]

OMG want! How? Where? EEE!

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

OK, my understanding is that they don't sell them at the parks any more. No, I don't know why, because they are awesome. I've seen two different kinds of bags and a wallet on eBay, but people tend to ask insane-y amounts, like $300-$400 for the bags there.

[twotone]

I've seen Marie merchandise in Disney stores (the furry white equivalent of all the Tinkerbell-branded kids clothes), but I am glad (?) to report that Japan still seems to be the only country that thinks that Miss Bunny is worth any kind of merchandise or attention.

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

OH GOD MISS BUNNY. O_o

[sakana-hime.livejournal.com]

I never saw the purse at Dland but I remember seeing the wallets! I kinda wanted one but even the in-park sticker price was high. :/ I'm glad you got one though! I love that print!

Downtown is weird. You'll have pockets of civilization and then nothing for blocks except destruction and wandering groups of humans and dogs and then civilization again. Odd.

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking if somebody clever at Disney sees the eBay prices, they'll go ahead and reissue the purses.

Seems like downtown has been that way since I was a kid. I remember when I was a teen occasionally people would go down to see some cool new club or something and they'd have to step over the sleeping bums to get to it.

[spazzygirl19.livejournal.com]

Very kawaii! Tiki, will you actually *use* the purse?!

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's my same reaction to the Tokidoki stuff...

It's sooooooooooooooooooooooo cuuuuuuute omg but wait HOW MUCH?

I paid the extra zero for a Hello Kitty makeup pouch-y thing, since Sanrio chara have the same effect on me that Disney do on you. (And by extra zero, I mean one really OUGHT to pay $6 for a Sanrio pouch, but this was, ouch, $60. Black and pink glitter Hello Kitty astronauts, though... um... la la la...)

I've resisted too much. Tokidoki is REALLY CUTE, but even the non-urban vinyl stuff is just tooooo spendy to quite be worth it. Cactus Pups are good, but the whole blind case cost me $40, not $400. :P

[pumabaerchen.livejournal.com]

Awwww it is so adorable, I love it! :)