tikistitch

Minis. 'Cause you know you want 'em.



These are little cell phone straps featuring Stitch, plus what's evidently the latest trend in Japan, putting food all over your family.



Not sure what exactly the desserts are supposed to be, but they look frothy and tasty.

Soooo, the infinitely patient Mr. Tikistitch was trying to learn us how to actually use our camera this weekend. Yeah, we take bazillion photos, but our methodology boils down to "Turn on camera - point in general direction of object - press button." Which works in its own silly way (modern cameras being infinitely forgiving) but would drive any professional photographer and most non-professional-but-knows-anything photographers of down the bend.



So, what we have is a bunch of Stitchie mascots from Japan. These are limited regional mascots, "limited" in the sense not that there seems to be only a small number made (as convenience stores shelves in Japan are festooned with the things) but rather that they are limited to certain geographical areas of the Island, such as Tokyo metro, or Okinawa. The mascots thus have some relation to the area where they're sold - Tokyo Stitch is often shown chewing on or climbing up Tokyo Tower.

You can see our jury rigged setup here. We've actually been using a dollieh stand.



The mascots are about the size of your toenail, and also wrapped in shiny, shiny plastic, and thus take a bit of fiddling to get a decent image. We've called this guy "scary pudding Stitch," since he looks like he's hiding in a giant blancmange pudding. Though, it may actually be something else.

Actually, we're basically perpetually cranky. But, why would be be crankier than usual?

Well, see, we ordered these straps from Strapya. We thought they'd be cute, so we'd pick up just one or two. We mean, can't have everything, right?



They're carded.

( *gah* )

Think igrrl was the first to spot these minis.

( mini! )

New Yujin set.

Stitch & Scrumpies.

And, the beads are actually teensy balled up Stitchies.

*gah*

The Tokyo Disney resort is having an anniversary of sorts.



And of course, there will be Stitch!!

( Bring it awn.... )