Tokidoki back at Tru Drama

At the height of the Tokidoki craze two years ago, Tru Drama carried more Tokidoki bags, clothes and accessories than anyone in Canada. Problems with production and the rise of imitations caused us to drop the line. We recognized the problems and apparently the Tokidoki people realized it too.

Tokidoki has reorganized itself and promises some exciting things in the future. During the spring buy I was invited to view the new products. One of the things that grabbed my attention were these Tokidoki for Hello Kitty designs. I've put in a small order to see what the response is. Tell me what you think!

plush Hello Kitty after being Tokidoki'ed

Tokidoki for Hello Kitty pencil case... all you need is some stationary! That's old school!

Tokidoki for Hello Kitty Key Chain

Vancouver Olympic Mascots are very Tokidoki

Vancouver recently unveiled it's Olympic mascots. There's a bear (I swear it was an eagle), Sasquatch and an orca. There was a poll immediately done and over half the respondents didn't like them. I saw the designer on TV and thought she was young. She was really nervous being interviewed. Can you imagine working so hard on something and immediately after showing your work being told that more than 50% of people didn't like your designs? I felt bad for her.

Many of the respondents thought they looked like Japanese anime. They do have a cuteness about them that doesn't seem to originate from Vancouver. My experience with the Tokidoki frenzy of last year immediately made me think of their designs. You can probably pick out a few characters on the right that look similar to the mascots.

I like our mascots! When you look at some of the previous Olympic mascots you'll even appreciate ours even more. On the left is the 2006 Torino mascots... a snowball and a block of ice.

All this mascot talk is making me think that the store should get one too. Perhaps it should be a dog, plush toy, Britney... Something fun!