Re-ment X Sanrio Snack Mascot Keychains

This is one the Re-ment series that's worth buying the whole set because everything is so kawaii!! Even though these are sold as blind bags, they're are packaged in a pouch without any cardboard wrapper so it's pretty easy to determine each style by gently squeezing each pouch. So great for those who don't plan on buying the whole set but just don't squeeze so hard that the pouches are all crumbled or else it's difficult for the store to sell them. My favorites are the Chinese steamed pork bun and the ice cream cone. These keychains are the spongy squeezable so I don't really plan on using them as keychains because my keys might damage them. Plus, I don't want to get them dirty so most likely I'll hang one on my purse once in a while.

Sanrio Small Gift Mobile Pop-up Shop at San Francisco's Pier 39

To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Sanrio is touring around the US with their mobile pop-up shops. They were at San Francisco's Pier 39 on Sunday. It was pouring in the early afternoon and luckily when I went their around 5PM, it was dry. I also found a parking space that was only steps away from the mobile shop!

If you're wondering why Hello Kitty is holding a gift box w/ Target's logo, this event was sponsored by them. After making my purchase, they will give you a coupon good for a free box of Hello Kitty bandages from Target plus a 20% off postcard at a local Sanrio store.

The Smart cars have also teamed up w/ Sanrio to create this Hello Kitty car wrap. I really like this. It's all over the car but it's not too overwhelming. The pics below are the 3 items I bought yesterday (2 coin purses and 1 wallet). From what I learned from the Sanrio staff, some many of the products are only available at the mobile pop-up store so they're pretty rare! The hamburger coin purse is my favorite and it's made by Loungefly!

Hello Kitty x Urban Outfitters Vinyl Figures Series 3

The 3rd series of the Hello Kitty vinyl figures are now available but  it's a real disappointment compared to previous series. They're less edgy. Each of these figures are suppose to represent a certain country by the outfit they're wearing but Sanrio has already done this before with their plush dolls. But since I've already collected series 1 and series 2, I got them just for the sake of having a complete collection. The bad thing about buying from Urban Outfitters is that they throw in several cases of the figurines into one bin. So you will end up with many duplicates. I bought 12 boxes (that's already $96!) today and I ended up with 2 extra Germany, 2 extra England and  3 extra Kenya. I still need 5 more figures to complete the set but I don't know how much I need to spend in order to get the rest! The package indicates that there's a secret Hello Kitty but it's just Hello Kitty in Kimono. The ones I still need are Canadian, French, Chinese, Japanese (the secret one) and American Hello Kitty. The ones I have so far are:

Scotland

England

Germany

Spain

Kenya

The country's name is indicated on the bottom of the figurine

Urban Outfitter's shopping bag and it's not plastic or paper

Made of the same material as those reuseable bags

Re-ment x Sanrio Candy & Snack Keychains

Just received my set of keychains. They're mostly candy charms with either Hello Kitty, My Melody, Little Twin Stars or Patty & James on the packages. What I didn't like about some of the charms is that the material is the same cellophane wrapper as real life candy wrappers. As you know, cellophane wrappers are smooth and glossy when new but once you fold or crumble it, the wrapper gets dull and wrinkly. So as keychains, I don't think the charms with the cellophane wrappers will not be able to withstand gentle use. I would rather hang them on my purse so my keys won't rip the delicate wrappers. The other candy packages are vinyl pouches so they will be slightly more durable than the cellophane wrappers.

Oct Re-ment releases

This Hello Kitty set, along with the Hello Kitty Bakery & Showcase set (See post) will be released in Oct!! My wallet won't be happy but it's been quite a while since I bought multiple series within the same month. There is usually 1 set from the series that I don't like but I like every design here. These are suppose to be the squeezable just like the Re-ment Disney character bun key chains.

Glad that that Re-ment teamed up with San-x. I wonder if the Disney License is over. I hope Re-ment will do a Afro Ken & Nyanko food or furniture series. No phone straps or key chains please because there are already tons of those from San-x. If you look closely at the pieces, they're really just repeats of other series but with the Rilakkuma images. My least favorite from this collection would be #3, the rice omelet set because there are only a few pieces in there. In addition, I'm not a rice omelet fan and I already have tons of Re-ment rice omelets already. One from the Hello Kitty food series, Mickey's 50's Cafe, Mom's Happy Kitchen and I'm sure from many other series! 

 I just discovered this on Re-ment's website. It's scheduled to be released on 10/4 and it's just a Halloween version of the Big Sweets sets. The original Big Sweets were way better. My friend bought the full set of the original Big Sweets and they pretty very realistic and well made. Judging by the color of the Halloween Big Sweets, I think they will be very cheap looking. In the Minnie Mouse macaron, I think it would have been better if the macaron was orange w/ white butter cream.

Re-ment also changed their main page. The bad thing is I cannot use my iPad to get into the site because it requires Flash! 

Fake Food Accessories

Looks yummy?! I'm glad I was able to order these. Right after I paid, the Hello Kitty donuts were already sold out! The donuts are life-sized and even bigger than Krispy Kreme donuts! The flan quality of the flan is very realistic and all three are squeezable charms. If you're thinking that the 4 cake necklaces look familiar, you're right!! The cakes are from Re-ment's Cake Shop collection. The size of Re-ment have gotten larger so these cakes are a good size to turn into pendants. The slice of chocolate cake is my favorite!

Re-ment November Release

These cakes look more elaborately decorated compared to the previous cake release but they seem larger too.

This one is the Hot Springs series. The only set I realy like is #8. I pretty much already have something similiar from all the older Re-ment series.

Since I missed out on the vintage Hello Kitty goods (from Bandai?), I will get this series. This isn't extremely exciting but I don't have any miniature Hello Kitty stationary items yet.

Re-ment x Sanrio Sugar Cookie Keychains

This series didn't appeal to me when I first saw the preview online but I saw a sample in person and thought it was worth having. Each case contains 10 different styles but the complete collection has 11 styles. So that means that you have to buy at least 2 cases to accumulate the complete set. I guess I was pretty lucky because the one I didn't get was the one I did not want which was some sort of robot or monster. Each "cookie" comes w/ a pastel colored ball chain. Looking at the close-ups, don't they look yummy?