Rilakkuma Meal miniatures Re-ment x San-x

 

A pretty cute set in general even though the concept is not unique (Re-ment has already came out with many pancakes, rice omelettes, flan and curry rice). One thing I've noticed about recent Re-ments is that they've been using stickers on the plates, thermos, lunch container & cups instead of printing the images directly onto the items. The edges of the stickers will eventually lose its tackiness and start coming off.

Hello Kitty Decorative Eggs from Formation Arts

 

From top to bottom: French Princess, English Queen, Greek Goddess, Arabian Dancer and the Chinese Empress. The eggs had quite some weight so they didn't feel like cheap plastic toys but the egg stands were bad. The egg stands were flimsy plastic that didn't hold the eggs securely and my eggs would tilt whenever there were just a slight movement.

Hello Kitty VS Traditional Hina Ningyo dolls from Re-ment

Set to be released this coming January. I'm interested in the Hello Kitty one because Sanrio had a multi-tiered set w/ all the Sanrio characters on each level but it was around $300. I'm assuming these sets will be much more affordable.

Got 4 Chinese Hello Kitties in one purchase...ARGH!

I went to Urban Outfitters again. I bought 6 this time. First one I opened was the China Hello Kitty and yea!!!! After that, I was bummed out more and more. 2nd box was Kenya kitty, 3rd was England, which I already have. The biggest bummer was opening 3 China kitties in a row!! I still need 4 more to complete my collection.

Another set from Toy Story Birthday Party series

I wanted to try my luck to get another Toy Story birthday cake but I ended up with this set. It's actually not bad at all because the 2 snack wraps and the balloons are nicely detailed.

Re-ment Nov/Dec Preview

Here's a preview of the 5 Re-ment sets that will be coming out in November or December. The Disney ice cream cones are keychains that are also pens. The cats are keychains. Re-ment is doing another zipper pouch series with the Toy Story characters (can't wait till they do a Hello Kitty or Rilakkuma zipper pouch series)! The Hello Kitty pieces are all magnets (I like the sewing machine)! For the Rilakkuma set, those are regular miniature food items. I 'm definitely going to get the Hello Kitty magnets and 3-4 complete sets of the Rilakkuma bakery!

What would you like for a Sunday afternoon snack?

I would definitely go for the cakes but of course these are made of plastic so it would only be good for dolls! These pieces are of better quality because they were the older sets released at least 3 years ago. I need to organize my collection again so I'm going through sets that are still in their original boxes and pouches. These are usually the duplicates or triplicates I've been holding on to for a while and I've been very indecisive to whether I should keep or sell them. The miniatures from the 2 pictures are part of the triplicates I've decided to keep. If time permits, I'm going to stop by Ichiban Kan and Beverly's to purchase more plastic containers to store my minis so I can get rid of the original packaging. They do take up a lot of space!

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.

Kingdom Cake Cupcakes + Miniature Toy Story Birthday cake

Yeah!! I finally received my birthday cake set from the Re-ment Toy Story Happy Birthday Party series. The birthday cake was the only set that I wanted. The other sets had more non-food miniatures and I'm not really in to that. I think Re-ment did a wonderful job with the cake. Look at the textures of the icing and cake! It's o realistic. All the cake decorations are movable so you can take decorations from other sets to mix and match.

I also went to Kingdom Cake today to get some cupcakes. Kingdom Cake is just a take-out window so all the cupcakes are pre-packed in fours, eights or twelves and flavors of the day are limited unless you pre-order in advance. These are miniature cupcakes but slightly larger than Mission Minis. They're $2 per cupcake so it's a little pricey but all the cupcakes are really moist. The blueberry lemon and lemon cupcakes are really good. They're sweet and extremely tart at the same time! I somehow didn't like the red velvet as much because the flavor was somewhat subtle and just tasted more like a sweet cupcake with no specific flavor. I was told that their Thai Iced Tea cupcakes were really good but I have to arrange a day to go there because their hours conflict with my schedule.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Today is the Mid-autumn festival so the moon is suppose to be the fullest & brightest tonight. Peko's eyeing the moon cake but to bad she doesn't realize it's only a cell phone charm! Happy Mid-Autumn festival!

Cute tin case + Random Re-ment items

It came with a matching memo pad but I gave that away. You can put bandages, candies or miniatures in it and has 2 compartments.

The bottom compartment

The top compartment

The whipped cream and strawberry stem is too glossy so it looks kinda fake.

I like the matte macaron cookies but the berries are to0 shiny.

My favorite cake from the Disney Deco cake set.