Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Hello Kitty!

I designed these fun Hello Kitty concepts for Bluebox Toys so long ago that I had actually forgotten about them.  I came across the drawings while sorting through some old files, and I had done the projects back when I didn't work on a computer, so they were never scanned into my hard drive.

Hello Kitty - 'Roller Disco' play set

Hello Kitty - 'Sweet Shop' play set
Hello Kitty - 'Stickers & Stationery' activity set


Finding the drawings also made me realize they were among many projects on which I've worked, and never learned its ultimate fate.
I wondered; Did it ever make it to the store shelves?
It had been 11 or 12 years, so if anything was out there it would most likely be found on ebay or some collector's website.

I was pleasant surprised to find they're still out there, after all this time.  Still popular items in the Bluebox catalog.

Hello Kitty - 'Sweet Shop' play set
'Sweet Shop' set closed



Hello Kitty - "Roller Disco"
'Roller Disco' set closed

Hello Kitty - 'Stickers & Stationery' activity

2 comments:

Awad Abu Bakr said...

hi , i work as a data entry and i found this item in the store data base that im working on . btw this store is in egypt , i found your page when i was searching for a description and hight quality photos of this item and when i read your words i decided to comment , have a nice day :)

Danae Arias said...

It actually made it into stores! I'm from Chile, south america and i got the Sweet Shop carry along as a christmas gift when i were like 6 or 7 years old. I had beautiful memories with the Sweet shop, because it was my first hello kitty toy (and i cherish hello kitty a lot, so it's very meaningful)