Sometimes you can take branding too far. Apparently this Hello Kitty engine oil is a real product designed for compact cars, and it sells for $2980 Yen, 33 American dollars. Perfect for outrunning bad penguins. [Newlaunches via BoingBoing]
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Let’s see, Hello Kitty AK-47′s, Hello Kitty airplanes, Hello Kitty credit cards-What’s next, Hello Kitty dental implants???
It’s been done. http://www.kittyhell.com/2007/01/31/hello-kitty-tooth-cap/
N-O F*CKING WAY! o_O God what has this world come too…
My favorite is still the Hello Kitty “personal massager” …
I have the Hello Kitty debit card. The funny thing is that my bank told me everyone on the same account has to have the same type of card, so there’s a lot of husbands out there running around with Kitty debit cards since their wife picked it out for their own card.
I must know how you obtain this card.
Bank of America has a catalog you can browse of different debit & credit card designs. It includes licensed characters (Kitty, Boop, etc.), sports teams, and charities (plus others). The Hello Kitty debit card is white w/ pink accents & a big Kitty face on the front. The credit card is similar, but w/ a black background. The debit card for my other account is for the Humane Society, so it has puppies & kitties on it. I had an existing plain debit card and they were able to replace my existing card with the Kitty one for free.
B of A also lets you have your photo printed on the corner of your debit card (also free). It’s a bad picture of me, since the person at the bank taking the pic didn’t understand what zoom was & stood a foot in front of me while taking it, but at least it makes my card a little safer.
Is there Hello Kitty Litter?
How about a “Hello Kitty” Ferrari? http://myspaceantics.com/images/myspace-graphics/funny-pictures/hello-kitty-ferrari.jpg
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(Translation: Waaaaa? CUTE!) My attempt at impersonating one of those Japanese TV show hosts who overreact at stupid things.
OH . MY. GOD. !!!!!!!!!
SQUEEEE!!!
I have three Hello Kitty vibrators that say this is NOT the strangest Hello Kitty branding effort.
(Uh, maybe I should add that I didn’t buy ‘em. They were bequeathed to me by a friend who I guess had intended to hang onto them for a few years and then ebay them.)
Hope they werent “pre-used”!!!
NIB, as they say on ebay
New “in-box”, eh?
And THIS is why I need to live in Japan. Kitty can do no wrong.
Hello Kitty Motor Oil, guaranteed to make your engine purr!
Especially good for Cat-illac engines.
You may laugh, but it is API SM and GF-4 certified, which means it is good to go for most of your passenger vehicles. And Agip is pretty popular elsewhere in the world too.
Penguins are better than kittehs.
… and operating systems with penguins as mascots are also better
I’ll hold out for the Ben10 Blake Bleeder kit, thanks.
Is this available in the US yet?
Exactly how do they extract the motor oil from the kitty?
You just had to ask…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlLjFXiy3Mk
Wow that’s so JDM it makes my JDM V-tech engine run so smooth and now total torques is about 20!!! wow!
When I was in Guam and Pelau in 2001 they were selling Hello Kitty Booze.
Speaking of penguins…
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iJayHHFD94E/TBlpUADYfII/AAAAAAAACu0/cgXQ_IclnyI/s1600/polares.jpg
-”I love how the flavours mix in my mouth”
-”I like to split the white part from the black one and eat them separately”
I so want this.