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Subject: 
Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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lugnet.promo
Date: 
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 13:35:58 GMT
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In lugnet.promo, Jasper Janssen writes:
gOn Wed, 29 Dec 1999 15:37:08 GMT, "Jeff Stembel" <Dragonelf1@aol.com>
wrote:

Hello Kitty is still popular in Japan, and there is a small market here in • the
US.  According to Animerica, the TV show is on Toon Disney.

I dunno, the US market seems to be, if not large, at least reasonably
fanatic.

Hello Kitty mobile phones.
Hello Kitty Gameboy Colors.
Hello Kitty laptops (seriously!).

Hello Kitty's popularity in the US is also denoted by:

Entire stores dedicated to selling the Sanrio franchise, similar
(but not quite as large, robust, or as numerous as the Disney
and Warner Brother stores).

--

jthompson@esker.com   "Float on a river, forever and eve, Emily



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  Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
 
(...) Huh. Never seen or heard of these. Oh, well, guess I was mistaken. Maybe it is just the area I live in. I did see a picture of either a Hello Kitty Phone Card vending machine or a Hello Kitty Phone Card advertisement; the picture wasn't good (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)

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  Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
 
(...) I dunno, the US market seems to be, if not large, at least reasonably fanatic. Hello Kitty mobile phones. Hello Kitty Gameboy Colors. Hello Kitty laptops (seriously!). OTOH, a pink cartoon-covered laptop does have that way of saying on the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)

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