Product Design - Incase MacBook Sleeve

Needing a way of getting my MacBook to and from home during the Christmas break I nipped into the Apple Store and picked up this faux-fur-lined neoprene sleeve by Incase.

Toys - Hello Kitty x Sesame Street

As soon as I walked into Kiddy Land in Tokyo I spotted the Hello Kitty x Sesame Street section. From what I understand this colab is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sanrio, the makers of Hello Kitty, and the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street and the collection of plush dolls, lunchboxes and stationary is only available in Japan.

I'm honestly torn on whether my niece will get this Cookie Monster Hello Kitty doll, or something else, for Christmas.

Toys - Toy Story 3

Back in October I made my second trip to Japan and again visited Kiddy Land in Harajuku. The main five-storey store was closed for renovation so they've moved to a smaller store round the corner temporarily.

Toy Story 3 was still epically huge at the time (watched it on the plane, it didn't disappoint) so a fair chunk of the store was dedicated to Buzz and co so I picked up this set for my nephew.

On a side note: Kiddy Land were apparently responsible for introducing Valentine's Day to Japan.