October 8 2003

Not an urban myth: The Hello Kitty vibrator

Hello Kitty vibrator

A new and bizarre sex toy has Hello Kitty fans buzzing with excitement. The cute Japanese cartoon icon, normally to be found on children's lunchboxes and bar girl's T-shirts, has been turned into a big knobbly vibrator.

Amazingly, it is genuine merchandise. Sanrio Corporation, the copyright owner, licensed the vibrator as a muscle massager on the proviso that it would never leave Japan. When it discovered that customers were having too much fun, the license was quickly terminated. However, by this time the toy had achieved cult status and was circulating overseas.

In Thailand, vibrators are forbidden by law. One of these babies in your hand luggage could land you in a prison cell. Those who want to take the risk should remove the batteries first as they look a bit obvious on the x-ray.

Sanrio will never make the same mistake again. The current batch of Hello Kitty vibrators is the last. Stocks are already running low but you can still get one second-hand on eBay - at a price. Collector's items don't come much stranger than this. In years to come, proud owners will be showing them off on the Antiques Roadshow.

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Readers' comments

JR says:

Interesting, I wondered how such a child icon appeared on a "vibrator" in a recently watched porn movie.

Has anyone discussed the potential deviousness of not allowing vibrators? a sign of women's liberation? If girls could get the Big O so easy they won't date or prostitute anymore? Are they afraid girls will be sexually turned on at too early an age if they stumble upon one?!?

June 5, 2004 1:40 PM

Whippet says:

Girls prostitute themselves for the Big O? Of course they do, handsome man.

June 5, 2004 1:43 PM

TANAI KWAI says:

"Has anyone discussed the potential deviousness of not allowing vibrators? a sign of women's liberation? If girls could get the Big O so easy they won't date or prostitute anymore?"

Christ-on-a-ferris-wheel, your logic is so tangled I'm surprised you can dress yourself.

Is utter lack of life experience at the root of this?

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June 5, 2004 8:52 PM