Last night in NYC, we signed a three year agreement with Paul Frank, the company behind Julius the monkey and Skurvy.

Thanks to all of you who voted on the new iPhone cover designs. We have never had such a close vote so I decided that we will make them all. I think you should see these show up both at retail stores and online shops by September. That’s only 60 days from now.

Keep checking Sparklebee.com for specific stores where you can buy yours.

Hello all, I have been getting a lot of calls lately about where to buy our Hello Kitty toaster. Right now, the only good choice is Target.com.

If you can wait a little, the toaster will be in all Target stores starting at Thanksgiving and will even go on sale at a very low price during December.

This is one of our most popular items and I hope you all enjoy eating toast will Hello Kitty’s face on it.

Marino

Sorry about not writing lately. I just got back from a week in Hong Kong. The super boom box with the Hello Kitty MP-3/I-Pod/I-Phone holder will be available for sale in the USA in September. The first samples look great!

We will also get the new Kitty Bluetooth ear piece here shortly after that. This package is going to be fantastic. I have developed a special carry pouch for the ear piece so you can easily put it in your purse when not using it. It has also been designed to use with or without an ear hook. This means you can have just the Hello Kitty ear piece in your ear and nothing else to distract from the beauty of the ear piece. It will come with 3 sets of ear covers so it will stay in your ear regardless of its size. We decided to include 3 chargers so you can have all bases covered: a wall charger, USB charger and a car charger. The best part is the retail will be under $79.99. Actually, we are shooting for $49.99. I will let you know where you can buy one this holiday season in a future blog.

I am also thinking about some Paul Frank electronic items for next year. Would love to hear what you think about that idea.

Marino

New New New:


Sorry I haven't been writing that much lately, but we have been working on plenty of new and exciting items. Check out the next generation of boom boxes: the KT2030. Not only does this baby look fantastic with the new Magenta Head design, but it also has a Special Pop Up Hello Kitty who can hold and play the music on your iPod, iPhone or any MP3 player you might want to use. A retractable line cord comes from the back of the unit to plug into any headphone jack to give you big sound through the boom box so you and your friends can hear, dance, and sing along to your personal music.

This should come into the market around August, but you can say you saw it here first in February.

Keep checking Sparklebee.com and we will give you a preview on a lot of our other introductions coming to a store near you later this year.


Marino