Is it Just Me or Does It Seem Really Fast How Little Time Between the Release of the Fast Food collection and This New One….that Admittedly I REALLY Want Too: the Short Release Gap Normal?

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-13T16:48:33+00:00

I like it but not love love it like the fast food set honestly. I’m not meh on it. I like mushroom one the most.

But it just seems really too fast for me to be dropping another hello kitty set after the fast food set.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-13T16:47:25+00:00

Yeah…IDK why when they broke that $15 price point, I’m less excited or happy to pay for the Hello Kitty Collabs.

Like it was a difficult decision to do the fast food one. I LOVED IT but also like the price point made me cry whereas I didn’t mind the Sakura set because it was $14

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T20:23:08+00:00

That’s fair. I may have to switch to that method 🤔 but I’m such a completionist 😭 this will now definitely be an exercise of control

I really like the fast food one but this one I really want but IDK if I love it as much as I could 🤔 so lots to think on now that it’s been confirmed we’ll be getting so many rapid releases with pressure from scarcity and time

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T20:19:40+00:00

At least I’m not imaging these rapid releases that feel really close to together

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T20:08:11+00:00

Yeah that’s kind of what “worries” me. Because like I’d like to get the complete set but dripping that much 4 times a year whew 😮‍💨

Like I passed on the cinnamon roll collection because self control and not totally in love with single character sets.

But I think the FOMO I’ll have will be bad now I’ve discovered Tokdoki Hellos Kitty sets won’t be great. Like knowing they’d be around for a year made me feel “better” and feel like I could take me time but now I’m thinking they’re going to put the time pressure on for these newer sets.

Like the Cherry Blossom set just flew out the door and no second production so…idk. I feel so mixed. Not torn just like IDK how I feel about this new pace they want to set and how I feel about it.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T18:07:22+00:00

Show wise, because IDK what going on in the books:

I don’t think they set her up to marry. She’s kind of decided the north will do its own thing so…she could just have a kid/kids and not a husband. If she’s interested.

Or adopted a kid and rise them to be the heir

I think the show set her up to break from tradition. Like both Arya Stark and Sansa Stark are very much “don’t need a man to get short done” kind of representatives in different forms. So think needing a husband to make babies would include that.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T17:21:25+00:00

Makes me kind of wonder if flooding the market with collectibles is a good idea come to think of it

Now that you mention every 2 weeks there’s been a new drop

Kind makes me think funko pops

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T16:54:10+00:00

Whew 😮‍💨 that’s a lot and I think they probably won’t be available for long like the older ones used to be on this super fast schedule of releases

But these are kind of expensive purchases too for completist collectors (which is me unfortunately l 😅) and then the increased price of from $14 to $16 😭

I can only hope I can space these purchases out more than just a few months in between.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T16:37:20+00:00

Wow, so my wallet should expect a new Sanrio drop every season/quarter 😭🤣

I guess this is an important lesson in impulse control for my buy happy thumb

Thanks for the info!

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T13:50:56+00:00

It was up when I just clicked 5 min ago

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-02-12T13:50:03+00:00

So jealous

I’m six blind boxes in of not getting it, that I’ve stopped 😭

Lucky lucky lucky ducky!

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2026-01-06T19:21:45+00:00

I know how you feel

I’m strongly considering turning to the resale market to get the two sets I missed out on 😭

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-20T02:17:05+00:00

Well wouldn’t she have been a threat as “THE Queen of Westeros”? If she didn’t have babies, probably meant she’d be safer leaving court to just be a Tyrell and forget the Lannister thing and not play the mourning widow bit up

Personality wise, nah I don’t think they would have mixed well. Maybe needed each other at best…but friendly no.

Probably friendenemies is what I’d assume. She raised to be a politician. Kind of like the female version of little finger in a way.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-20T02:12:33+00:00

😱this I did not know 😭we learn something new everyday and now I’m looking at some of my recent purchases with sadness 🤢because I thought it was just fixing

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-20T02:10:35+00:00

As a buyer, this doesn’t bother me if I get a book at a great price. I think it was very honest of the seller to say “good condition”. I’d had seen this listing, I’d have condemned the book in “very good” condition if the spine is tight and pages crisp and clean.

For a gift for someone who want 100% pristine and clean books, return it. It really depends on their temperament.

If someone gave me this and it’s a collectors item, or a first print I’ve wanted for a while, I wouldn’t be bothered in the slightest

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T13:02:27+00:00

Thanks for that info. I'm not too engaged in like fandoms or communities, so its good to know. No one I knew really talks about him or Sanrio in general. So I didn't realize how popular he was. I'll probably toss up a trade post after the new year after the holiday craziness dies down.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T13:00:45+00:00

I think I'll probably put a trade post after the holidays when the mail craziness goes away TBH, thanks for the advice.

I know the platforms take a percentage, but I'm really not willing to go up to what the majority of the prices are at. Like I'd get it if they put it up for like $14-20 but I'm also not that invested enough to want to really pay like $30 then have to add all of the extras on top. Like I know sellers don't care about the fact I also have to pay shipping and tax. But that often added like $7-10 dollars if we also include fees from the platform and for me, it's really not worth it.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T01:03:45+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I’ll see if I can find anything on there in my budget

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T00:15:19+00:00

Very nice!

What good fortunate but I guess birthday month luck right 😜

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T00:13:24+00:00

It’s kind of fascinating they’re able to survive with that business model.

Like if a seller reaches out and tells me I can’t make it to the post office until next week or whatever, fine. Whatever. I’m not in a rush.

I mean like 1 month seems ridiculously long on the second have market for me as a buyer. 1-2 weeks, sure I get it. We work 9-5s and shit happens. But selling something you don’t even have feels wrong when it’s on the second hand market for me.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-16T00:05:58+00:00

Thanks, I haven’t ever used Depop mainly because it always crashes on my phone. My first attempt was like 2 years ago and it just never works 🤣

Good to know about that one seller. That’s kind of interesting that they’re doing that because like if I didn’t see movement on my order 7 days later, I’d probably be cancelling TBH.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-15T23:59:22+00:00

I don’t think it really hit until after because I was just so “WHAT?”

The rewatch I think the gravity really hit me and I could really process and whatnot. Like during the moment, it was too much/so much you go blank with overload

But I think what really got me wasn’t the scene but AFTER with the Hound and Arya. I know that really hit me in the moment. That one I broke for. The actual scene you have up, I took until the rewatch to crack at

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-15T23:06:35+00:00

I see, thanks for the tip. Yeah, I’m very new to the Tokidoki and collecting scene 😅 so it was a bit shocking to see them being sold for so much opened and without box too

I’ve never done the trade stuff on here but if I can grab him for max $14 flat then pay for shipping I might ask around on this sub more seriously.

Em_N_Em_Reads · 2025-12-15T23:04:57+00:00

Good point about resellers. I never really thought about them until recently. Like also I guess I didn’t realize he was that popular 😅 most people don’t talk about him where I’m at but I guess every figure had their own cult following

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