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Covnam
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I went to quite a few cafe's on my last trip with some friends and I can agree wholeheartedly Justin here. After you've been to one, unless you really want something they're giving away / selling, you can probably find something better to do. At least the more permanent / semi-permanent ones like Baratie or Artnia have a nice setup / displays and are good for photos and shopping but the smaller, very temporary ones are unfortunately lacking. |
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EricJ2
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...Now you tell me. But I'm the type who usually only buys one cereal at a time.
Am I old for remembering a Prince of Thieves cereal, with crunchy arrows and marshmallow targets? No, really. |
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WashuTakahashi
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I was lucky enough to get to go a Love Live cafe just a day or two before the Final Live. It was an amazing experience. The walls were completely decorated in screencaps from the show, PVs were playing, there was a giant chalkboard where you could write a message to u's, and a full set of cut outs from Snow Halation. The food was actually really good, and was modeled after Snow Halation and Sunny Day Song. The merch you could buy afterwards was amazing. Fancy plates of unidolized White day, Snow Halation wall scroll, pillow cases, cookies and candies, etc etc. I think I spent nearly $200 and that wasn't even half of the merch they offered.
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Sheleigha
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The Pokemon Black and White Tour was pretty fun! Lots of stuff to do, and a sort of event you don't normally see in America (especially for Pokemon at that time!) Speaking of pop-ups though, there IS the Hello Kitty Cafe in Los Angeles. It's opened this year and apparently will close next year. Looks like they also have a van that drives around the country too, as a promotional thing. I hope to go there at least once before it closes, for the novelty. |
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leafy sea dragon
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Is that Hello Kitty Cafe official?
I'd guess that part of the reason these cafés can exist in Japan is related to the whole pseudo-legality of doujinshi: That if the copyright holder doesn't take legal action, neither will anyone else. Whereas in the United States, unofficial ones would be likely to get cease-and-desists. But yeah, I loved that Pokémon Black and White event too. Almost got a Zorua plush because Zorua is so cute, but I got...something else instead, forgot what. (And Zorua would be a common plush anyway.) |
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Sheleigha
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I tried looking into it too, but I couldn't find anything actually confirming it. I'm pretty sure it is, though. Not sure why Sanrio would allow an unofficial van branding "Hello Kitty Cafe" to tour the country. It made stops to places like ComiCon and such, too. |
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leafy sea dragon
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Huh, all right then. If it's gone to Comic-Con (I'm guessing San Diego), then I'll guess it's official, as otherwise, it'd have to be done without Sanrio finding out. I've seen ice cream trucks with obviously unofficial, badly drawn illustrations of SpongeBob, Olaf (the snowman), Lightning McQueen, but I think that's something else entirely. |
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Polycell
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When I was young, I remember coming across an ice cream truck with a Super Mario Bros. paintjob. Amongst its selection was, in fact, Mario-branded(and shaped!) ice cream; assuming the ones you mention sell branded goodies as well, I'm not so sure they can be easily stopped(since them selling it means somebody has a license to make it).
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leafy sea dragon
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Well, it wouldn't be the ice cream truck driver or owner who has the rights to make those licensed brand ice cream pops, but the manufacturer, who then distribute to the ice cream truck businesses.
Licensed brand ice cream is pretty much the bread-and-butter of these ice cream trucks. They absolutely must have the Tweety Bird pops, the Super Mario pops, the Sonic the Hedgehog pops, the Bugs Bunny pops, and the Ninja Turtles pops. Of course, having a license to SELL these has nothing to do with having a license to paint these characters on the walls of the ice cream trucks. Might be distantly related to having permission to put those stickers on the sides of the ice cream trucks showing that they sell them though. I'd guess the entire ice cream truck industry is in a legal gray area, though, if the companies allow their drivers (or whoever paints them) to draw licensed characters without getting legal permission to do so. Seriously, like half of the ice cream trucks I see are like this. |
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