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INTEREST: Rock Band Kiss x Hello Kitty Deal in the Works




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bebophitchhiker



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:38 am Reply with quote
KISS........ and....... Hello Kitty. Ooooooookay. Guess Gene needs some more cash since Shannon left him.

Personally, I think this would be pretty cheesy. Commercialization at its crassest.
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here-and-faraway



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:41 am Reply with quote
Well the first seal has been broken and here come the horsemen....

Nah. If everyone is happy with the deal, then so be it. I have to say I was pretty surprised to read this though.... But if Hello Kitty can have a licensed "fun stick" then I guess a deal with Kiss isn't too far fetched.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:55 am Reply with quote
When did Hello Kitty go from a cute children's character to that girl that does outrageous things for attention?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:19 am Reply with quote
KISS? Selling out? commercializing every aspect of their image?

Hello Kitty, trying to be both a beloved children's franchise while simultaneously appealing to ironic hipster chic sensibilities?

I DON'T BELIEVE IT!


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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:17 am Reply with quote
What is this why do I feel like the world is going to end soon
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:28 am Reply with quote
to reiterate

I. JUST. CAN'T. BELIEVE IT!

and to think of sullying the name of Hello Kitty. It's unheard of.

Never.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:06 pm Reply with quote
*reads headline*

...wut.

*goes back and reads headline again, just to be sure*

...wut.
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:47 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
What is this why do I feel like the world is going to end soon

What makes you think it hasn't already? Wink
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DTJB



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:58 pm Reply with quote
When did Shannon leave?

Hello Kitty douche? Wow.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:22 pm Reply with quote
DTJB wrote:
When did Shannon leave?

Hello Kitty douche? Wow.


The link I made was for the HK Tampons, I didn't even notice the text mentioned that there is also a douche. If you look at that entire list though. http://www.hellokittyuniverse.com/page/Indecent+Hello+Kitty+Products

you'll see they also make HK vibrators ("massagers").

The point is that both KISS and and Hello Kitty are complete merchandising whores who will put their names on anything, so the marriage of the two is really the most natural collaboration in the world
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:13 pm Reply with quote
KISS kinda look like cats already, and if Hello Kitty can do visual-kei, it's not much of a stretch. Laughing
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