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Originally Posted by BagJo

Just to be clear, I'm not downing girls toys being included in the series. Barbie is one of the better episodes in my opinion, and cabbage patch, beanie babies, my little pony, bratz, as well as others easily deserve a spot with the Gi Joe, He Man, Transformers etc. I'm just saying I don't find Hello Kitty to be particularly toy-centric compared with other series.

Not arguing with your point, just trying to make mine more clear.

In Asia it’s huge. Also in California, every mall it seems has a Sanrio store. Once you get off the west coast, it fades significantly. But there are a lot of toys. Plush, toy tea sets, little figurines, tons of stuff. I’m almost certain Nintendo/Gamefreak/Creatures gave a hard look at the Hello Kitty model when they started developing Pokémon.

Thankfully, to the best of my knowledge, there isn’t a Pikachu “shoulder massager”...