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Hello Kitty Vintage Rotary Phone, Rare Blue Version, 1976, Sanrio, Tamura, Japan

$ 264

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Model: Sanrio

    Description

    Hello Kitty Vintage Rotary Phone, Blue Version, 1976, Sanrio, Tamura, Japan, Rare First Model
    Condition: Excellent. We cannot find any indication that this phone was ever used. It is complete and it works. No damage. All Hello Kitty phones suffer gradual darkening of the plastic. This phone has slight aging as expected. The underside of the handset shows the original whiter white. Great working collectible. Hello Kitty’s name is Kitty White.
    Sanrio Company, Ltd. (株式会社サンリオ, Kabushikigaisha Sanrio) is a Japanese company that designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the kawaii ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts, and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is Hello Kitty, a little cartoon girl cat[ and one of the most successful marketing brands in the world.
    Hello Kitty (Japanese: ハロー・キティ, Hepburn: Harō Kiti), also known by her full name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト, Kiti Howaito), is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio. Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as a young female gijinka (anthropomorphization) of a Japanese Bobtail cat with a red bow and no mouth. According to her backstory, she is a perpetual third-grade student who lives outside of London. Kitty and her twin sister, Mimmy (depicted with a yellow bow), celebrate their birthday on 1 November.
    - Wikipedia
    Item: Rotary dial phone
    Brand: Sanrio
    Manufacture: Tamura Electric Works (Japan)
    Modified Item: No
    Featured Refinements: Rare Vintage Hello Kitty
    Material: Plastic
    Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
    Jack: USA land line jack in working condition.
    Colors: Blue, red, white
    Weight: 3 lbs., 1.4 oz.
    Dimensions: 10” H x 9” W x 8.25” D
    From the Sanrio web site: “Hello Kitty was born in the suburbs of London. She lives with her parents and her twin sister Mimmy who is her best friend. Her hobbies include baking cookies and making new friends. As she always says, "you can never have too many friends!"
    We ship all items in bubble wrap if required and inside a corrugated box. You are buying the Hello Kitty phone as photographed in this listing as is. I ship to eBay-verified addresses only. Please use the eBay message system for all communications. You will pay postage, which is estimated in this listing, unless the item is marked, “Free Shipping”. The shipping estimate was generated by the eBay shipping calculator plus special handling to insure the safety of the item.