they look like scared cats. but i'm not big on hello kitty. and i preferred the brown orange blossom to strawberry shortcake. no offense.

i think they're cute!

further proof that today's kids are gonna grow up to be nowhere near as awesome as we are.

adorable

I think they're cute. And I totally agree with you... Gen 1 Strawberry Shortcake was much better!

I think they're cute ... kinda like the puppies that came out a while ago [cinnamoroll, cappuccino, mocha, milk, chiffon, espresso?]

but personally ... POCHACCO AND BADZ MARU ALL THE WAY!

I wouldn't worry... Sanrio is constantly introducing new characters but few have ever matched HK's popularity & staying power.

Yeah, Sanrio is coming out with nearly identical new characters all the time.

What was the little monkey from 2006ish? It was yellow and pink? Monchanan (or something like it..)

Hello Kitty will never be in any danger of removal from Sanrio's product line. As stated above, Sanrio is constantly adding new characters to their lineup. My Melody, Charmimmy, and these new mice are only a few in the girl line. They used to have a frekishly cute puppy when I was smaller, but it was phased out. (probably because of it's freakish nature)

I'm not really a Hello Kitty fan, but Cherinacherine is freaking adorable.

How cute! I like Cherinacherine!

Yeah. Like what the people above me said. Sanrio comes out with new characters all the time so anyone who's freaking out can calm their asses down. I don't think we'll be seeing too much tech merchandise with them on it, it'll still probably be Hello Kitty coz she'll be forever popular.

And yeah, I like Cherinacherine too xD

Hmmm...Sanrio's super cute, but I think I like San-x better~

Sanrio already has like fifty characters, check out Tenorikuma! They're little tiny raccoons that make coffee together

they're still coming out with the stuff? jeez.

those are uber cool! i heart cherinacherine!

CUUUTTEE!!

Good riddance. Hello Kitty irritates me beyond belief. There are so many more Sanrio characters that are soo much cuter(Badtz Maru, Keroppi, Tenorikuma, Sweet Coron), and have much less merch. That always saddens me when I go to the Sanrio Store or other stores... I don't feel the love for my faves...

i wouldn't be too worried about Hello Kitty - these cuties are totally different. There are all kinds of new characters that North Americans don't see very often in the Sanrio stores.

umm...hello, have you never been to a Sanrio store? There are dozens of OTHER characters besides Hello Kitty....!