Hello Kitty Kollector: 2018

Greetings, my fellow Hello Kitty lovers! I know I've been away for a while, but I'm back! Trust me, I have been buying Hello Kitty merch! I just haven't been doing a great job of sharing it all, but I'm going to try harder!

This post is about my recent Food Truck haul! I first encountered the Hello Kitty Cafe Food Truck at the 40th Convention back in 2014, which was held in Los Angeles, California.

[Myself at the Hello Kitty Con in 2014.]

Since then, I have been at a couple of events where the truck was at, but never made it over to it. So, when I heard the truck was going to be at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) this year -I had to go!

FYI: Since moving out to California, I have been to SDCC every year, except 2017. Follow my blog: The Glittery Toy Box, for all my con and collecting adventures!

The truck was located in the parking lot of PetCo Park (home of the pro baseball team: the Padres). The stadium is right by the convention center, where SDCC is held. It's about a 7 minute walk.

Before even going to the convention, I made sure to look at all they had available. There were not con exclusives, but there were exclusives to the truck, or things you could not get at the sit-down cafe. There was a 4-piece mini cake set that debuted at SDCC, but a lot of people seemed to get it confused with an exclusive. It wasn't. You can find the mini cake set at the truck now. I had the original one at the Hello Kitty Con four years ago and it was great! I just wanted to try something new this time........ Anyway! For sure, the one thing I really wanted was the Bow Mug.

[Photo ©Hello Kitty Cafe Truck]

The photo above is the bow handle mug and by the time I reached the truck there was a "sold out" sign on it. Major bummer!

[My Hello Kitty Cafe Food Truck Haul]

I did snag some really great stuff though! From left to right:

I bought the 5 macaroon set! (I told you I wanted to try something new!)
I bought the Hello Kitty Plushie! They didn't have her when they opened the food truck.
The reusable tote bag was free with any purchase over $50.
And I got the the original mug. Something is better than nothing.

[Hello Kitty Cafe Macaroon Set]

The macaroon set came with 5 macaroons. Only 1 of them had a cute Hello Kitty face. The rest just had bows and I was a bit disappointed that the bow on the blue one was off when I opened my box. They tasted good, but were not actually my favorite macaroons. The filling in some of them were just jelly, which was a bit weird. They weren't horrible, but the mini cakes were better. I also think it would have been nice if they had put other characters on the cookies and you know they have several choices!

[Hello Kitty Cafe Plush]

Here's a close-up of the plushie! She comes wearing a barista jacket and a Hello Kitty coffee drink in hand! So cute! Like I said before, they did not have these when the truck first debuted and so this was my first encounter with it. I had to have it! It is fairly new to the line of merchandise.

The detail is very nice on this plush! The back of the barista jacket even sports the "Hello Kitty Cafe" logo! She's definitely a must need for fans and collectors!

[Hello Kitty Cafe Mug]

So, I couldn't get the bow mug, but since I didn't have the original mug, I decided to get that one. It is cute all on its own. It features Hello Kitty in black, sitting on a bunch of sweet treats!