Um, a Hello Kitty scooter....

mhardgrove · Post by **mhardgrove** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:40 am

So I'm bored, high, and searching the vastness that is this internet, I came across a Hello Kitty PGO scooter.

http://www.pgo-scooter.com/news_info.ph ... e5b3c4426b

Sorry if this has been posted before, I just thought I would share...

Like/dislike?

VinylDoctor · Post by **VinylDoctor** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:46 am

mhardgrove wrote:So I'm bored, high, and searching the vastness that is this internet, I came across a Hello Kitty PGO scooter.

http://www.pgo-scooter.com/news_info.ph ... e5b3c4426b

Sorry if this has been posted before, I just thought I would share...

Like/dislike?

It might sell ok to young girls.
but they would sell more if they stayed true to Hello Kitty's colors.

Fender did a Hello Kitty guitar and it sold out in 3 months.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:29 am

Dang. And I just bought a GTS when I could have had this!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:46 am

Yeah I saw that somewhere else too but it's not for me. My sis likes hello kitty but I think it's just another fad.

VinylDoctor · Post by **VinylDoctor** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:55 am

Drum Pro wrote:Yeah I saw that somewhere else too but it's not for me. My sis likes hello kitty but I think it's just another fad.

yeah, like those Disney fads....

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:10 pm

I know a 225-pound middle-aged black guy who would love this.

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:41 pm

TVB wrote:I know a 225-pound middle-aged black guy who would love this.

That's really creepy...

agrogod · Post by **agrogod** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:45 pm

Quote taken from the PGO site (translations are to funny)

PGO just cooperate with SANRIO CO., LTD to produce 699 units of J Bubu Hello Kitty version limited for Taiwan's market only. All the Hello Kitty Fans are crazy to got it.

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:58 pm

mhardgrove wrote:So I'm bored, high, and searching the vastness that is this internet, I came across a Hello Kitty PGO scooter.

http://www.pgo-scooter.com/news_info.ph ... e5b3c4426b

Sorry if this has been posted before, I just thought I would share...

Like/dislike?

No need to apologize.
But PGO should.
As if scooters don't already have a rep for "wussiness".

persephonelily · Post by **persephonelily** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:09 pm

Um...I would buy that.

Keep in mind, I have a Hello Kitty tattoo, so, yeah...I'd totally buy that.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:40 pm

Eh, I can't claim to be a fan. I've seen LX150s with more appropriate color schemes and an overall more cohesive theme to them.

I am neither an artist nor a graphic designer, but this limited edition looks almost as phoned-in as the Lemonhead Buddy.

I'll have to dig around for a pic of the last LX I saw; a local rider loves HK and was posing with it.

EDIT: Found it. She's blocking the side decals, but it has HK on the side cowls as well. Not sure if it was a dealer special or a Vespa USA release.

amy · Post by **amy** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:44 pm

WAY better than the Lemonhead Buddy, imo.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:52 pm

Drum Pro wrote:
TVB wrote:I know a 225-pound middle-aged black guy who would love this.
That's really creepy...

Nah, just quirky. He's totally harmless.

NeoGenesisMax · Post by **NeoGenesisMax** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:14 am

My last girlfriend loved Hello Kitty also Hello Kitty is very popular with girls in asia. It's a better idea than the Lemon Head buddy, ha ha

That Scooter Guy · Post by **That Scooter Guy** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:06 am

So much hate for the Lemon Head!

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:20 am

There are exceptions to every rule, but my thoughts are that it might tend to draw people to riding scooters that perhaps should not be riding...meaning that they may not take seriously the dangers presented when you are on two wheels, because "Oh it's so cute!"

Again, apologies to persephonelily...this comment is not directed at YOU. You started riding a scooter that didn't look like that, so you obviously are not in this category. And I realize there are others who already ride that might like that...my comment is NOT directed at them.

Enough disclaimers?

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:42 pm

The Hello Kitty Bubu is for the Taiwan market only, so I don't see it enticing anyone into scootering who doesn't understand what that entails.

bluebuddygirl · Post by **bluebuddygirl** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:55 pm

Drum Pro wrote:Yeah I saw that somewhere else too but it's not for me. My sis likes hello kitty but I think it's just another fad.

Yeah, 38 years since its inception, definitely a fad.

persephonelily · Post by **persephonelily** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:15 pm

You guys crack me up. My scooter started out plain and then got a Hello Kitty stormtrooper decal on the front. I wanted to add a couple to the sides, too, but can't find the perfect ones.

Everyone has their thing. I don't judge. Lemonhead might be the rockin'est thing to someone!

black sunshine · Post by **black sunshine** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:11 pm

i would rock a Badtz Maru scooter in a HEARTBEAT.

hmmmmmm . . .

persephonelily · Post by **persephonelily** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:10 pm

I love Badtz. and he would look so cool on a red scoot!

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:16 am

TVB wrote:The Hello Kitty Bubu is for the Taiwan market only, so I don't see it enticing anyone into scootering who doesn't understand what that entails.

Good point.

VinylDoctor · Post by **VinylDoctor** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:43 pm

for the usa maybe a Hello Titty version for guys?

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:10 pm

VinylDoctor wrote:for the usa maybe a Hello Titty version for guys?

There are plenty of pinup girl decals on the market.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:11 pm

VinylDoctor wrote:for the usa maybe a Hello Titty version for guys?

We get race-replica Aprilia 50SRs and Ducati-dressed Malagutis.

anthony · Post by **anthony** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:24 pm

VinylDoctor wrote:for the usa maybe a Hello Titty version for guys?

what a brilliant idea!

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:39 pm

persephonelily wrote:You guys crack me up. My scooter started out plain and then got a Hello Kitty stormtrooper decal on the front. I wanted to add a couple to the sides, too, but can't find the perfect ones.

Everyone has their thing. I don't judge. Lemonhead might be the rockin'est thing to someone!

I agree.

But my problem with bot these things is exactly what az_slynch said... I don't dislike the theme, so much as how the theme has been expressed in the product. The HK Bubu is... well, it's nowhere near as cute as it should be, they could do better. And the Lemonhead Buddy could've been better done also. I think the first and biggest mistake there was making it primarily white, with yellow accents... I think it would look more aesthetically pleasing (not to mention more Lemonhead-ish) had it been the other way around (yellow, with white seat and rims). The stickerings on it are debatable, so I digress.

VinylDoctor · Post by **VinylDoctor** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:50 pm

and the Hello Titty scooter would have a huge front rack and a nice little trunk.

VinylDoctor · Post by **VinylDoctor** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:53 pm

SYMbionic Duo · Post by **SYMbionic Duo** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:32 pm

I was going to work this onto my blackjack

I might still do it. but since my ex doesn't own it anymore, i might not.

-duo

persephonelily · Post by **persephonelily** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 4:17 pm

What is on the front of my scooter:

Modern Buddy

Um, a Hello Kitty scooter....

Um, a Hello Kitty scooter....

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I dated a girl that wanted that