Noranekoland Stickers

This set of Sanrio Noranekoland stickers dates from 1989. It features three cats: brothers Kuro and Tora and sister Mike.

Tora must be the tiger-striped cat, Mike is the calico (calicos are almost always females) and Kuro is the black and white one. I never saw this character in the 80s, and I suspect it was not common outside of Japan.

Let's Chat Pencil Case

This plastic "Let's Chat" pencil case is by Sony Creative Products and features Penjamin Penguin. It's dated 1982. On the back it is also marked Expression.

I never saw a lot of Sony Creative Products items growing up in the 80s, but I did have a Let's Chat notebook that I remember getting in a dollar store-type place.

Bunny and Matty Mug

This Sanrio Bunny and Matty child-size ceramic mug is only 2.5 inches tall. It's dated 1976. The front looks to me like a pilot theme with Bunny and Matty wearing goggles and a parachute (but also a raincoat, rain hat, and boots).


But on the back, Matty is sitting in a cloud trying to catch a baseball:


Who said cute had to make sense? Hop two!

Megalomania Eraser

This Megalomania eraser by Expression is from my childhood collection.





It's 3 cm x 4 cm and features the space theme. It's marked $1.00 - pretty pricey for 1980!

Robby Rabbit Sticker

This Robby Rabbit sticker by Sanrio comes from my '80s sticker collection. It features Robby and his bee friend painting.

It was a trade, which explains why it's not on it's original backing. I always kept my stickers on their backings in pristine condition, so I never understood why some kids took them off or stuck them on things. Still, I remember being happy to get this one, since Robby wasn't a very common character even then.

Three Bigrees Helmet Clip

This Gakken/Victoria Fance Three Bigrees paperclip is in the shape of an American football helmet, part of the sports theme set. The front features the elephant dressed as a cheerleader. It's marked $1 and is 4 cm high and wide.


The back shows the details of the helmet:

Little Gang Stickers

These Little Gang All-Star Stickers feature four adventurous kittens having fun with hot air balloons, bombs, and sardine cans.


While the manufacturer isn't marked on these stickers, this is the same character on the "Scoop" Expression notepad I posted previously. I always thought of this character as "Scoop," although the notepad does say "Little Gang" and that makes more sense! Thanks to Flickr friend *Iron Lace* for pointing this out and solving a piece of the Expression puzzle - check out *Iron Laces*'s eraser with the same Little Gang character. This is made by Sony Creative Products. Now I've noticed that the Sony Creative products items I have do say Expression (but the Expression items do not say Sony Creative Products). Perhaps Expression was taken over by Sony Creative Products?