What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! !

annie b · Mar 9th, 2007, 10:30 AM

I'd like to hear everyone's story about their first experience of Tokidoki and what they bought first, why, how etc!!!

annie b · Mar 9th, 2007, 10:38 AM

MY TOKI STORY....

My hubby gave me a beautiful bubble bag from D & B, I had seen a pic. of it and gave him a hint for V'day that I'd like that bag. He surprised me with it, but then I changed my mind about it, figuring I wouldn't get to carry it much because of my current lifestyle. So, I started searching the internet to see what kind of bags were out there that I was interested in, and saw the Harajuku bags, loved them, but in the search for more of those, up popped Tokidoki (on eBay) and then I was in

with those designs and the functionality, casual look of the bags! I wanted the paradiso print really bad and couldn't find it on the websites and decided I wanted the ciao ciao, so I waited a few days watching eBay and one popped up for a "buy it now" and I got it in 2 days! Since I had never seen one in person before, when it came I was wowed by how beautiful the colors and the design of the characters were! So much thought going into the designs!

papillon216 · Mar 9th, 2007, 10:48 AM

I've had a small LeSportsac pouch or two in the past years and I like the brand but this is how I got into Tokidoki:
Last trip I had was to Bangkok, Thailand just end of February. I was deciding on which bag to bring for the trip because I was very hesitant to bring my LV bags because the designs and styles I have are not really for "on-the'go". So I found a super old Samsonite tote at the back of my closet and reluctantly decided I'd have to bring that. As my trip progressed, I was sooo surprised how functional the tote was, how I could squeeze everything in and how easy it was to carry! As I went around malls, I saw TONS of LeSportsac and I got the idea to buy one of the totes for shopping trips. I started looking around and saw Tokidoki prints for the first time and found them cute. But it was only at the airport, on the way home, that I saw the pirata print and fell in love with it! I bought the buon viaggio and used it even before the SA took my payment for it. LOL!

FrogBubbles · Mar 9th, 2007, 11:51 AM

I don't remember where I first saw tokidoki....possibly my sister-in-law. I'd been looking at them from the start, and alllllmost got a playground cangurino, but chickened out like an idiot.

Then foresta came out, and I HAD TO GET IT. And I did.

missyanne · Mar 9th, 2007, 11:53 AM

I saw one an ad for it in a magazine and fell in love with how unique it was so I went to Macys to look at them, etc. I ended up not buying one because I bought other stuff with my money but about a month ago, I was like ahh, what the hell, I'm going to buy the Scuola for school because my shoulders hurt like hell when I wear tote bags.

I bought the Citta print on eBay and two days later, I checked the Tokidoki website and saw the Pirata print... now I'm in love with that and I'll be getting it very soon!

BLACKWIDOW · Mar 9th, 2007, 12:09 PM

I seen the bags a year ago on UO but I chickened out because of the price. Not sure what peaked my interest in them again? I must have been internet surfing and came across the bags again. So I finally broke down and bought my first Toki two weeks ago from Nords.

bubblesung · Mar 9th, 2007, 12:14 PM

i've liked tokidoki for a few yeares now...first started when my bf saw the "rising sun" shirt and every once in a while i'd see tokidoki here and then on the internet and fell completely in love with his site!

later on i find out he's doing BAGS with lesportsac and i thought, "oh boy! this is gonna be pricey"...first print came out...I was ok with it...cuz i thought i'd never be able to afford it...didn't even know playground print came out...Then I saw Citta Rosa...and then Foresta popped out! I was HOOKED! Had to buy something! My bf got me a Foresta Trenino for my bday..n the rest is history =)

robotkitten · Mar 9th, 2007, 12:25 PM

I always liked lesportsac bags and occasionally checked the website for new stuff. When the first Tokidoki line came out I love it but never bought anything because it cost more than the regular lesport bags and when I finally did make up my mind to buy all the ones I liked were sold out! I saw a canguro at UO but like frogbubbles I chickened out. I kepy watching the prints, I liked playground but never liked the cammo prints. When Citta Rosa came out I said I wanted it since it had airplanes on it but I was going to wait to find one on sale. My husband suprised me with a citta Rosa scuola full of my favorite candy for my birthday and that was that.

Azumie · Mar 9th, 2007, 12:37 PM

For me its all started last summer when my friend's bf showed me the tokidoki 8" qee (the newer qee on our bags). I like qees and dunnys, I wanted to get that tokidoki qee. So I googled and ebayed it and guess what came out - playground lesportsac bags! I was in

right away. So I ended up using the $$$ i wanted to spend on that qee into my very first stellina playground. Since then I'm addicted

sandy_b · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:10 PM

I've been a lurker here for awhile, so I thought I would introduce myself in this thread. My name is Krystle and I'm a Tokidoki addict.
Tokidoki had been around me all the time, but I never really paid attention to it. My friend was showing me Tokidoki shirts at Virgin Records. Another friend bought a Sandy vinyl toy at Urban Outfitters. I saw the playground print and went crazy for it. I didn't have the money to afford one though. There was this other occasion when I was at the mall and I saw 5 girls with really big Tokidoki and Harajuku Lovers bags. I told myself that someday I would have a huge Tokidoki bag (and a Harajuku bag to boot

).
I got a cammo olive playground bambino from a friend for Christmas, which made me super excited!
By luck, a coworker sold me a playground stellina (this was long after they were sold in stores), since she got a cucciolo. That's when the craze started.

FrogBubbles · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:17 PM

Hi Sandy! Glad you stopped lurking. :)

gothic_girl8 · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:22 PM

I saw an add for the original prints in a vogue magazine. I looked them up online and they were all sold out! I had to watch eBay like a hawk to get my first mama mia. I ended up paying $180 for it, but it was worth it :)

sandy_b · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:23 PM

FrogBubbles said: Hi Sandy! Glad you stopped lurking. :)

Thanks for the welcome!

maya_exquisite · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:24 PM

my afternoon aide has the original print and playground bv's... she wore the original print one one day and i thought it was so cute!! so i asked her about it and she's in love with the lesportsac tokidoki bags. i'm a coach girl, myself, having a shit ton in containers under my bed... but i went anyway because i love cute things. so i went to ala moana and they had the foresta and rosa/citta prints. i thought they were expensive for the material they're made of, and they're more expensive than the normal lesportsac bag. but i knew about lesportsac's quality (apparantly not in china, though!) and i just fell in love with the foresta print. unfortunately, by the time i decided to buy one, all that was left was the bella in foresta. it was okay because i wanted that style anyway... bought it for about $164 w/ tax. but then i went on e-bay, found one with better print placement, and $30 cheaper! so i bought that, and returned the one i bought at the store once i got it in the mail and inspected it.

ah, memories...

maya_exquisite · Mar 9th, 2007, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandy_b

I've been a lurker here for awhile, so I thought I would introduce myself in this thread. My name is Krystle and I'm a Tokidoki addict.
Tokidoki had been around me all the time, but I never really paid attention to it. My friend was showing me Tokidoki shirts at Virgin Records. Another friend bought a Sandy vinyl toy at Urban Outfitters. I saw the playground print and went crazy for it. I didn't have the money to afford one though. There was this other occasion when I was at the mall and I saw 5 girls with really big Tokidoki and Harajuku Lovers bags. I told myself that someday I would have a huge Tokidoki bag (and a Harajuku bag to boot

).
I got a cammo olive playground bambino from a friend for Christmas, which made me super excited!
By luck, a coworker sold me a playground stellina (this was long after they were sold in stores), since she got a cucciolo. That's when the craze started.

Welcome Krystle! I'm fairly new here myself, having signed up just this month!!!

Mar 9th, 2007, 10:30 AM	#1
annie b Member	What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I'd like to hear everyone's story about their first experience of Tokidoki and what they bought first, why, how etc!!!

Mar 9th, 2007, 10:38 AM	#2
annie b Member	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! MY TOKI STORY.... My hubby gave me a beautiful bubble bag from D & B, I had seen a pic. of it and gave him a hint for V'day that I'd like that bag. He surprised me with it, but then I changed my mind about it, figuring I wouldn't get to carry it much because of my current lifestyle. So, I started searching the internet to see what kind of bags were out there that I was interested in, and saw the Harajuku bags, loved them, but in the search for more of those, up popped Tokidoki (on eBay) and then I was in with those designs and the functionality, casual look of the bags! I wanted the paradiso print really bad and couldn't find it on the websites and decided I wanted the ciao ciao, so I waited a few days watching eBay and one popped up for a "buy it now" and I got it in 2 days! Since I had never seen one in person before, when it came I was wowed by how beautiful the colors and the design of the characters were! So much thought going into the designs!

Mar 9th, 2007, 10:48 AM	#3
papillon216 Member	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I've had a small LeSportsac pouch or two in the past years and I like the brand but this is how I got into Tokidoki: Last trip I had was to Bangkok, Thailand just end of February. I was deciding on which bag to bring for the trip because I was very hesitant to bring my LV bags because the designs and styles I have are not really for "on-the'go". So I found a super old Samsonite tote at the back of my closet and reluctantly decided I'd have to bring that. As my trip progressed, I was sooo surprised how functional the tote was, how I could squeeze everything in and how easy it was to carry! As I went around malls, I saw TONS of LeSportsac and I got the idea to buy one of the totes for shopping trips. I started looking around and saw Tokidoki prints for the first time and found them cute. But it was only at the airport, on the way home, that I saw the pirata print and fell in love with it! I bought the buon viaggio and used it even before the SA took my payment for it. LOL! __________________

Mar 9th, 2007, 11:51 AM	#4
FrogBubbles toki keeps me warm Location: Toronto	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I don't remember where I first saw tokidoki....possibly my sister-in-law. I'd been looking at them from the start, and alllllmost got a playground cangurino, but chickened out like an idiot. Then foresta came out, and I HAD TO GET IT. And I did.

Mar 9th, 2007, 11:53 AM	#5
missyanne Member Location: New York	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I saw one an ad for it in a magazine and fell in love with how unique it was so I went to Macys to look at them, etc. I ended up not buying one because I bought other stuff with my money but about a month ago, I was like ahh, what the hell, I'm going to buy the Scuola for school because my shoulders hurt like hell when I wear tote bags. I bought the Citta print on eBay and two days later, I checked the Tokidoki website and saw the Pirata print... now I'm in love with that and I'll be getting it very soon!

Mar 9th, 2007, 12:09 PM	#6
BLACKWIDOW Member	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I seen the bags a year ago on UO but I chickened out because of the price. Not sure what peaked my interest in them again? I must have been internet surfing and came across the bags again. So I finally broke down and bought my first Toki two weeks ago from Nords.

Mar 9th, 2007, 12:14 PM	#7
bubblesung pink ninja Location: san francisco	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! i've liked tokidoki for a few yeares now...first started when my bf saw the "rising sun" shirt and every once in a while i'd see tokidoki here and then on the internet and fell completely in love with his site! later on i find out he's doing BAGS with lesportsac and i thought, "oh boy! this is gonna be pricey"...first print came out...I was ok with it...cuz i thought i'd never be able to afford it...didn't even know playground print came out...Then I saw Citta Rosa...and then Foresta popped out! I was HOOKED! Had to buy something! My bf got me a Foresta Trenino for my bday..n the rest is history =) __________________ http://bubblesung.livejournal.com

Mar 9th, 2007, 12:25 PM	#8
robotkitten ...likes cupcakes Location: SoCal	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I always liked lesportsac bags and occasionally checked the website for new stuff. When the first Tokidoki line came out I love it but never bought anything because it cost more than the regular lesport bags and when I finally did make up my mind to buy all the ones I liked were sold out! I saw a canguro at UO but like frogbubbles I chickened out. I kepy watching the prints, I liked playground but never liked the cammo prints. When Citta Rosa came out I said I wanted it since it had airplanes on it but I was going to wait to find one on sale. My husband suprised me with a citta Rosa scuola full of my favorite candy for my birthday and that was that.

Mar 9th, 2007, 12:37 PM	#9
Azumie The Dreamer... Location: New Jersey	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! For me its all started last summer when my friend's bf showed me the tokidoki 8" qee (the newer qee on our bags). I like qees and dunnys, I wanted to get that tokidoki qee. So I googled and ebayed it and guess what came out - playground lesportsac bags! I was in right away. So I ended up using the $$$ i wanted to spend on that qee into my very first stellina playground. Since then I'm addicted __________________ My Collection (Last updated 03.04.08 on page 6)

Mar 9th, 2007, 01:10 PM	#10
sandy_b Member Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I've been a lurker here for awhile, so I thought I would introduce myself in this thread. My name is Krystle and I'm a Tokidoki addict. Tokidoki had been around me all the time, but I never really paid attention to it. My friend was showing me Tokidoki shirts at Virgin Records. Another friend bought a Sandy vinyl toy at Urban Outfitters. I saw the playground print and went crazy for it. I didn't have the money to afford one though. There was this other occasion when I was at the mall and I saw 5 girls with really big Tokidoki and Harajuku Lovers bags. I told myself that someday I would have a huge Tokidoki bag (and a Harajuku bag to boot ). I got a cammo olive playground bambino from a friend for Christmas, which made me super excited! By luck, a coworker sold me a playground stellina (this was long after they were sold in stores), since she got a cucciolo. That's when the craze started. Last edited by sandy_b; Mar 9th, 2007 at 01:21 PM.

Mar 9th, 2007, 01:17 PM	#11
FrogBubbles toki keeps me warm Location: Toronto	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! Hi Sandy! Glad you stopped lurking. :)

Mar 9th, 2007, 01:22 PM	#12
gothic_girl8 Member Location: Bellevue WA	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! I saw an add for the original prints in a vogue magazine. I looked them up online and they were all sold out! I had to watch eBay like a hawk to get my first mama mia. I ended up paying $180 for it, but it was worth it :)

Mar 9th, 2007, 01:23 PM	#13
sandy_b Member Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! FrogBubbles said: Hi Sandy! Glad you stopped lurking. :) Thanks for the welcome!

Mar 9th, 2007, 01:24 PM	#14
maya_exquisite goddess ^_^ Location: Honolulu, HI	Re: What was your first purchase and how you came upon TOKIDOKI ! ! ! my afternoon aide has the original print and playground bv's... she wore the original print one one day and i thought it was so cute!! so i asked her about it and she's in love with the lesportsac tokidoki bags. i'm a coach girl, myself, having a shit ton in containers under my bed... but i went anyway because i love cute things. so i went to ala moana and they had the foresta and rosa/citta prints. i thought they were expensive for the material they're made of, and they're more expensive than the normal lesportsac bag. but i knew about lesportsac's quality (apparantly not in china, though!) and i just fell in love with the foresta print. unfortunately, by the time i decided to buy one, all that was left was the bella in foresta. it was okay because i wanted that style anyway... bought it for about $164 w/ tax. but then i went on e-bay, found one with better print placement, and $30 cheaper! so i bought that, and returned the one i bought at the store once i got it in the mail and inspected it. ah, memories... __________________ My tokidoki and Coach collection ^_^ http://forum.purseblog.com/your-bag-...-_-188582.html [Wishlist] Tattersall wristlet '07 Legacy shoulder bag in citron (#11127) More selection with CUTE brass keyfobs/charms