When I first moved from Minneapolis back to Fresno in 1999, I remember everyone making a big deal about Fashion Fair. I was coming from Minnesota so we had the Mall of America and before the amusement park, SpongeBob Land, it was Camp Snoopy so I was not as impressed with Fashion Fair. The first store I remembered was Sanrio. I remember Sanrio having the cutest displays, it was like an arrangement on your bed with all kinds of stuffies, wallets, purses. One corner was Badtz Maru, one was Keroppi, one was Hello Kitty (before she got extremely popular), one corner was pochacco. I'm sure there was more, but those were the most popular ones during my teen years. After Sanrio has been gone for over a decade, it seems that these guys have become popular again due to social media and Miniso rose up like a Phoenix to bring all of the cutesy Sanrio characters back to the mainstream. I stopped by a month ago and it was cute. I thought it would bring back some Sanrio nostalgia, but everything was just neatly in its place and not as cutesy as Sanrio. Sorry Keroppi or Badtz Maru lovers, not much Kerropi or N
Badtz Maru here! Lots of Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Hangyodon, KurKuromi, Barbie, Mousse, some Disney & Cinnamoroll though, was hoping for pet stuff and they had beds and stuff, but not dog toys, it's all about the toys for us pet parenrs! I didn't like anything while I was there so I didn't buy anything so I couldn't tell you how the service was. It's a cute place to get gifts if you have a bday party for kids. I plan on checking out Daiso when I go to Visalia this weekend. read more