I never had to take the bus in grade school as we lived just two blocks from the school. Suburbia! But the school bus did always seem like it might be kind of scary for little kids to ride: especially for kindergartners, many of whom are just learning to handle being separated from their moms for the first time in their lives. Scary! A school district in Osaka, Japan solved this separation anxiety problem by customizing the traditional yellow school bus to resemble a cheerful Pikachu – the most popular of all the Pokemon! Who wouldn’t like to ride this bus? School is fun!
Over on Gearfuse, they have a delightfully twisted series of ‘alternate’ portraits of the ten most popular and iconic Disney princesses and fairytale heroines – from Cinderella to Pocahontas – guaranteed to give small children nightmares for years, at this link.
Bestweekever.tv recently posted this updated version of the 1980’s cartoon/mass merchandising character StrawberryShortcake, and all I could think of was that it reminded me of me at age five, if I’d had pink hair at the time and had dressed this dorky (actually I probably dressed much worse).
