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May 8, 2009 2:50 PM PDT

Hello Kitty Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85: No camera deserves this

by Rich Trenholm
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Hello Kitty Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 (Credit: Casio)

My eyes! My eyes! They burn! Oh Lord, they burn! The axis of evil that is Hello Kitty and Swarovski has struck again, wreaking havoc on yet another perfectly serviceable gadget. Today's unfortunate victim is the Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 compact camera.

Hello Kitty Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 (Credit: Casio)

The Z85 is a 9-megapixel snapper with a 2.6-inch screen which, frankly, doesn't deserve this kind of humiliation. As if the glittering stick-on sequins around the lens ring aren't enough, there's a bunch of gravel-colored stars splattered about the place, and a Hello Kitty face that resolves itself out of nowhere like a Magic Eye picture, those blank, shark-like Kitty eyes boring straight into your soul as if divining the exact cash value of your very being...

The Hello Kitty Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 is available from Geek Stuff 4 U for $573. But please don't encourage them.

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by lgrunin May 8, 2009 3:19 PM PDT
Oh. My. God. I can't help staring at it, like it's a car accident.
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by BakedSalad May 8, 2009 3:20 PM PDT
It would be better without the sparkles, but damn...
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by JUARIT0S May 8, 2009 9:28 PM PDT
As absurd as it seems to most of us guys, I'm sure there are a bunch of girls and women out there who are slobbering just looking at this pictures! Anything pink and my wife thinks she must have it!
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by michtemil August 7, 2009 9:11 PM PDT
See...you get it.
by glitterfairy54 May 11, 2009 3:32 PM PDT
It's like same-sex marriage, guys - no one is forcing you to do it, but if it is what you want...you already said it's a good camera, so if I want pink & sparkles, that's MY issue!!
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by MoKraak May 12, 2009 7:02 AM PDT
Only Svaroski can take something so kawaii and make me ask myself "OK, why?"
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by play7 May 15, 2009 7:27 PM PDT
Pardon me but the writter of this piece is really a make isnt he? There are collectors that buy Hello Kitty objects because they like them. So please Rich Trenholm go play with Dan and get a Second Life. Because it appears you have nothing better to do then bash things you rally dont understand about. Typical Cnet BS
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by michtemil August 7, 2009 9:10 PM PDT
You guys are so lame...this camera is rad! I would totally buy it because it's Casio, pink, Hello Kitty and sparkley--it's for girls! Like duh.
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