Welcome to anniesfriends.com!
About my site...
I am a 31 year-old female currently residing in Orange County, California. My mom bought me my very first Monchhichi when I was 5 years old and I have loved them ever since. It wasn't until around 1997 that I really started expanding my collection. Presently I have over 170 Monchhichis and I'm always looking for new additions to the family. They come from near and far- from Hawaii, Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan just to name a few places. I established this site so that I could share my collection with other Monchhichi fans from all over the world! Please leave me a message in my guestbook to share your thoughts!
Where I found them...
Monchhichis are harder to obtain these days since they're not really sold in the U.S. anymore. Mattel distributed them back in the 1980s but eventually discontinued them. My earliest ones were bought from Toys 'R' Us. I've purchased most of my recent ones from various places including eBay, monchhichioutlet.com, and other websites. The coolest place I ever visited was Sum's Lounge in Hong Kong. It's a small store that is dedicated only to selling Monchhichi products. I wanted to buy the entire store!
The two pictured above were bought back in 1982.
Monchhichi Theme Song
Monchhichi, Monchhichi
Oh so soft and cuddly
With a thumb in their mouth, they're really neat
Fun to wiggle their little feet
La la la
La la la
Happy, happy Monchhichi
(I love you Monchhichi!)
About my collection...
If I could buy every single Monchhichi that has ever been made of course I would. But since it's pretty much next to impossible I try to pick out a select few that I like the most. I am quite impressed with some of the detail involved in the various costumes and outfits. I tried to capture some of this as much as possible in the photos that I took. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
