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TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese character goods maker Sanrio employee displays a Hello Kitty designed toaster, produced by Japanese electronic maker Twinbird to celebrate Hello Kitty's 30th birthday, which enable it to brown Hello Kitty faces on slices of bread at the company's headquarters, in Tokyo 02 November 2004. Sanrio will put it on the market this month with a price of 5,000 yen (47 USD). AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)

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