Starface Puts Hello Kitty in a Blind Box for Your Breakouts
Starface's Big Hello Kitty Mystery Compact hides one of four Hello Kitty pimple patch designs inside a sealed box, at £12.99 in the UK and $16.99 in the US.
Thursday 5 November 2026 · picked by Mark
TODAY'S PICKS
Toys
POP MART Puts TXT in Their Own PPULBATU Character Hoods for a Plush Pendant Series on 5 November
On sale online Thu 5 Nov, 5pm PST (1am Fri 6 Nov UK)
Martial Arts
John Woo's Taekwondo Film The Dragon Tamers Gets an 88 Films Blu-ray
UK release Mon 21 Dec
Style
Kinoko no Yama Earphones Are Back, and the Mushrooms Hit Their Target in 48 Minutes
Kagomedia's officially licensed earbuds shaped like Meiji's chocolate mushroom snacks return as a Pro model on Makuake, priced from ¥31,800 for delivery in Japan from March 2027.
Makuake campaign ends 13 Dec (super early price to 15 Nov)
Toys
Maison Ghibli's London Pop-Up Opens 7 November With More Than 1,000 Studio Ghibli Products
The official Studio Ghibli shop for Europe and the UK moves into 36 Eastcastle Street, near Oxford Circus, from 7 November to 10 January.
Opens Sat 7 Nov
Diaspora
Uncle Roger's First Cookbook, Don't Mess Up Your Rice, Is Out in the UK and US on 3 November
Nigel Ng's 70 recipes start with egg fried rice and run through pad Thai, satay and bubur cha cha, with a foreword from Gordon Ramsay.
EARLIER
Martial Arts
Yuen Woo-ping's Desert Wuxia Blades of the Guardians Rides Onto UK 4K
Make
How to Make a Pucca Costume, Revisited: The Korean Star We Called Japanese
Toys
Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE Reaches PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 3 November
Make
Make an Ise Festival Baton and Learn Its Work Songs in Kensington
Curiosities
The British Museum Brings London's First Korean Food Festival In for a Free Korea Late on 6 November
Toys
Tamagotchi Paradise Zooms Out to the Galaxy With Neon Planets
Screen
The Remarried Empress Asks for a Divorce and a Better Husband, on Disney+ From 4 November
Screen
The Swordsmen Stay Home in Arrow's Shaw Brothers Street Gangs of Hong Kong Box
Screen
Ghost in the Shell Gets a New 4K Shell in the UK
Toys
The Straw Hats Open Their First US Shop in Los Angeles, and Chopper Has Taken Up Surfing
Curiosities
United Arrows Tailors Its First Outfit for a Humanoid Robot
Screen
KPop Demon Hunters Gets the Criterion Treatment, Animatic and Postcards Included
Martial Arts
Jackie Chan Comes Out of Retirement to Hunt Tony Leung Ka-fai in The Shadow's Edge, Digital in the US From 3 November
Screen
Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern Relights in 4K for UK Cinemas
Diaspora
Heytea Dunks a Biscuit: Its First UK Lab Opens in Chinatown With Three Menu Items You Can Only Get Here
Diaspora
Ming-Na Wen Serves Up Her Family Restaurant's Recipes
Toys
Tamagotchi Opens Its First UK Pop-Up in Soho for Its 30th Birthday
Screen
Godzilla Minus Zero Stomps Into UK and US Cinemas on 6 November
Style
JINS Puts Jotaro's Hat Badge on Your Glasses in a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Eyewear Range
Diaspora
RISE, the Pop History of Asian America, Becomes a Free Exhibition at Pearl River Mart in New York
Martial Arts
Jackie Chan's First Film as Director Laughs Its Way Into 4K
Curiosities
Gashapon Plans a World Tour and a Capsule the Size of a Fist
Style
Secretlab Takes Its Pokémon Chairs to Hoenn With a Rayquaza Edition
Screen