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Hello Kitty Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85: Seriously, WTF

Hello Kitty and Swarovski have once again united to visit terrible vengeance upon some poor unfortunate gadget. This time it's the Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 that has been hideously deformed

Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor
Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene to Europe's refugee camps to the Sundance film festival.
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My eyes! My eyes! It burns! Oh Lord, it burns! The axis of evil that is Hello Kitty and Swarovski has struck again, wreaking havok on yet another perfectly serviceable gadget. Today's unfortunate victim is the Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z85 compact camera.

Hello Kitty Casio Z85

The Z85 is a 9-megapixel snapper with a 66mm (2.6-inch) screen that, 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-coloured 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 geekstuff4u for ¥56,700 (£380). But please don't encourage them.