What kind of stickers are these?

June 1, 2024 6:04 PM

What kind of stickers are these & where can I buy them?

Pictures of the unknown stickers:

I bought them from an Asian goods store like Teso. They look like Line Friends but I couldn't find them online anywhere.

posted by joeyjoejoejr to Society & Culture (4 answers total)

Response by poster: Don't see an edit button. link to sticker pics
posted by joeyjoejoejr at 6:06 PM on June 1

Best answer: This is Frodo of the Kakao Talk friends but I very bizarrely can't find any stickers at all on AliExpress, which is my go-to spot for stickers. Weird.
posted by phunniemee at 6:22 PM on June 1 [1 favorite]

Interesting, from the Wikipedia controversies section, I wonder if sticker unavailability has anything to do with this:

Kakao series
After seeing the structure in which Daum Kakao owns all the copyrights of Kakao Friends, the character illustrators do not receive profits from the sale of Kakao Friends character products, some criticized whether it was the second Cloud Bread incident. However, the Daum Kakao official said that Daum Kakao had all the copyrights at the time of the first contract with the HOZO writer. Although the Kakao Talk emoticon revenue is shared, the Kakao Friends business does not pay a separate fee to the artist. The author also stated that he is in a position to avoid controversy about this issue.

posted by phunniemee at 6:25 PM on June 1 [1 favorite]

A quick search shows they seem to be available on etsy and RedBubble. No telling how legal they would be though.

I am finding some on the Aliexpress.us site.
posted by kschang at 7:28 PM on June 1