Bicycle Bad Badtz-Maru 30th Anniversary Playing Cards, Sanrio, USPCC 2022, Japan exclusive, Hana-Maru, Pandaba, XO Clan, mischievous cool penguin, mascot of the 2006 FIBA ​​World Championships, basketball. Brand new, sealed

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– Launched 2022
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– and by Keisuke Izumi

Sanrio’s official and authentic collaboration playing cards commemorate the 30th anniversary of the birth of Bad Badtz-Maru.

The front of the tuck box is still the familiar image of the cool penguin, the cool standing posture and the contemptuous look in the eyes. Most of the cards use custom illustrations, and cheeky cool penguins are added to the suits. In addition to the classic image of Bad Badtz-Maru, there are also characters such as good friends Hana-Maru and Pandaba.

Because the cool penguin is the mascot of the 2006 FIBA ​​World Championships, the special design of the four joker cards has added elements of basketball. Sanrio also stated: “In order to bring the sport of basketball to women, children and more people, we will develop more Bad Badtz-Maru-related products to complete this mission.”

·Co-branded by Sanrio
·Bad Badtz-Maru 30th Anniversary
·Limited in Japan
·Printed by USPCC

Badtz-Maru (バッドばつ丸, Baddo Batsu Maru), a male penguin with spiky hair, is one of the many characters produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. Unlike the more popular Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru has an attitude and is one of the few characters that is marketed to both males and females.

Badtz-Maru has many different facial expressions and poses, but he is classically recognized for pulling one eye down and sticking out his tongue.

While Badtz-Maru seems perpetually stuck in the first grade, he has dreams of becoming “the boss, of everything” when he grows up. “A bit selfish, Badtz-Maru tends to make fun of things he thinks are silly. This mischievous little penguin loves to fight for the wrong side. His hobby is collecting pictures of movie stars who play bad guys.” He enjoys expensive sushi in Ginza.

He lives in Gorgeoustown with his mother and pinball-playing father.

Badtz-Maru has two best friends, who are often found accompanying him: Pandaba, a female Giant Panda who always is seen in a short frilly skirt, and Hana-Maru, a male white seal.

In addition to Hana-Maru and Pandaba, Badtz also is close with Kahme (a small blue turtle), Iruka (a white dolphin), Sameo (a blue shark), Goro (a small white bird), Anko (a black fish), and Kobun (blue henchman of his father).

XO Clan
In Japanese “badtz” (batsu) is a term for “X”, the cross signifying a wrong answer. “Maru” means circle or “O”, and signifies a correct answer. So, his name is like “wrong-correct,” and is frequently represented by “XO”. Indeed, with his friends Pandaba and Hana-Maru, Badtz runs the mischievous XO clan.