Gritty made it on yee olde BoingBoing again in a different context. Someone has hypothesized that this is is an actual production model, that Sanrio has copied Gritty’s smooth lines and badass little driver -

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/10/hello-kitty-sander.html

http://www.kittyhell.com/2008/04/04/hello-kitty-power-sander/

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/the-outrageous-hello-kitty-power-sander/

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/04/hello_kitty_power_sander.html

I knew she had more meme in her!

Here’s the original page: http://www.nathanielmarsh.com/hellogritty/