ICO Party Supplies & Rentals

May 2012

Ah, memories... I remember when Ico actually had a brick-and-mortar location in the early to mid-nineties (where Sherman Williams is now located, if memory serves me correctly). I would go there after school to browse the shelves, and when my mom's prayer group needed to rent a helium tank for church fiestas, we would go here. While Ico now is located inside Seafood City, and mainly dabbles in Hello Kitty and Pinoy merchandise, as well as continuing to rent out helium tanks, I still stop by to look around whenever I'm in the area. Some of the bootleg shirts are actually quite funny; I found one in the Harry Potter font saying "Harry Pekpek" (for all you non-Filipino readers, ask your Pinoy friends what it means... and prepare to get smacked). Of course, there's plenty of Pacquiao merch as well - what Filipino store doesn't carry it?

Sep 2007

This place brings back some kick ass memories. I know they do party supplies and rentals, but back in the day... this place was the ULTIMATE Sanrio headquarters. Lets just reminisce about the Ol' Skool Crew. Lets hear it for Kerropi, Badtz Maru, Pekkle, Spottie Dottie, Hello Kitty and my personal fav, POCHACCO. I used to save up all my money and beg my mom to take me to ICO so I could blow it on those cloth Pochacco drawstring bags, notepads, mechanical pencils with Pochacco doo-hickeys, and any thing you can think of... as long as it had my dear friend Pochacco on it. If you didn't know, Pochacco is retired now. I admit, I still have a soft spot for Sanrio. I'm in my mid-20's and I am STILL a sucker for Sanrio. Anyway, over time the shelves which stocked all my favorite characters started to grow increasingly bare, and I got a license and started venturing on to other places that carried Sanrio. Unfortunately, I must report: The inventory isn't all that great anymore. As for party supplies, my mom still comes here when shes in a pinch.