Welcome to the Year of Luck and Prosperity with Retro51’s Lucky Cat Tornado Popper!
Inspired by the iconic Maneki-neko, also known as the Lucky Cat, this design features the charming calico holding a gold coin surrounded by cat-shaped Daruma dolls. The Chinese character on the coin, “大吉” or “Dà-jí” translates to lots of “good luck” or “good fortune”. This limited-edition of 689 rollerballs starts off the new year with its vibrant illustration complete with red lacquer accents, making it a must-have design for 2025. It’s believed Maneki-neko will bring you prosperity and luck, but with this Tornado, years of joy! How lucky will you get this golden year?
Whether you’re jotting down resolutions or sending festive wishes, let every stroke welcome success and happiness in the year ahead. Write your own lucky tale today!

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As you likely already know... Our physical store in Biltmore Village was completely destroyed in the Flood Disaster.
We are working to recreate our brick and mortar store. Until then we are building up this online store, where you'll find a "Current Offerings" shopping page (to the right) OR scroll down on our HOME PAGE where you'll find more specific shopping links being added daily. If you don't see what you're looking for, just let us know and we'll arrange getting it to you, since it's likely that we have it but it's simply not up on our site yet. Please keep checking back and you will find something new each time you do! We should have our site expanded to a completion very soon.
We have, also, set up a Go Fund Me site for donations here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-restoring-a-beloved-local-haven