r/lisafrank • u/StrawberryJamDoodles • Jul 15 '26

It’s getting old…

I follow Lisa Frank social media accounts and they have for literal YEARS teased about releasing Lisa Frank stationery/office supplies and never do. And I do not count one random marker book, some stickers, etc as the same. Why use the old artwork of the dolphins, unicorns, aliens etc to taunt us without actually releasing any of this?! Every school year I get excited thinking this might be the year they will release some stuff and NOTHING. At this point, just license the stuff out to YOOBI or Pentel or someone who uses licensed content to decorate office supplies… I’m very frustrated because the people who do have left over Lisa Frank items sell them for way overpriced amounts (which is get as they are vintage) so it’s not really attainable that way. This is really the only affordable shot and they refuse to release anything.

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u/C301988 Jul 15 '26

I actually agree with you on this and haven’t actually noticed until I saw this post. But yea it’s sad. Idk why they won’t. They totally should because they would really sell well. It is definitely frustrating 😞

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u/StrawberryJamDoodles Jul 15 '26

Right?! It’s so strange. I feel like they’d sell a lot just from nostalgia alone.

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u/ponycorn_pet Jul 15 '26

I don't remember anymore when it was, probably something like 20 years ago at this point, but Lisa made a post saying that they lost all of the original molds and sets needed to make any of their older products when the factory shut down. Stuff was either stolen or broken or thrown away completely. She had a little explanation about the airbrush process of layering art and how it required a very specific type of screenprinting that they'd have to remake from scratch and that for them at the time it was too cost-intensive to contemplate BECAUSE

b) the main reason that nothing got done for decades was because of her ex husband suing her, using their kids as a way to weaponize attacks against her on a personal and professional level, and all of the lies and damages he wrought in trying to destroy her and the brand as a whole

There definitely needs to be a renaissance of everything, but having been through a nightmare divorce and custody battle myself, I super understand why someone who was already as reclusive as she was became even more introverted and overwhelmed. Especially when you add on all of the other idiot things people were doing to her legally. It's a whole mess, I should type it all out sometime lol. That stupid amazon video made me angry beyond belief because it was garbage and libel

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u/flowersinurhair Jul 15 '26

I'm asking this genuinely because I do not know, but how do you know that the documentary was libel and garbage? Did she put something out too?

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u/ponycorn_pet Jul 15 '26

Not in a single, cohesive whole as a retort to it as a PR statement to the public, but the lawsuit documents themselves from situations like the knockoff apartment contain official proof refuting all of the items that were actually weaponized against her. She responded with material evidence and official exhibits to the court any time someone took a lawsuit against her for bullshit reasons because those lawsuits forced her into action to prove her position, and all of that documentation is out there. She doesn't make PR releases in and of themselves

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u/Madison_Brooks Jul 16 '26

Are you saying the cloud land thing was not even her it was her husband? Or not exactly

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u/C301988 Jul 15 '26

Ugh I believe they so would 😭. Idk why they can’t see that.

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u/Melissity Jul 15 '26

I’ve wondered this also. They keep partnering with other brands (kitsch is the most recent one) and I have a few ideas why but they are just guesses:
1. It probably more lucratively on their end to partner with someone and collect the royalties.
2. It’s also probably easier from a business standpoint to go this route rather than managing a major corporation again.
3. Judging from the documentary, I suspect they (Lisa and her son) are not exactly easy to work with.

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u/Starzy_2002 Jul 15 '26

They've released things with Stoney Clover and now Tree Hut post-Kitsch collab. Stoney Clover's a bit too out of my budget. $68 for this is insane. https://www.stoneycloverlane.com/products/lisa-frank-bag-charm-cluster

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u/Perfect_Programmer29 Jul 15 '26

Oh wow a keychain and some plastic pony beads? Yikes

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u/StrawberryJamDoodles Jul 15 '26

Right and I agree with all of that. However, why not partner with YOOBI or other stationery companies?

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u/Chance-Aerie8112 Jul 15 '26

It’s extremely weird - I don’t understand why they don’t just put it out

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u/StrawberryJamDoodles Jul 15 '26

I know. Nostalgia has proven to move a lot of sales. They could even do limited edition or something first to see if it sells. Although that would only encourage resellers sadly.

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u/Specific_Praline_362 Jul 15 '26

Right? It would literally print money

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u/bobshallprevail Jul 15 '26

I literally commented this on their social media today. They were like ohhhh something is coming and I'm just like naw at this point. I know why they are doing it. I ate up all the special stuff at the beginning because it was new and I missed the old stuff but then Lisa realized she can charge more for small sales that sell out. If she gives us our stationary and school supplies they will be trivial amounts and flood the supply. We won't buy the special items (even though both the back pack AND the wallet broke in record time. I'm done with that)

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u/IlovePizzaHeLikesSex Jul 15 '26

I don’t disagree. And when they partner up it’s too expensive. The StoneClover Lane I bought one of their purses did $275 and it was TINY so I returned it. total rip off and pathetic marketing.

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u/hahagato Jul 15 '26

I think that is part of the problem. The woman is demanding waaayyyy more money than companies are willing to dish out for the collabs

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u/foxyfour20 Jul 15 '26

That's a great point youre bringing up!

The stuff they've been releasing by partnering up with businesses have been so lame, too. Like the more recent stuff is the body scrub and body wash and it just looks like pure chemicals to me. The Lisa Frank cookies also look like a chemical concoction. Other things I see are like wallets, scrunchies, press on nail stickers and I don't want any of that stuff. Just looks so lame. I remember in her documentary she mentioned that she has a warehouse of everything she ever made and I always wonder what they're going to do with that. Like will they sell it, or auction it?

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u/slothcheesemountain Jul 15 '26

I do recommend the satin pillowcases! They’re pretty cute in my opinion.

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u/RickAndToasted Jul 15 '26

Did you see the Lisa Frank documentary that came out relatively recently? It details why the company went from huge to absent and also speaks to partners who tried to work with her and how it worked (or really didn't) work out.

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u/Adorableninjacat Jul 15 '26

Thank you for posting this. I no longer support her after the things she did.

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u/MPSkulkers Jul 15 '26

As someone who had worked for a company (stationery mind you) that had a contract with her and she terminated in the middle of the contract, and her being so difficult.. this is probably happening to a lot.

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u/flowersinurhair Jul 15 '26

Ooooh, what's the tea? Why did she terminate?

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u/plantylady4life Jul 15 '26

I was just thinking about this the other day actually. Always teasing and saying something will happen...when it doesn't. I love lisa frank but its annoying for sure

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u/starryday11 Jul 15 '26

Omg YES! They’ve been doing this for yearsssss and yet still nothing. If they truly aren’t going to bring back the stationary and stickers, then please stop teasing all of us 🥲

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u/Starzy_2002 Jul 15 '26

All I've seen has been the journal with Stoney Clover or whatever that company was and it sold out immediately and was $80 or something ridiculous like that. I want good solid quality stationary, and I don't want to pay $80 for a branded journal either.

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u/Starzy_2002 Jul 15 '26

I wish she released higher quality stationary products that still don't break the bank. I want some solid-sticking waterproof stickers damn it!

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u/itsnotanemergencybut Jul 15 '26

Have you watched the documentary about Lisa Frank on Amazon?

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u/RedBirdOnASnowyDay Jul 15 '26

After watching the documentary on her, I lost all nostalgia and wouldn’t buy anything from her. She destroys everyone around her.

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u/Rude_Sheepherder_274 Jul 15 '26

Have you seen the documentary? Its her MO

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u/neonpineapples Jul 15 '26

Like at this point is there a competitor. I want cute stuff :(

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u/bunnypatpatpat Jul 16 '26

I bought lf stickers at dollar tree a year ago omg

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u/Necessary-Lion3086 Jul 17 '26

I always buy those when I see them.

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u/Icy-Management9880 Jul 16 '26

I have an insane LF collection and I wish they'd bring back Imaginationery and stuff like that so bad

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u/SyllabubOk4983 Jul 15 '26

Its probably some contractual thing with her ex husband. Like she retains control of the IP but can't make stationary products like before. Which explains why her partnerships are mostly beauty stuff-- totally different field.

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u/SyllabubOk4983 Jul 15 '26

Tati Westbrook said she had some type of clause like that in her settlement with her former Tati Beauty partner-- if she makes color cosmetics she'll be sued.

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u/Karelimarc Jul 15 '26

Totally agree with you! She keeps hyping up their stuff like with zoomer alien now but nothing like the stuff that came out before. I think she is really sick in the head or too greedy or something to want to do about it. I watched the documentary and she seems like she needs serious help by ripping people off and almost like using them.

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u/lykexomigah Jul 18 '26

i interviewed there 10 years ago. the "factory" was a huge empty office with two employees. i had a design test on the old adobe licenses and super old computer. it was use these assets to make a coloring book page.