I'm Ready For My Close Up Mr. Mouse

Evilos just tweeted us this picture.

It is the Walt Disney Studios Director Mickey. As far as we understand it, only available to Cast Members of the Burbank Studio at the store on the lot.

Confetti Disney Store 25th Vinyl Online

No need to rush down to your local Disney Store today if all you are after is this one...

You can add this One-of-a-Kind to your cart for $12.95 and 25% off today.

25% Off Disney Store Sale

I've never seen a store make so much of a 25th anniversary. You'd have to live under a rock, or not be a Disney fan, to not know the Disney Store is celebrating 25 years tomorrow. Honestly, as I've said before, I don't really celebrate any store's birthday. But there is reason to care about this one.

Use promo code HAPPY25 to get the discount online. Print the coupon at this link to get the discount in the store. Let us know what you get! Also, the first 250 people in line at each store will receive these:

A Hauntingly Good Time

A special thing happened to me while hanging around the Haunted Mansion today, but first, the Disney Vinylmation Blog has finally given us a release date for the Haunted Mansion pocket watch. On Friday, April 13th you may purchase this Caley Hicks designed masterpiece in the following locations: Both D-Street, World of Disney (WDW and DLR), Uptown Jewelers (MK) and New Century Jewelers (DLR).

This timepiece to me is a nice tribute to a classic attraction. The pocket watch itself is the highlight for me. A really unique design that screams Haunted Mansion. With this news, I also want to share with you a Magical Moment I had today at the Magic Kingdom. Austin and myself were taking pictures of the Nightmare figures by the Haunted Mansion. We also had the Park 5 Haunted Mansion Clock with us for a picture. While setting up a shot, we were approached by a Cast Member who had talked with us a few minutes before about our collections. He asked if we wanted to take a picture in a place not everyone gets to see. We of course said sure and followed him backstage. We entered the Servants Quarters. There we saw a board on one wall full of keys. These, he said, were the room keys for the mansion. On the opposite wall were numerous bells hanging off the wall all attached to a wire that went into the wall. These bells would ring when the master in that room had summoned a servant. One of the bells read "Uncle Davis' Sleeping Salon", a nod to the legendary Imagineer Marc Davis who created many of the gags you see around WDW attractions, including this mansion. The Cast Member prompted us to pose our vinyl figure for a photo with this unique off-stage prop.

It was a great experience and I appreciate kindness and willingness to make a guest's day by this Cast Member.

Sign of Prices to Come?

One of our long time listener/readers Don Sawyer sent us an interesting bit of information today. He told us how he has been in the process of collecting all the variants lately. So he has been diligently following variant sales for some time now. Even he was shocked at this one...

A WDW Park 6 "All Other Guest Areas" variant just sold for $505!!! Don says this by far the highest price he's ever seen paid for a single variant. Same thoughts here. We do know this particular variant is mostly likely the most rare variant known to Vinylmation. But a $505 price tag? That seems extremely high with very little room for an increase in value here. What are you thoughts? Are there any single figures you would pay this price tag for? What is the most you have ever paid for a single Vinylmation 9" or 3"?

Director Mickey Figure

It appears the Walt Disney Studios Burbank Studio Store is getting a new Vinylmation release. According to @DisneyAllen, the following figure will be released this Wednesday, March 28 at the store which is only accessible to Disney Studio employees.

Right now, this is the only image we have of this Director Mickey. No details about edition size or if it will only be available at this Studio Store event. The event is part of the Disney Store's 25th anniversary celebration on March 28th. Disney Store Artist Jim Valeri will be on hand from 11:30am - 1:30pm to meet and greet guests. As stated above, this store can only be accessed by Disney Studio employees, so it is a really great exclusive treat for them. They had a similar event with designers of the Animator Doll series.

This sign, also provided by @DisneyAllen gives some of the details. We can't wait to see this figure and hope it has a wider release. The accessory cap and megaphone look fantastic. If it is not given a wider release, this will probably prove to be one of the hot figures on the aftermarket.

Episode 065 Black/Orange Gear Bear

Ep. 065 Black/Orange Gear Bear This week we talk about the latest news like the Director and Blueprint Mickeys. We also go in depth about the new Monorail: Cars series. And we have a discussion with Annemarie about her custom set of Furry Friends 2 and she also gives some helpful tips to custom artists.

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