Category Archives: Promotions

‘Welcome to the Magic of Tencennial’ Brochure

Welcome back to 1982. The place is Walt Disney World. The occasion is the tenth anniversary of Walt’s second Theme Park. The thing is the ‘Welcome to the Magic of Tencennial’ Brochure: Tencennial – it’s a year-long ‘smile-wide’ celebration and … Continue reading

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POP! Icons Disney 100 Walt Disney w/Dumbo & Timothy

It remains to be seen how this latest celebration of Disney will turn out. The last couple have met with challenges and fallen pretty much flat. Will the Disney 100 promotion suffer the same fate? Not if the merchandise I’ve … Continue reading

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Walt Disney World 2000 Vacation Planner Guide DVD

Sherman is going to set the Wayback Machine to the year 2000 so that we can revisit the beginning of the Millennium where everyone was waiting for their computers to crash with the Y2K bug but Disney was more optimistic … Continue reading

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Book Review: Disney Celebrates 100 Collector’s Magazine

Publisher: Centennial Media Year: 2023 Pages: 100 Type: Softcover ISBN: N / A “First Look at the Anniversary Festivities” With the Disney 100 Celebration in full swing it was only a matter of time before we got the obligatory Collector’s Issue magazine. And here it … Continue reading

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Book Review: MGM / Cinerama How the West Was Won

Publisher: Random House Year: 1963 Pages: 40 Type: Hardcover ISBN: N/A “The climax is the greatest train wreck ever filmed.” – The London Evening News They didn’t mean that the ending of the film was terrible, but that there was an actual train wreck at … Continue reading

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Pop! Animation Scooby-Doo Box Lunch Exclusive

“Well, Scoob, it looks like we’re in trouble again!” But this time our cowardly duo aren’t afraid of ghosts or ghouls (you know, the ones who always end up being creepy guys in silly costumes?) but of finding millions of … Continue reading

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WDW 50th Anniversary Ittybittys Jungle Cruise Plush

Hallmark is arguably the best supplier of Disney merchandise outside of the Theme Parks themselves! This wonderful Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary ‘Ittybittys’ Jungle Cruise plush is a great example. The fun factor is off the charts, and if you … Continue reading

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Foodie Friday: Darkwing Duck Happy Meal Toy

1992. The city is bleak. Villainy is everywhere. But so is ‘He’ who flaps in the night! He will stop the crime in its tracks… after he goes through the local McDonalds drive-thru for a Happy Meal, complete with the … Continue reading

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The Rescuers ‘Bernard’ McDonalds Ornament

The Rescuers Down Under (Australia, that is!) is the 29th Disney animated feature film, and the sequel to the 1977 film The Rescuers, which was based on the novels by Margery Sharp. You can read a review of the original book here. This … Continue reading

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The Rescuers Collector Series Glass from Pepsi

The Rescuers was Disney’s 23rd animated feature film. The plot revolved around two mice who worked for the Rescue Aid Society, an international organization headquartered in New York City. The idea was that it shadowed the United Nations, actually meeting in the basement … Continue reading

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