More Magic Kingdom Shop Windows, December 1983
After moving "part one" a bit, I am sharing the second installment of photos of shop windows from the Magic Kingdom, as taken by Lou Perry, and scanned and shared with us by his daughter, Sue B.
I don't believe that this figure was for sale, but... maybe? Mickey's wearing his famous costume from "The Band Concert", in which he bravely conducts a ragtag band during a tornado.
I had one or two glazed ceramic figurines of Mickey that looked almost exactly like the style seen here. Some vintage Disneyana appears to been display too, like those bisque (?) figures of the Dwarfs. Or maybe they're brand new!
Donald Duck appears to be singing, with his quacky voice, I can almost hear it!
Uh-oh, Minnie's standing beneath the mistletoe!
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is one of my favorite Mickey Mouse films (it's right up there with "The Brave Little Tailor"), so I'm always happy to see Mickey in his robe and pointy hat!
Music boxes! They're nice, but I'm glad I didn't start collecting those. Same with cookie jars.
Nothing says "Christmas" like a rat in an old-fashioned costume! Perhaps this was a shop that sold ceramic goods, though it's hard to be certain.
Mickey is popping and locking, he got into hip-hop street dancing before most people had even heard of it. He could do that thing where he spun around on his head, which was much harder to do with those ears.
And hey, it's another Christmas rat. But I admit that she's cute. Maybe I need more rats in my life!
THANK YOU SO MUCH to Lou and Sue! Stay tuned for the third and final part of this series.
4 comments:
Major-
"Minnie's standing beneath the mistletoe!"
That looks more like a forest of mistletoe-!
"Music boxes! They're nice, but I'm glad I didn't start collecting those. Same with cookie jars".
Thimbles, Major... thimbles-! The best.
Thanks again to Lou and Sue.
♫ "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?"♪
Maybe Donald took one of his "voice pills" and can sing like an opera star... for a little while... till the pill wears off. Then he sounds like Clarence Nash again.
Sorcerer Mickey is shown on the mountain top (in his dteam) where he commands the ocean and comets to do his bidding.
Looks like 'hip-hop Mickey' spun on his head once too often... he's missing an ear. (I know it's not really missing.)
The 'cute' Christmas rat is gnawing on her tail. Must be a nervous habit.
Really nice photos to document these displays; Lou Perry's stock-in-trade. Thanks Lou, Sue, and Moo. :-p
Those acrylic cases display figures were made to be sold by the WDW display department. They were sold in the Disneyanna Shop into the mid 1980’s. However WDW’s Disneyanna was in Fantasyland. Near the holidays the display figures were sometimes also sold in THE KINGS GALLERY … but those music boxes ( produced by Pridelines Ltd) look like they are on Main Street . The Market House is also shown here .
At some point I started accumulating books and collectors' guides about various nostalgic / historic stuff, those being way cheaper than the actual items. To have proof such things as a Marx playset of the movie Ben Hur existed (with partial stadium and tiny slave market) is sometimes just as good as having the actual thing. Likewise images from this blog, which go into my desktop / screensaver folder.
I will occasionally splurge on an artifact that's sufficiently cheap and personally significant, preferably out of box and a bit used so I'm comfortable actually enjoying it. Occasionally enjoy meals off a 1950s Mickey Mouse Club metal tray.
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