There’s now a free app (iTunes link) available for your iPhone which will allow you to wake up the same way Disney characters do, with the sounds of 2D chirping birds. For added illusion, you can stick your iPhone in this BirdBox and tap the screen in order to see your potential wake up call nesting inside. The BirdBox is made of high quality heavy card, is easy to assemble and is available in four different colors. The only problem is if you smash this alarm clock in the morning, you’ve killed a bird and ruined $100 phone. You don’t want to start your day that way.
Since the Star Wars franchise makes up the holy trinity of overexposure along with Disney and Kiss, it should come as no surprise that there is now a Star Wars gift basket packed with marketables that will wow the young nerd in your life. You will also have the satisfaction of knowing that part of your purchase price will help fund “Angel Flight Northeast” which uses volunteer pilots to fly patients to hospitals free of charge. That should certainly help ease the sting of knowing that you also crammed more dollars into the bank account of the man who gave us Jar Jar Binks.
What defines the sunshine state more than bright light and gators? What if you combined the two by taking a hand crafted gator head and shoving a light down it’s throat, then hanging it on the wall to light up your photos of Disney World? I’d say you have a Florida vacation in your living room! An additional design is pictured after the break.
If you’re a man who loves crystal but doesn’t want to put a Disney character, dolphin or ballerina sculpture on your desk, say hello to the crystal Colt .45 Peacemaker. You won’t have to worry about your masculinity when you combine your favorite medium with the most famous firearm of the old west. Add an old wagon wheel, some Roy Rogers album covers, and the crystal cowboy boot pictured after the break and you’ll feel more like you’re in a western themed steakhouse than your office.
This Disney-branded kitchen appliance makes thin, delicious crêpes in a flash. Plus, you can cut them in the shape of Mickey Mouse for presentation. That’s how all the best French chefs do it. Look it up.
Walt Disney may have wanted you to believe that Mickey Mouse was just full of goodness. But we al lknew he had to be blowing off steam somehow. This nicely sized (just under 2 feet) doll shows Mickey releasing that pent up aggression on his electric guitar. A much better release than taking it out on Minnie.
You are probably already familiar with the plug and play line of TV games, but this new version allows you to take control with a little Wall-E robot replica. Apparently, it is loaded up with four games—but the titles and plots of those games remain a mystery. Probably doesn’t matter all that much though. It could play ET and Aquaman and people would still buy it.
A little over a year ago, Disney announced that it would be shutting down all hand-drawn animation studios in favor of Pixar’s modern computer generated approach. Today Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar and Disney Feature Animation proclaimed that “we will be bringing back hand-drawn (2-D) films.”
At this point, there has been no word on upcoming projects or whether or not the hundreds of animators that lost their jobs in the switch would return to work for Disney, but I must say that I am excited about the announcement. There is something about hand drawn animation that CGI has not been able to replicate.
I applaud the decision, but the fact is that this shouldn’t have been necessary. Despite its drawbacks, completely abandoning hand-drawn animation was a mistake that smacked of Disney putting the bottom line ahead of quality.
A little over a year ago, Disney announced that it would be shutting down all hand-drawn animation studios in favor of Pixar’s modern computer generated approach. Today Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar and Disney Feature Animation proclaimed that “we will be bringing back hand-drawn (2-D) films.”
