Category Archives: Promotions

Disneyland Records Cardboard Display Cards

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Dis-LEE

Some things are created with a purpose and a short time of usefulness. When that time is up, these pieces of ephemera are intended to be thrown away and forgotten forever. But the makers of these Disneyland Records Cardboard Display … Continue reading →

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Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary Commemorative Plate

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Dis-LEE

“The most exciting and challenging assignment we have ever tackled at Walt Disney Productions.” – Walt Disney This Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary Commemorative Plate comes in a beautiful red box that opens to reveal an even more beautiful image! … Continue reading →

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Campaign to Ban Landmines Mickey Mouse Amputee Mug

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Dis-LEE

When I saw this I was speechless. I had no idea what I was looking at. But I just had to purchase it (for $1.99 CAN at Value Village) to do the research so that I could understand! Why was … Continue reading →

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Walt Disney World 30th Anniversary Souvenir Plate

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Dis-LEE

Walt’s second Theme Park opened on October 1st, 1971. I had the pleasure of making my very first visit to the Magic Kingdom just a few years later. But many an anniversary has come and gone since then! And that … Continue reading →

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POST LE Disney 100 Mickey Mouse Club Cereal

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Dis-LEE

M – I – C, K – E- Y, and you know the rest. Since 1955, the Mickey Mouse Club entertained children in perhaps the most wholesome way in all of history! It was televised for four seasons, from 1955 … Continue reading →

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‘Welcome to the Magic of Tencennial’ Brochure

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Dis-LEE

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

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Dis-LEE

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 VHS

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Dis-LEE

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

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Dis-LEE

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

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Dis-LEE

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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