June 25 - "Original Lands" by SHAG* Product Release - 5 pieces of artwork, representing the park's five original lands. This is a boxed folio of five hand-pulled, limited edition serigraphs that have been hand-signed and numbered by the artist. *The artist SHAG (the name comes from the last two letters in his first name & the first two letters of his last name: Josh Agle) is from Los Angeles, California. He has always been fascinated with the slick commercial art and advertising of the late '50's and early '60's, even though he was born too late to experience it first hand. He is currently completing work for solo shows in Los Angeles, Oslo, and Tokyo.
Mid-June - WDCC "Sharing the Vision" Product Release - a porcelain sculpture of Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse looking at the plans for Disneyland Park. June 30 - USPS "First Day of Issue" Character Stamp Release - the 2nd in the series of Character Stamps, will include Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Snow White with Dopey, Mickey Mouse with Pluto and Alice in Wonderland with the Mad Hatter. For guests at the park, they will have the opportunity of purchasing the "first day of issue" postal cachet, framed postal cachet sets as well as other themed merchandise including those ever popular pins.
Coming up in July to celebrate the actual Anniversary of the Disneyland Resort, July 15-17 will include the following:
- Sleeping Beauty Doll by Marie Osmond, the first of three series of Princess dolls.
- Mad Tea Party by R. Olszewski, the first in a series of miniature attraction icons.
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle Big Figurine by L. Nikolai, 18" tall (not including the base) with exquisite detail and grand presence.
- Disneyland Train by Michael Broggie, which sits perfectly on the tracks in front of the Main Street Train Station sculpture, previously released by R. Olszewski
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle Broach by Swarovski, beautiful crystal creation capturing the enchanting castle.
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle Box by Department 56, decorative box intricately detailed with leaded glass crystals in pink and white & splashes of 14K gold.
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle-50th Anniversary Edition by Lenox, created in ivory fine china with soft washes of color & accented with 24K gold & over 100 encrusted crystals.
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle Enamel Box by Halycon Days, hand painted in its celebratory state.
- Disneyland 50th-Tinker Bell Lucite Sculpture, a gorgeous lucite sculpture featuring....Tinker Bell.
- Framed Commemorative Ticket, a must for any collector (an unframed ticket will be available mid July).
- "Family Vacation" with Donald, Daisy & Huey, Dewey, & Louie in a 1950's vintage car.
- Disneyland Marquee Sculpture with 3 collectible pins; located within 3 compartments on the sculpture itself.
- Attraction Vehicle Sculptures, made of resin & celebrating the beloved attractions of yesteryear and still loved today including: King Arthur Carousel, Mr Toad's Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, Autopia, and Mad Tea Party.
- Sleeping Beauty Jeweled Castle Pendant, necklace complete with sparkling pendant that can be removed and worn as a broach.
July 17th will also have two signings and Commemorative 50th Anniversary Merchandise released as part of this special day. Christopher Radko will be signing the Sleeping Beauty Castle Ornament he designed & renowned Disney Character Artist, Charles Boyer will be signing the Commemorative Disney Dollars. Also available will be the "I Was There" - July 17, 2005 pin & other merchandise to mark this date including t-shirts, pins, merchandise card & more.
- July 31-August 14 "Magical Milestones Pin Quest"
- September 23-24 "WDCC Fall Premiere Event"
- September 24 "Disneyland 50th: Park Map by SHAG* - in retro-style featuring some of the most beloved attractions & characters. This map will measure 24.75" x 40".
So I don't know about you, but I am very excited about the upcoming collectibles & events. I just wish I lived closer so I could take in all of these days & also wish I could be there on July 17th.... For those of you that will be there, please take a mental picture for me & send it my way!
P.S. Did you know that Disneyland and Coca-Cola have created a signature beverage called "Tinker Bell Twist"? Its a combination of frozen watermelon & sour apple swirled together and only available at Disneyland!!
You can find it at Fantasia Freeze in Fantasyland or at Goofy's Free-z-time in Mickey's Toontown.....so what are you waiting for???
*+*+* Information was taken from a Press Release Kit from May 4, 2005 in the 50th Anniversary Art & Collectibles Disneyland Resort Catalog/Brochure & from a Press Release Limited Edition Coca-Cola Bottle with special tag*+*+*
This article was written by disneydreamer of www.disneymouselinks.com/forums.