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CUTE “WINNIE THE POOH” WALT DISNEY COLLECTIBLE WATCH (price: 1000)

June 12, 2008    Category: Disney Watches   No Comments »

Disney Pooh And Piglet Heart Pendant Locket Watch MU1049 (price: )

June 6, 2008    Category: Disney Watches   No Comments »

Disney Pooh And Piglet Heart Pendant Locket Watch MU1049. This adorable gold tone fancy design locket watch comes with a sturdy chain. The heart pendant has Pooh and Piglet holding hands on a light blue dial, quartz movement, stainless steel case, water resistant 100 feet and made by Lorus division of Seiko Corporation. (Average rating: )

Ladies Collectible Disney Winnie The Pooh Pendant Watch MU1049 (price: )

June 6, 2008    Category: Disney Watches   No Comments »

Ladies Disney heart shaped pendant watch, polished gold plated steel with fancy design on case, measures 28mm across, cover opens to reveal gold tone silhouette Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore against light blue metallic background. Watch on chain that measures 28" long. New with warranty. Link on picture to see inside view of watch. Wonderful gift! (Average rating: 5.0)

Home - My Friends Tigger and Pooh - Playhouse Disney

May 28, 2008    Category: 0 Disney Pipe   No Comments »

Interact with Darby, Tigger and Pooh by choosing from exciting adventures.

Disney Winnie the Pooh Rotating Bees Watch #MU0106 (price: )

May 24, 2008    Category: Disney Watches   No Comments »

This whimsical Disney watch shows Pooh's weakness for honey triumphing over his common sense about bees (and honestly, who can't identify with that?). Pooh's image graces the simple round dial, which features two-hand function and Arabic numerals all around. Honeybees track the seconds as they circle Pooh's head on a rotating disc. This watch presents on a top-stitched brown leather band that fastens with a buckle closure. Water resistant to 30 meters (Average rating: 4.0)

Disney Winnie the Pooh Rotating Bees Watch #MU0106 (price: )

May 23, 2008    Category: Disney Watches   No Comments »

This whimsical Disney watch shows Pooh's weakness for honey triumphing over his common sense about bees (and honestly, who can't identify with that?). Pooh's image graces the simple round dial, which features two-hand function and Arabic numerals all around. Honeybees track the seconds as they circle Pooh's head on a rotating disc. This watch presents on a top-stitched brown leather band that fastens with a buckle closure. Water resistant to 30 meters (Average rating: 4.0)

Who Sued Roger Rabbit?

May 21, 2008    Category: 0 Disney Pipe   No Comments »

Remember the legal wrangling over Winnie the Pooh? That kept lawyers employed for decades. But that’s old news. The news these days, especially in legal circles, is about Roger Rabbit. From Reuters/Hollywood Reporter comes this report on the fight between author Gary Wolf and Disney Enterprises, Inc.:

The case already has spawned at least two significant judicial setbacks for profit participants trying to collect damages from studios. And just last week, a California court of appeal sent a portion of the case back to the trial court, illustrating the uphill and often unending battle facing talent who dare challenge studio accounting.

Like many authors, Wolf signed a 1983 option agreement that gave him 5% of “gross receipts” from Disney’s exploitation of neurotic Roger, curvy Jessica Rabbit, cigar-chomping Baby Herman and the rest of his characters. The parties didn’t bother to define “gross receipts” (hey, this was the early 1980s), and Wolf later claimed that he was owed millions for his share of everything from nonmonetary promotional partnerships with McDonalds to the value of Roger Rabbit “walk arounds” at Disney theme parks.

Follow the link. It is worth a read.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Who Sued Roger Rabbit?

Disney Consumer Products

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Disney Consumer Products (DCP) is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to merchandise ranging from apparel, toys, home décor, books and magazines to interactive games, food and beverages, stationery, electronics and animation art. The Disney Store, which debuted in 1987, also falls under DCP.

Under the leadership of Chairman Andy Mooney since 1999, DCP has shifted from strictly a licensed business model to a true consumer products company. Disney is the world’s largest licensor with global retail sales of $23 billion for 2006.

DCP creates Disney-branded merchandise inspired by characters from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to more recent films like “Lilo & Stitch” and Disney*Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” and “Cars.” DCP also creates products from shows on The Disney Channel, including preteen programs “That’s So Raven” and “Hannah Montana” as well as new preschool programs “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Little Einsteins.”

Disney Interactive Studios (DIS) brings Disney franchises from film and TV to interactive games with franchises like Kingdom Hearts, one of the best selling games in Japan and in the U.S. Disney Interactive Studios will create and publish the company’s first video game based on an original property, Spectrobes. Disney Interactive Studio’s self published titles to date include A Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Little, and The Chronicles of Narnia.

In 2005, Disney Publishing Worldwide released “Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg” by Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine. The novel spent more than 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is currently printed in 51 countries and 33 languages. “Fairy Dust” is the cornerstone of Disney Fairies, a new franchise that builds upon Tinker Bell and introduces girls to her secret, magical world and a new circle of enchanting fairy friends - each with an incredibly diverse talent, personality and look.

DCP products include a series of best-selling chapter books; small dolls and role play items; a Disney Fairies magazine in Europe; and a multi-category product launch planned throughout 2007.

Merchandise reaches more than 90 countries yearly and generated an estimated $23 billion at retail in 2006.

Disney Consumer Products and affiliates (DCP) is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to merchandise ranging from apparel, toys, home décor and books and magazines to interactive games, foods and beverages, stationery, electronics and animation art. This is accomplished through DCP’s various lines of business which include: Disney Toys, Disney Apparel, Accessories & Footwear, Disney Food, Health & Beauty, Disney Home and Disney Stationery.

Other businesses involved in Disney’s consumer products sales are Disney Publishing Worldwide, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books and magazines, Disney Interactive Studios, a leading developer and publisher of video games and interactive entertainment, and disneyshopping.com, the company’s official shopping portal. The Disney stores retail chain, which debuted in 1987, is owned and operated by unaffiliated third parties in North America and Japan under a license agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Disney owns and operates the Disney Store chain in Europe.

DCP’s origins trace back to 1929 when Walt Disney licensed the image of Mickey Mouse for use on a children’s writing tablet. In 1932, Kay Kamen took charge of what then became Disney Licensing, setting the standard for character licensing within the entertainment industry.

Under the leadership of Chairman Andy Mooney, DCP has shifted from strictly a licensed business model to a true consumer products company focused on product innovation, creativity and quality, and building relationships with key retailers. Disney continues to reign as the world’s largest licensor with global retail sales of $26 billion for 2007¹.

DCP creates Disney-branded merchandise inspired by characters from Disney’s beloved animated films, including its first — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — to more recent films like Lilo & Stitch, Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons, and Disney·Pixar’s Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. DCP also supports live-action films with imaginative merchandising programs including most recently the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and Enchanted. Coming up, DCP will introduce bigger statements behind a rich collection of new animated films, including Disney·Pixar’s WALL-E, as well as live-action films, including The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

DCP also has a sharp focus on the creation of products derived from Disney’s television shows, including popular tween programs High School Musical, Hannah Montana and The Cheetah Girls as well as preschool programs Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins and My Friends Tigger and Pooh and the popular boys series Power Rangers which airs on the Jetix TV block of ABC Family and Toon Town.

Disney Interactive Studios not only brings Disney franchises from film and TV to life through interactive games, it is creating new franchises like Kingdom Hearts, one of the best selling games in Japan and in the U.S. In 2007, Disney Interactive Studios created and published the company’s first video game based on an original property, Spectrobes. To date, Disney Interactive Studio’s self published titles include A Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Little, and The Chronicles of Narnia.

Two years ago, with the global publication of Fairy Dust and the Quest for The Egg, Disney Publishing Worldwide introduced readers to Tinker Bell’s wondrous world and a cast of new friends in what became a New York Times best-selling title and the cornerstone of the Disney Fairies franchise. To date, over 300 Disney Fairies books have been published worldwide in 51 countries selling nearly six million copies, including the highly anticipated sequel to Fairy Dust, Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand which has quickly climbed best-seller lists. An array of products from apparel and toys to home décor and stationery has also extended storylines into many girls’ homes. In 2008, girls will get an up close look at Disney Fairies as their world comes alive in the animated Disney DVD film, Tinker Bell.

Whether it’s tiaras for little princesses, Pooh blankets for babies or digital music players for tweens, DCP is about The Walt Disney Company’s broad content and the magical products it inspires.

Revenue: Merchandise reaches more than 90 countries yearly and generated an estimated $26 billion at retail in 2007.

Leadership

• Andy Mooney, Chairman, Disney Consumer Products
• Mary Beech, Vice President and General Manager, Animation Consumer Products Marketing
• Jim Calhoun, Executive Vice President, Global Apparel
• Mark Coleman, Senior Vice President, Global Stationery
• Harry Dolman, Executive Vice President, Food, Health and Beauty
• Jessica Dunne, Executive Vice President, Global Toys
• James Fielding, Executive Vice President, Retail Sales and Marketing
• Gary Foster, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
• Susan Garelli, Senior Vice President, Human Resources Worldwide
• Anne Gates, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, DCP Europe
• Russell Hampton, Jr., President, Disney Publishing Worldwide
• Graham Hopper, Executive Vice President, Disney Interactive Studios
• Robert Langer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Pamela Lifford, Executive Vice President, Global Home
• Susan McLain, Vice President and General Manager, The Baby Einstein Company, LLC
• Don Wood, Vice President and General Manager, DCP Japan

Lines of Business

Apparel, Accessories and Footwear
Disney Interactive Studios
Food, Health and Beauty
Home
Publishing
Stationery
Toys

Current Franchises

Properties by Consumer Segment:

Infant / Toddler / Preschool
Baby Einstein/Little Einsteins
Mickey Mouse
Winnie the Pooh
Boys
Power Rangers
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)
Girls
Disney Princess
Disney Fairies

Tweens
The Cheetah Girls
Hannah Montana
High School Musical
Pixar
Cars
Finding Nemo
Toy Story

Live Action
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)

Other
The Nightmare Before Christmas

Previous franchises included A Bug’s Life, Lizzie McGuire, That’s So Raven, and different Playhouse Disney shows.

DisneyToon Studios

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DisneyToon Studios is an animation studio and a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios. It had produced primarily sequels to Disney animated features (The Lion King 1½, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch), Winnie-the-Pooh films (Pooh’s Heffalump Movie), and Mickey Mouse films (The Three Musketeers, Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas).

DisneyToon Studios Australia (see also Walt Disney Animation Australia), formerly known as Disney Television Animation Australia, was a part of DisneyToon Studios based in Sydney, Australia. Originally one of several Disney television animation satellite studios, responsible for programs such as Goof Troop, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Bonkers, DisneyToon Studios was the main producer of the many Disney sequels and direct-to-video films (among them most of the above-mentioned films, along with the theatrically-released Return to Neverland, The Jungle Book 2, and Piglet’s Big Movie). It was the last in-house Disney facility that produced traditional animation.

On July 25, 2005, Disney announced that it was closing DisneyToon Studios Australia in October 2006, after 17 years of existence. The closing was attributed to the rising costs of animation production in Australia. DisneyToon Studios plans to produce its animated films, both traditional and computer-generated, primarily through outsourcing in the future.

On February 23, 2006, due to new management brought on at Disney through the purchase of Pixar, all future films in production or due to go into production at DisneyToon which are not connected to a Consumer Products line were cancelled. ^[1]

On June 22, 2007, management of DisneyToon Studios was turned over to the control of Ed Catmull and John Lasseter under the banner of the recently formed Walt Disney Animation Studios. The previous president of the division, Sharon Morill moved to a new position in the company. DisneyToon will no longer do any sequels to Disney classics, but will instead focus on spin-offs and original films.

List of films produced by DisneyToon Studios

Theatrical releases are marked with an asterisk (*).

• A Goofy Movie (1995) *
• The Jungle Book Strikes Again (1995)
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
• Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
• Belle’s Magical World (1998)
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
• The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998)
• Doug’s 1st Movie (1999) *
• Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
• The Tigger Movie (2000) *
• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
• Recess: School’s Out (2001) *
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure (2001)
• Return to Never Land (2002) *
• Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure (2003)
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003) *
• Piglet’s Big Movie (2003) *
• Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003)
• Stitch! The Movie (2003)
• Teacher’s Pet (2004) *
• The Lion King 1½ (2004)
• Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)
• Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004)
• Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
• Mulan II (2004)
• Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005) *
• Tarzan II (2005)
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
• Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
• Kronk’s New Groove (2005)
• Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama with Disney Channel (2005)
• Bambi II (2006) (* released theatrically in some countries)
• Leroy & Stitch with Disney Channel (2006)
• Brother Bear 2 (2006)
• The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
• Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)
• Tinker Bell (2008)
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008)

Disney Animated features

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The following is a list of the fifty feature films that are part of the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon, also known as the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The canon includes animated features that were or are being produced entirely by Walt Disney Animation Studios, formerly known as Walt Disney Feature Animation (and previously as part of Walt Disney Productions). Not included are live action films that feature animation, spin-offs from Disney television shows, the direct-to-video films produced by the DisneyToons studio in Australia (some of which received theatrical releases), or the Pixar films. Walt Disney Animation Studios once announced that Home on the Range (released April 2, 2004) would be the last traditionally animated film, and from Chicken Little (released November 4, 2005) onwards, all future Walt Disney Animation Studios films would be computer animated. However, this changed in July 2006, when a new traditionally animated film, The Princess and the Frog, was revealed to be in development.

Notes:

Originally released in Fantasound.

“Package” films: releases made up of two or more short films with bridging sequences.

Contains live-action scenes and/or sequences.

Does not fulfill the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences present definition of an animated feature, which requires at least 70 minutes in running time.

Lady and the Tramp was photographed simultaneously in both the regular Academy format and in CinemaScope. Both versions were released at the same time.

Sleeping Beauty and The Black Cauldron were both shot in the 70 mm Super Technirama process with six-channel stereophonic sound. Reduced 35 mm CinemaScope-compatible prints with standard soundtracks (mono for Sleeping Beauty, two-channel stereo for The Black Cauldron) were released at the same time as the 70 mm versions.

Received a release or re-release in the IMAX format in addition to their regular theatrical releases.

Computer animated

Also released in a Disney Digital 3-D limited cinema version.

Live-action films which feature Disney animation

Notes:

Some segments in black and white.

Partial documentary.

Main storyline separated by independent animated segments.

Released by Disney through their Touchstone Pictures label.

Theatrical animated films created by DisneyToon Studios

To date, all theatrical animated films created by DisneyToon Studios are traditionally (2-D) animated.

Notes:

Contains live-action sequences.

Not released theatrically in the United States.

Other animated films released by Disney

Notes:

Originally released by Disney through their Touchstone Pictures label.

Stop-motion animated.

Includes animation by Skellington Productions.

Re-released in a Disney Digital 3-D limited cinema version.

Contains live-action shots.

Computer animated.

Tentative release dates for upcoming films.

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Disney•Pixar films

Animated films distributed but not produced by Disney