Disney's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

In 1988, Grolier launched a 'Twas the Night Before Christmas set of ornaments featuring Disney characters.
These were made of "brass filigree." I never knew what this was as a kid, but thanks to the Internet, I now know. Go Google it.

This collection was featured in an advertisement in The Disney Channel Magazine. It was the October 9-November 20, 1988 issue (it has Harry Anderson from the TV show "Night Court" on the cover).
I do not own this set, but I thought is was really amazing, so I saved the magazine.

I love the art design on these, which seems like a vintage Christmas card.

Here are Geppetto and Pinocchio. I guess I may never know which Disney mouse was used for "not even a mouse." Maybe Minnie, or the Cinderella mice, or Timothy from Dumbo?

Snow White stays busy hanging up the Dwarf stockings. I bet they stink from all that time in the diamond mines.

Goofy dreams of candy! At the Disney Parks, Goofy has his own candy line and shops.

Daisy gets ready for a long winter's nap. I'd assume that Donald Duck is represented here wearing a cap, but you know what they say about assuming things...

Thumper looks up at Santa's sleigh. It would be fun to see Bambi as Rudolph. I know the old Pez Rudolph is just the Bambi Pez with a red nose.

All Morty and Ferdie want for Christmas is to finally appear in an animated cartoon.

Tinkerbell is the one that made the reindeer fly!

Lady and the Tramp love each other, but they are also excited about getting their own personal trees (dogs love trees).

This set looks fantastic. I don't know much about it, but it is very unique, and stunning. I'd love to know what artist(s) created these pieces.

Baloo, Is That You?-Early TaleSpin at Walt Disney World

I got a HUGE foldout map of the Walt Disney World Resort back in 1990. It features a slew of characters, including the Gummi Bears, the Fox and the Hound, The Rescuers, Ducktales, Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers, Roger Rabbit, Oliver and Company and some of the fair folk from The Black Cauldron.

What I remember most about this map is the image of Baloo the Bear and Molly from the (then) new TV series, TaleSpin. The show was clearly still in development when the map was being made, as the character designs and airplane are different from what was used in the show.

So here's a little nugget of fun for fans of the Disney Afternoon!

Robo-Bambi! Robo-D Disney Toys from Japan

This may be the most unusual line of Disney merchandise that I've ever seen because it depicts Bambi as a ROBOT! How insane is this?!? These are so cute that it's painful. It's a set of Robo-D capsule toys produced by Yujin of Japan, and they are sold in vending machines. I have seen machines selling Tomy Disney capsule toys for years now at movie theaters and many chain stores. I got these online. These are small--that's how I justified buying them.

This set also features Pete (I have a Pete collection that I will cover at some point), Popotto (I think this character was created for the Robo-D line--not sure on that), Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh. I have seen other sets with Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse and Stitch.