Tigger And Pooh And Buzz And Woody, Too: A Stuffed Toy Story

Did you ever wonder what happened to Pooh and Tigger when Christopher Robin was sent away to Boarding School?  Well, wonder no more!  This Toy Story and Winnie the Pooh mash-up could be found years ago in the Disney Catalog and at The Disney Store.

Pooh is cast well as Buzz Lightyear ("Am I reallly that fat?").  He is joined by Tigger (Woody), Piglet (Little Green Man) and Eeyore (Bullseye).

It would have been funny to see Kanga as Jessie, thought it probably would have been difficult for her to squeeze into a pair of pants.  Kanga could have had Roo (dressed as Stinky Pete) in her pouch.

Re-imagined versions of Winnie the Pooh characters are nothing new.  In 2001, a new puppet series called The Book of Pooh debuted on The Disney Channel.  This show featured an older version of Christopher Robin.

The new look for the cast of the 100 Acre Wood for The Book of Pooh was created by Chris Renaud, who directed the 2010 film Despicable Me.

I bet someday we will see a live action Winnie the Pooh movie with computer animated plush toy characters (like Ted).  It could be an epic, multiple movie franchise like Lord of the Rings.  Just think: Daniel Radcliffe IS Christopher Robin!

Toy Story 3's Bad Big Baby

I was recently given a Target Gift Card for my birthday, and today I decided to get to a Target store and put it to good use.  When I saw the display for Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3, and Big Baby, I could not resist buying this "Buddy Pack" from Mattel (it would have been awesome if the Buzz Lightyear in this package had been Spanish Buzz, because he and Big Baby were my favorite "new characters" in Toy Story 3).

I love that the Big Baby figurine even has his crayon-scribble tattoos.  I'm not sure if Big Baby's head spins around like it does in the film (a chilling scene!).

I absolutely love the character designs used for this collection.  So far, these two are the only figures I own.  The Action Links! sets look like fun (kind of like the Mouse Trap game).  If you collect these, you might want to know that Walmart has some exclusives (like a paint variation for Buttercup).

On this spending spree, I also bought Season Four of Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives on DVD and a case of Caffeine-Free Diet Coke.

I ended up spending all of the $30 Gift Card, and I owed Target 20 cents.