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Thumper and Miss Bunny coming to Animal Kingdom
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Dinoman96
Well-Known Member
Oh uh, Hopefully we could get a "MAN" meet and greet character. :ROFLOL:
EPCOTPluto
Well-Known Member
Interesting you said that... I recalled a Jim Hill article that stated that a new line of merch entitled Disney Bunnies (I believe) would begin in 2008 or 2009. Wonder if they could correlate this? :shrug:
EDIT: Here's that article I mentioned... http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/08/09/4862.aspx
I remember that as well. It definitely could have something to do with that. Kind of like what they did with the Fairies.
GiveMeTheMusic
Well-Known Member
Thumper and Miss Bunny are all ready doing meet-n-greets at TDR with their new look. Good for WDW for bringing them over.
Sr Cara de Papa
Member
Does anyone know how long they will have this meet and greet? Where in AK will they be appearing? Thanks.
I heard they would be at Camp Minnie-Mickey.
Mickey is King
New Member
Bambi dark ride? might be cool but little kids might not like shooting bambi's mom, maybe we should leave that out.........the forest fire would be cooool though
I saw pictures of them from Tokyo Disneyland and they are both so cute.
mouselvrmom
Well-Known Member
Character stalkers everywhere rejoice! :lol:
SinginSarah
Member
I work at DAK character costuming, and from my manager, we WILL be getting Thumper, but we won't be getting the girl bunny (even though they posted a picture of them both for us to see). Thumper will be starting sometime in October and will be going out in regular rotation by January 2010, but that's all subject to change. They also told us we wouldn't be getting our new Eagle stilt walker for MJJP until late July and we got it in May...
Dinoman96
Well-Known Member
Cool. BTW, where will Thumper be? Discovery Island? Camp Minnie-Mickey? Rafiki's Planet Watch?
Kristamouse
Well-Known Member
There is already Disney Bunny merch out. My 10 month old, 5 months at the time recieved nestings block and a board book with the Bunnies on them. The blocks have Thumper, Dad rabbit, Mom Rabbit and his sisters. The board book has just Thumper and no Bambi. The bunnies are very cute and there are 12 nesting blocks that she love to knock over. That is the only merch I have seen with Bunnies and if I remember correctly they were purhcased at Biggs.
Fun2BFree
Active Member
It's really miserable how Disney group loosely-associated characters together like they're friends (Princesses, Villians) or take an existing character and build a franchise around that (Fairies, Bunnies). Not only do the groups make no sense in relation to time or setting, but it's abundantly clear that this is for the sole reason of selling merchandise and whoring the characters out rather than creating compelling or original material.
What's worse is that this strategy has actually worked very well for Disney, so it won't stop any time soon. :brick:
One Lil Spark
EPCOT Center Defender
Depends on the last time Bambi was released from the Disney Vault! :lol:Should be very popular when Easter comes around.
Do you think more than 2 out of 10 people will even know who they are?
Their appearances should spark some interesting comments from passing by park guests. :lol:
Speaking of interesting comments, I was wearing a Figment shirt in MK in March. You wouldn't believe how many people I heard say 'Oh look! They sell Pete's Dragon shirts!" :hammer:
Studios Fan
Active Member
That's funny.:ROFLOL:
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
What's even funnier is that Pete's Dragon is a relatively obscure character for modern day fans. You'd think that same demographic would recognize Figment.
hrcollectibles
Active Member
Makes sense they would have some more bunnies. Because we all know what they say about rabbits :lookaroun
foreverbelle
Well-Known Member
Very cool...I always liked Thumper