Disney has just released a new collectors pin featuring the
Funmeister, symbol of good times on beautiful
Pleasure Island! Like his former namesake on the totem pole outside
Motion, the half moon is yellow with a red eyebrow and blue eye. Unlike the namesake, there is a silver "hidden mickey" on the chin. Interestingly, the pin is only $2.95 but can only be purchased in conjunction with $30 or more of other pin merchandise. Available at
Disney Pin Traders in
Downtown Disney Marketplace. Why has
Disney suddenly embraced its
Pleasure Island heritage these past few months? We hope it's more than them just toying with us!
The "hidden Mickey" pins were typically "lanyard pins" (i.e. pins you couldn't buy, but could only get by trading with a CM who had the pin on their lanyard).
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they scrapped a plan to release the Funmeister as a lanyard pin, and instead decided to liquidate the pins by selling them. $2.95 is pretty cheap for a pin.
Anon, this pin is a "completer pin" to the 2011 Hidden Mickey set. Nonetheless, it was not issued until now.
ReplyDeleteHaving Funmeister pins might be fun, but now is'nt it time to put the real Funmeister back into P.I.,
ReplyDeleteso start opening up the clubs and let everyone party.
P.S.
Summer's around the corner, so lets start off with a bang!!
P.S. it would take more then a few days to reopen the clubs!
ReplyDeletewould have to find out who might come back (sure most will not) hire dj's buy more alcohol. get the music (cd's) back. bring back the sound system(s) adn hook it all up/lighting get the ticket booths back up to par! and not to mention the BIG risk of money! they wold put in to it! seams like to me IF most of the people who read this would have gone MAYBE it would have never closed? HUH?
JUST SAYIN
I wonder who get the one on the pole??....hopefully he didn't end up in a dumpster like Jessica.
ReplyDeleteThey also released a Disney vinylmation of the Funmeister a few months ago in the "Park Starz" series. It was the "mystery chaser" vinylmation of the series.
ReplyDeleteHere's a pic:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vQGoEmVHqjQ/Tv0ZUnfPpTI/AAAAAAAABb4/HayJPBvNCnA/s1600/funmeister.jpg
Very cool....thanks for sharing the link.
ReplyDeleteGot my Funmeister pin last night at DTD. It is part of the Hidden Mickey series of pins so you can't pick it out. The series comes in black plastic and you might randomly get the Funmeister. Likely cheaper to just buy it on Ebay.
ReplyDeleteIs this pin still available at the Pin stores? I will be back in your lovely city in just 17 days and must buy this!
ReplyDeleteBelle, the pin should still be available at Pin Traders but the problem is that it's part of a set and it's hidden. You can't see which pin you're buying. See my April 29th entry above.
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