Flea Market Find: Plastic Pinocchio Bank

I found this large plastic Pinocchio bank at the Flea Market a few weeks back.

When I asked a price, I was quoted $10. I picked it up, and flipped it over to find out when it was produced and discovered its stopper was missing.

As I set it back down, the seller said she'd forgotten there was no stopper, and I could have it for $5!
Sold.

Still, I had no idea when this was produced, so I went to eBay. I discovered there were several up for auction, and I got a very good deal! I also discovered this is from 1971, produced by Play Pal Plastics for Walt Disney Productions. Apparently this information can be found on the back of the neck, and indeed, it appears there is some writing, but it is so shallow, it's illegible.

Barbie cleaned it up, and it came out pretty nicely. There are only a couple of permanent marks and the paint is very vibrant.

Another great find at the flea market!

Vinylmation Robots Series 3

Initially, when Disney released the Vinylmation Robots Series 3, I was only interested in one of the figures, Winnie the Pooh.

Barbie bought just one, and, amazingly, came up with Pooh!
I love the clear honeypot stomach.

This Pooh Vinyl can also be found in a previous post by Barbie.

 
Then the Disney Store held a buy one Vinyl and get one free sale. So I picked up a few Robots. One was the 3 eyed Alien from the Toy Story movies. I gave that to my friend Josh. You'll also notice a Grumpy Bot in the picture below.

Grumpy is one of my favorite characters, so I am actually glad I got him!

I got this Pinocchio Bot this past weekend. Another favorite character, and another keeper!
I love the way he was packaged.
It's like he told a lie and his nose stretched the plastic.

Jiminy Cricket is on the screen on his back.

The buy one get one sale may still be going on, so check your local Disney Store.

Whiskers and Tales Vinylmation Series

One of the newest offerings from Disney's Vinylmation line is the Whiskers and Tales Series, and over the last few weeks, I've picked up several.

 

I started off with 3, and was lucky enough to get the very awesome chaser, Timothy Mouse! Timothy is, of course, from the animated classic, Dumbo.

I also got Figaro from Pinocchio...

...and Bolt, from...Bolt.

Last week I traded a Robot Series 2 figure for Flower from Bambi at a local Disney Store.

Other figures in the series are Tito from Oliver & Company, Baby Pegasus from Hercules, Lucky from 101 Dalmatians, Nana from Peter Pan,  Dinah from Alice in Wonderland , Lady from Lady and the Tramp, Lambert from Lambert the Sheepish Lion, and Lucifer from Cinderella.


Tomorrow I will share another Vinylmation figure I traded for at the Disney Store.