mylittlefigurinecollection

I have been collecting figurines of cartoon, movie and promotional characters for years. The obsession started when I was about 6 years old. I have always had a love for anything miniature and the first figurines I fell in love with were the Muppet Babies figurines released in Australia by McDonald's in about 1986. For some reason they were some of my favourite toys. As I grew up and started discarding my toys, I always held on to them and started buying more. 24 years later I have hundreds of figurines and I cannot help but buy more whenever I see them. I have a few general rules for the types of figurines in my collection - they must be coloured, made of PVC or hard rubber, be about 5-10cm tall, be solid rather than hollow, have no moveable or articulated parts, not be bendable and have no separate stand. There are the odd exceptions in my collection. I decided to start this blog to catalogue the collection (for my own benefit and anyone else who is interested) and give some background as to who the characters are and where they came from.







Friday, July 1, 2011

Minnie Mouse - Handkerchief

(c) DISNEY
APPLAUSE TM
CHINA

The Tramp

(c) 1982
WALT DISNEY
PRODUCTIONS

CE
Bully
GERMANY

From the 1955 animated Disney film Lady and the Tramp

Nutsy

From the Yoram Gross film The Adventures of Blinky Bill

(c) YORAM GROSS
FILM STUDIOS
1990
CHINA

Officer Big Mac

(c) MCDONALD'S
CORP 1985
MADE IN
CHINA

A McDonaldland character

Baby Sinclair

(C) DISNEY
MADE IN CHINA

From the TV Series Dinosaurs

Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket

(c) DISNEY
APPLAUSE TM
CHINA 1

Jiminy Cricket

(C) DISNEY
APPLAUSE TM
CHINA 2

From the 1940 Disney film, Pinocchio

Shere Khan

(c) DISNEY
CE BULLYLAND
MADE IN CHINA
handpainted

From the 1967 Disney film, the Jungle Book


Duckwing Duck


(c) DISNEY
CHINA
1
94 McDonald's 

B1

(c) AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION 1992
MADE IN CHINA

Mickey Mouse - Gold

(c) DISNEY
MADE IN
GERMANY
CE BULLYLAND
handpainted
2

Scrappy-Doo

(c) 1990 H-B PROD. INC.
APPLAUSE TM
MADE IN CHINA

Little John


From the 1973 animated Disney film
(c) 1982
WALT DISNEY
PRODUCTIONS
BULLY
W. GERMANY

Mickey Mouse - Toy Soldier

(c) DISNEY
CE BULLYLAND
MADE IN GERMANY
handpainted
1

Bugs Bunny

(c) 1998
WARNER BROS.
MADE IN CHINA
BULYLAND

Barney Rubble


(c) 1992 HANNA-BARBERA
PRODUCTIONS INC
MADE IN CHINA
CRYSTAL CRAFT
AUSTRALIA

Wilma Flinstone

(c) 1992 HANNA-BARBERA
PRODUCTIONS INC
MADE IN CHINA
CRYSTAL CRAFT
AUSTRALIA

Ariel

 (c) DISNEY APPLAUSE TM CHINA
From the 1989 Disney film

Chicken Little

(c) Disney China.
This figurine is a bobble-head from the 2005 Disney film.