DFC Disneyana Expo Preview - Day 5

From across the pond comes this very cool toy, a filmstrip projector and complete filmstrip set for Peter Pan.

Greek Melo Trading Card of Tinker Bell

In Greece in the 1960s and 1970s there was a chocolate company called Melo (or more properly Μὲλο), and they made a bunch of trading cards that were included in the bars of chocolate.  There was a large Disney set (over 150 cards).  This is the Tinker Bell card from that set.

Disney Goebel DIS 189 - Tinker Bell Kneeling

Thanks to the joys of the Goebel Archive, and some dedicated followers who have been sending me images (thanks Alfred!), here we have pictures of the elusive kneeling Tinker Bell, both full painted and whiteware.

Disney Goebel DIS 188 - Tinker Bell

This Tinker Bell has had an interesting history. This was from 1959 apparently, and a large batch was found in the late 1980s and sold in this country. I remember vividly when I was working at a comic book distributor in 1987-89 when these were listed in the order form...I wondered what they were. Since these came to the US in the recent past in a fairly large quantity, they tend to be pretty easy to come by.

Disney Goebel DIS 159 - Foxy from Peter Pan

Disney Goebel DIS 158 - Cubby from Peter Pan

Disney Goebel DIS 157 - Peter Pan Sitting

Disney Goebel DIS 156 - Tinker Bell

Disney Goebel DIS 155 - Mermaid from Peter Pan

Disney Goebel DIS 154 - Michael from Peter Pan

Thanks to Dieter Weimann for sharing this photo of the insanely rare Michael figure.

Disney Goebel DIS 153 - Peter Pan Standing