Nightmare Before Christmas Neca Busts

     In 2004, NECA released a series of limited edition Nightmare Before Christmas busts. Each bust is made out of finely sculpted, hand painted resin and depicts characters from the film. They are indiviually hand numbered on their boxes as well as on the bottom of each piece. We really like how the resin imitates the clay material used for the characters in the production of this stop-motion film. 

     Lock, Shock and Barrel are sculpted into one bust along with the sack to capture Sandy Claws. Each of them are holding their masks and share eager grins.. The colours are very vibrant and the sculpting is extremely accurate to the film. It is hand numbered on the bottom of the piece, as well as on the bottom of the box. 

     This Santa Jack bust features Jack Skellington in his Santa suit. He carries his sack of Halloweentown Christmas gifts to give to the children. This bust also bears remarkable accuracy to Santa Jack sculpt from the film. The evil duck and scary jack-in-the-box are very well done and add a finishing touch to the piece. This bust is also individually numbered on the bottom as well as the box.

Nightmare Before Christmas Light Up Fountain

 

     This light up Nightmare Before Christmas statue was released by Applause in 1996. This collectible piece is very rare and has become extremely sought after by collectors. The statue stands 11 inches tall by 6 inches wide and beautifully displays the iconic Halloweentown fountain from the film.

Disney Store Limited Edition Rapunzel Tower

     Disney Stores across North America released this limited edition Rapunzel tower from Tangled last Thursday. This statue is limited to an edition size of 1200 and only available in Canada and US Disney Store retail locations, excluding online availability. It is complete with a certificiate of authenticity enclosed in an envelope. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider are sculpted at the base of the tower, with magnificently hand-painted details. The tower itself has extremely intricate detailing on the shingles and windows that remain true to the film. A gold plaque bears the name of the film and is mounted onto the pedastel base that brings the piece together. This is the first collector's statue that the Disney Store has created in a limited edition production.

Overview of the past couple weeks

     We have been extremely busy over the past couple weeks, but in the meantime we've acquired a fair amount of pieces to add to various parts of our collection.

     First and foremost; The Nightmare Before Christmas Countdown Mantle Clock. It is amazing that it became available on Disneystore.com, we had to have it! It's amazingly detailed featuring 12 characters from the film. The figure has a battery operated clock, a light up fountain and a manually operated countdown to Halloween. Zero is translucent and is attached with a spring so he floats in the air. The hand painted detailing on this statue brings the characters to life and with that being said, this piece goes above and beyond, capturing the true essence of the film. This piece is definitely highly collectible!

     Secondly, Toy Story 3 Bookends. This set is a must-have for Pixar fans! The book ends are immaculately detailed, depicting each character's personality perfectly. Close attention was payed to every detail all the way from Andy's name written on Jessie's boot to Woody's Sheriff badge. The books title's being the name of the famous Pixar shorts really adds the finishing touch! Especially with the pictures of the films on both ends. These TS3 bookends along with our Princess and the Frog bookends have to be our favourites.

     We got 3 new snowglobes to add to our snowglobe collection. The newest Nightmare Before Christmas globe "Happy Everything", the Toy Story 3 globe as well as the newest version of Plane Crazy. The Nightmare globe has extremely fine detail! What I really like about it is each tree has different coloured leaves pertaining which door it is on; for example the Valentines day leaves are pink and the St.Patrick's Day leaves are green four leaf clovers. Jack and Zero revolve inside the globe while "What's This?" plays along with a blower. Each door opens to a suprise.



    The Toy Story 3 globe is fantastic, featuring most of the new characters. The globe is huge and  plays "You've got a friend in me" along with an automatic blower. The effort put into the intricate details of the characters is impressive! This glove is a must-have for any Toy Story fan.

We got Plane Crazy because we don't have any old school mickey globes. We wanted to get the mini steamboat willie one as well but the airport would not allow it. This Plane Crazy globe is very classy!

     Along with our Toy Story 3 Bookends and Snowglobe we orderded The Thinkway Toys Toy Story Collection Bullseye to complete our set of TSC toys. We are only missing Buzz with the Utility Belt and are going to scoop it up once it is available online or in our city! Another new thing we have started to collect more is the Medicom Vinyl Collectible Dolls. The ones where Mickey is dressed like another movie character are really cool.. We'll update with those next time!