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Has this Jack Skellington Funko Pop pin been posted yet? [Don't collect Jack, but this is a cool pin.]
Get it here..Has this Jack Skellington Funko Pop pin been posted yet? [Don't collect Jack, but this is a cool pin.]
I see this as a growing problem too, but if it's anything like their partnership with Dooney and Bourke, Disney borrows the Dooney license and construction to make the bag and Disney makes the actual art and design for them.The Alice funko pin is cute but not sure about this increasing trend of licensed products in the parks - from Loungefly pins to Her Universe clothes. I love both companies' products, but it makes me think Disney is downsizing its own in-house products to go to a potential pure licensing approach in the future, losing that direct Disney touch.
I'd put it slightly differently - the outside companies (like Dooney or Harveys or Loungefly or Her Universe) license the content/IP/artwork from Disney and then create the products themselves with Disney's approval. (I think we are basically saying the same thing, just phrasing it differently.)I see this as a growing problem too, but if it's anything like their partnership with Dooney and Bourke, Disney borrows the Dooney license and construction to make the bag and Disney makes the actual art and design for them.
I don't think we are. There is a team within Disney merchandising that just creates Dooney and Bourke designs. Dooney doesn't really do much in this case other than construction of the design.I'd put it slightly differently - the outside companies (like Dooney or Harveys or Loungefly or Her Universe) license the content/IP/artwork from Disney and then create the products themselves with Disney's approval. (I think we are basically saying the same thing, just phrasing it differently.)
But when walking into a park store starts to feel like walking into Hot Topic or Box Lunch, that's just a bummer. And I like Hot Topic and Box Lunch. And I like a lot of the brands that Disney partners with, too. But park merch feels less and less unique as a result.
The Alice funko pin is cute but not sure about this increasing trend of licensed products in the parks - from Loungefly pins to Her Universe clothes. I love both companies' products, but it makes me think Disney is downsizing its own in-house products to go to a potential pure licensing approach in the future, losing that direct Disney touch.
lol yeah we are both agreeing that in that case, Disney makes the art, which Dooney then makes the bags with.I don't think we are. There is a team within Disney merchandising that just creates Dooney and Bourke designs. Dooney doesn't really do much in this case other than construction of the design.
No, with Funko, they just get to take the licensing and then has their own teams design the products. That’s why they also don’t have to adhere to the stricter design bible the in house merch team generally has to, and why a lot of their stuff has been more unique for the most part.I see this as a growing problem too, but if it's anything like their partnership with Dooney and Bourke, Disney borrows the Dooney license and construction to make the bag and Disney makes the actual art and design for them.
Yep, this is correct.lol yeah we are both agreeing that in that case, Disney makes the art, which Dooney then makes the bags with.
As opposed to a company like Funko that would likely create their own unique art in-house AND make the products.
One is licensing specific assets (Dooney using Disney-created content) and one is licensing the IP itself (Funko having the rights to create original products of Disney characters).
Which is separate from Disney creating their own art for their own products which would wind up in Disney stores (RIP) or the parks. The quality of a directly-Disney-produced item is IMO different than when a licensee creates it. A Mickey Mouse plush from the park is different than one from Walmart or Entertainment Earth. And my concern is that park stores will simply become no different than Hot Topic or Walmart if the merch is not direct from Disney.
As much as I love Harveys or Dooney or Loungefly or Her Universe or Spirit Jersey or Lego, etc... the more that park merch becomes "other" branded, the less actually Disney it seems. IMO
Of course, all that matters is that it sells, and all of that sells, so...
Did someone forget to design the holiday pins and they let someone who knew how to use MSPaint design these? How uninspired…
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My thoughts . . . definitely didn't inspire me. Ariel looks like she dove into the tree and got stuck there.Did someone forget to design the holiday pins and they let someone who knew how to use MSPaint design these? How uninspired…
I agree the trees are kinda blah. I think they might have been trying to take a chance and do something that is somewhat popular with people. The turn my favorite character into a .... purse, cup, shoe, or a plethora of other object (princess fries?) However it’s popular in lower priced mystery pin boxes and bags. Also, those mystery pins tend to have more detail that make the pins fun to study. IMHO I think they should have taken the idea to the limit and decorated the trees in the theme of the character similar to the stockings or ornaments. Not my thing so I won’t be looking for them. Good luck to those who are wanting them.Did someone forget to design the holiday pins and they let someone who knew how to use MSPaint design these? How uninspired…
Thank you!!! I mean, how difficult would it have been to just draw a SMILE on the Cheshire Tree??? Literally all it needed.Did someone forget to design the holiday pins and they let someone who knew how to use MSPaint design these? How uninspired…
That is exactly what i was thinking. How difficult would it have been. I looked at the Cheshire tree and I was like,Thank you!!! I mean, how difficult would it have been to just draw a SMILE on the Cheshire Tree??? Literally all it needed.
These better at a minimum be glitter-filled or stained glass or SOMETHING. (But please dear pin gods, not rubber/free-D!)
It’s still a low LE Cheshire pin and he’s very popular. Good luck.Man, I wasn’t a big fan of the designs, but I thought other people might be. I hope I’ll be able to trade the ones I got.
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