Auction Ended: Mr. Toad Sweepstakes Giveaway Extravaganza - Ends 9/24 5:00 PM EST
Confession: haven't seen this movie yet.
BUT, now I'm motivated and will get right on it! Points for conversion?
And I have to give props to Disney for the history recognition on the Winnie the Pooh ride (which is also fun, but in a different way). How awesome is it that in Owl's home there is a "photo" of Mr. Toad handing over the deed to the property?! Just so fun all around.
Now, to be fair, I am not a Mr. Toad pin collector so deduct a point for that. But I do have some. Such as this AP pin I got off a board at the WDW annual pin event a couple of years back:
And, of course, these:
Thanks for the opportunity! Fun auction!
I love Mr. Toad. He's an amazing character and it was my favorite ride at WDW. I always point out the picture of Mr Toad handing the deed to Owl on the Winnie the Pooh ride and head over to the Haunted Mansion to the pet cemetery, where he's now more prominently featured, to pour out a little of whatever drink I have on the ground. Rest in peace, little homie.
I do have a small sub-collection of Mr. Toad pins, as you know. Like the ride at WDW, they may be departing, so I don't need a pin. I just wanted to share the love for Mr. Toad.
I'm not officially entering because other people here deserve the pin more (who actually collect Toad or have emotional attachment to the movie or ride), but I do enjoy riding Wild Ride at Disneyland and going to Hell (complete with the puff of hot air).
Good luck, all!
Point Totals through Round 1:
Ajk - 9
hopemax - 8
krand1276 - 7
cadien - 8
Booger1964 - 7
Whew! I made it to round 2My favorite Mr. Toad pin would be this one because it very accurately depicts the theme/reason I collect him:
And since moving away from Denver (and the mountains), I have trouble distinguishing which direction I am travelling. Thanks goodness for GPS units!
But, this gif is more like me and my hubby...
P.S. I do actually own the postcard pin above
I don't do gifs. I've tried a couple, and, it's not me. I usually find them annoying because they take too much room on a page, and it's hard to focus on the important bits.
So since I'm already throwing away points, I guess I better pick a favorite pin that I actually own. Which isn't too hard.
Way back, on our honeymoon in July 1998, I was standing in the Disneyland Jewelry shop looking at the spinning rack of Disneyland Attraction pins trying to decide which one I wanted. I first took off about a dozen, but at $6 a pin I found myself saying, "Who would ever spend $70 just on pins!" The full set was 80 pins, and if spending $70 was silly, spending $480 was downright ridiculous. So after about 20 minutes, I decided the only sane thing to do was buy a single pin. Which wasn't a Toad pin (it was the Toontown Trolley).
But I went home, and shared my story with my parents. Then when they went to Disneyland the next summer, they brought me a couple pins (it was 3 months before the official start of pin trading at WDW, and a few more months before DL had it). 80, well 79 pins, pins to choose from and my Mom picked that one, because she knew it was my favorite Fantasyland ride when I was little (We also got the Haunted Mansion 30th anniversary because they knew that was my DH's favorite ride).
Actual grail Toad pin is
Because I'm always "old school" with my grails. Funny thing is that on an antiquing trip we found the tin. But my Mom snatched it first so it lives at my Dad's house in FL at the base of the Mr. Toad Big Fig.
Well, round two turned out to be quite...educational. I started out thinking I had to use something from Pinpics as I didn’t really have any other Mr. Toad pins other than the ones I showed earlier. But looking at pinpics, I found a lot of them looking familiar. Turns out I have way more Mr, Toad pins than I realized.
But, to be fair, I still don’t think you can call me a Mr. Toad collector. These are all parts of other collections.
In any case, having to pick a favorite was extremely challenging. I was initially going to use the postcard but @Booger1964 beat me to it (nice pin by the way).
So then I decided on the POH because I really loved the ride and now I have an actual piece to remember it by. And I especially like POH pins of rides that are gone. After all, it’s Piece of HISTORY, not piece of CURRENT.
But I decided that one pin didn’t tell the whole story so decided to share a second favorite...
I mean, come on! Look at it! What could encapsulate the ride better? The car is smashing through the background, careening wildly to the side. Toad has his hands in the air, practically flying out of the seat! With a big smile on his face! It really sets the tone.
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