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cstephens
09-11-2004, 10:55 PM
Two new big figs arrived last Monday. We saw them today, and they are
AWESOME!

Splash Mountain fountain. It pretty much looks like the front of Splash,
where the main drop is, with the tree trunk and roots at the top. The water
comes down the little drop area and also comes down and turns the wheel on
the side, like on the ride. At the bottom of the drop is the briar patch.
The piece is multi-level, with Brer Bear at the bottom to the left, fishing
with his pole. He's kept on by way of a magnet. Next to him is a barrel,
which is also kept on by way of a magnet. On the next level, to the right,
is Brer Fox, with a fishing net. He's kept on by way of two pegs. On the
next level up is Brer Rabbit just relaxing, and he's kept on by way of a
magnet. There are other structures like shacks and windows around the side
and back of the piece. There's a power cord, which presumably drives the
motor for the fountain. The base has "Splash Mountain" on it in the
signature script. Cost is $150.

Evil Queen (from Snow White). She's in her famous pose, holding the
huntsman's box. The box does open, with a knife that keeps it closed and is
removable. A word of caution that a CM passed along - for some reason, when
you open the big fig box, if you try to take her out, it breaks the knife.
The trick is that once you take off the styrofoam, remove the knife before
you remove the queen. We don't know what breaks the knife, but we're
figuring that removing the queen jostles the huntsman's box, which is what
in turn breaks the knife, since the CM said that the knife is pretty
fragile. Her cape feels velvety, and the rope/sash on her costume is real,
with two tassles at the ends. The base says "Evil Queen". Cost is $130.

We saw both of these at Disneyana today. We weren't able to make it to Off
the Page so don't know if they have them. We didn't see any at World of
Disney. The CM says that they're currently sold out, that they have
received a few shipments and have sold out of all of them. They're
expecting another shipment on Sunday and more after that.

We're definitely planning on getting Splash, and we have a friend who's
definitely getting the Queen.

Unfortunately, we don't have pictures because we didn't have the camera. I thought to ask my husband to bring the camera as we were leaving the house, but I couldn't think of anything we'd need it for. Who knew I was psychic?

Happy shopping!

Disney Vault
09-12-2004, 09:35 AM
Can you still buy the tiki room one too or was that just a rumor? And will these be on sale all through the 50th?

cstephens
09-12-2004, 11:30 AM
The Tiki Room is still available for sale, though the one in Disneyana also has a sign that says they're currently out of stock. Can't remember if I saw it at World of Disney. The CM in Disneyana mentioned that they've been running out of stock periodically on that piece, but they always get more in.

splashmtngurl
09-12-2004, 01:12 PM
that sounds so cool!!! i will have to ask for that for like christmas or sumthing!

Disney Vault
09-12-2004, 01:44 PM
Does DarkBeer have any pictures of the big figs? I just was think that because he goes to the parks fo often and takes a million pics maybe he has one of the big figs. (Crosses fingers)

AVP
09-13-2004, 07:19 AM
Does DarkBeer have any pictures of the big figs?Alex took a photo of the Splash Mountain one for this week's Update: http://www.mouseplanet.com/parkupdates/dlr/dlr040913.htm

Here's the photo itself:

http://albums.mouseplanet.com/DLMainStreetDisneyanaProcessed/splash_mountain_big_fig_040912_stroupx.jpg

AVP

Disney Vault
09-13-2004, 02:41 PM
Do they plan on a HM big fig?

cstephens
09-13-2004, 03:28 PM
The Haunted Mansion and the castle were two pieces that a DCA CM at Off the Page told us were supposed to be in the works but that seemed like speculation on his part.

LOYL2DZNY
09-14-2004, 07:26 AM
anyone have pics of any of the other big figs?

olegc
09-14-2004, 09:49 AM
Someone is selling on on ebay. Not me - so this is not an endorsement - but I expect the moderator to cut the link...

They have four photos..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2270032053&indexURL=0#ebayphotohosting

cstephens
09-14-2004, 10:11 AM
anyone have pics of any of the other big figs?

Someone on another discussion forum pointed me to a great article on jimhillmedia.com all about big figs - past, present and future, with plenty of pictures. Here's the link (http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1053).

nursemelis374
09-14-2004, 11:33 AM
I have the Tiki Room one at home. I will try top take a picture of it soon. I love it!!!!

Disney Vault
09-14-2004, 02:04 PM
I want them all now!

cstephens
09-14-2004, 04:42 PM
Here's a page (http://www.i5nomads.com/disneyland/2004/tikimerch/) that has detailed pictures of the Tiki Room Big Fig.

Disney Vault
09-14-2004, 05:03 PM
It looks so cool in the dark. This is going to be hard deciding which ones to buy.

LOYL2DZNY
09-15-2004, 07:21 AM
you guys rock! i love the pics! i have actually seen a couple of them, but didn't realize they were a collection. thanks again!

cstephens
09-19-2004, 08:55 PM
Here's a picture of the Evil Queen big fig (http://www.colddeadfish.net/images/DLR/evilqueenbigfig.jpg), and here's a close-up (http://www.colddeadfish.net/images/DLR/evilqueenbigfig-2.jpg). Disneyana is still out of the Evil Queen and the Splash piece, but World of Disney currently has both.

They also got yet another new big fig in today. We saw it at World of Disney and Off the Page in DCA. It's Sally and Doctor Finklestein and another Nightmare character I don't know. The top of the doctor's head flips up to reveal his brain. Cost is $125. Here's a picture (http://www.colddeadfish.net/images/DLR/nightmarebigfig.jpg).

Tigertail777
09-19-2004, 11:15 PM
anyone know if these are available at Walt Disney World? I am going there in about a week and cant think of any better souvineer... though admittedly it would be weird buying the tiki one since their tiki has been redone (but I would still do it!). :D

cstephens
09-20-2004, 10:41 AM
My understanding from the CMs was that the attraction big figs (Tiki, Splash, whatever else is coming) would only be available at Disneyland. Something like the Nightmare big fig could be available at WDW. WDW also gets big figs (like Ariel and Belle & Beast, just to name two) that DL doesn't get, and then there are big figs that are available though disneystore.com, and there are even some that are only available online.

Disney Vault
09-20-2004, 03:10 PM
The attraction ones are my favorite ones. It is going to be so hard to choose.

SallySkellington
09-20-2004, 06:06 PM
It's Sally and Doctor Finklestein and another Nightmare character I don't know.

That character is named Igor. ;) :geek: