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Tonies has added six new Tonies to its extensive range of stories, songs and audio. Expanding the tonies Disney range are Minnie and Mickey Mouse with Mickey and Friends and Minnie: When We Grow Up, while Shrek is also coming to tonies with the Dreamworks story of dragons, donkeys and fairy tale characters. …
Read More »shopDisney gears up for Halloween with exclusive line of Hocus Pocus merchandise
With Halloween fast approaching, the Disney Store is ahead of the game. “This year, an extra special line exclusive to shopDisney is Hocus Pocus, celebrating the classic film and getting people excited for next year’s sequel on Disney+,” says Karen Austin Billinghurst, Buying Director, The Disney Store. The store’s Hocus …
Read More »LEGO expands Disney partnership to launch LEGO Mickey and Friends range for younger builders
The LEGO Group has lifted the lid on a new Mickey and Friends range developed in partnership with Disney, launching five new sets all aimed at younger builders aged four years old and over. Geared towards its younger audience, each set in the new collection comes with instructions designed for …
Read More »Kids’ audio platform Yoto welcomes Frozen, Mickey Mouse and more in Disney and Pixar partnership
The children’s audio platform, Yoto – the team behind the Yoto Player – has detailed a new partnership with Disney and Pixar to release a collection of childhood classics and fantasy favourites, including Frozen, Mickey Mouse, Moana, and more across its library of content. The new line-up will launch this …
Read More »LEGO expands on its LEGO Art series with Disney’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse 2D wall art sets
The Danish construction toy maker is expanding its LEGO Art series once more with the addition of the new LEGO Art Disney’s Mickey Mouse set, allowing older builders to celebrate the iconic Walt Disney character – alongside Minnie Mouse – in 2D mosaic wall art form. LEGO Art has been …
Read More »LEGO launches classic look Mickey Mouse and Minnie in latest Disney partnership
The classic look Mickey Mouse and Minnie are to be immortalised in brick form, thanks to a new partnership between Disney and LEGO that will see the Danish toy company launch new building sets depicting the animated icons in their original style. With this new construction set, fans can re-live …
Read More »LEGO is honouring 90 years of Mickey Mouse with a Steamboat Willie-inspired set
Launching on April 1st this year, the Steamboat Willie LEGO set takes inspiration from the classic animation that first aired on November 18th, 1928.
Read More »Disney kicks off 90 years of Mickey Mouse global celebrations this month
This year sees The Walt Disney Company celebrate the milestone anniversary year since Mickey Mouse’s big-screen debut in Steamboat Willie on November 18th 1928.
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