The Expanding Line Of Official Disney Charms
Who puts the final stamp of approval on each of the official Disney charms? Is there a former Mouseketeer who examines each charm and marks the charm as “OK”? Perhaps each charm is sprinkled with some special tinker bell dust before being placed among the other official Disney charms. Whatever processes the charm makers have developed, they must involve procedures that can easily be extended, and used on an ever-growing number of charms. As the number of Disney films increases from year to year, the collection of Disney charms includes an ever-widening group of diverse and colorful characters. Those characters have the ability to charm both young and old alike.
Thirty years ago, no one had heard the term “official Disney charms.” Thirty years ago, no one had heard of the Internet. Now one can find official Disney charms at a number of different sites on the Internet.
Thirty years ago, one could find pictures of Pooh, Piglet and Tigger in only one place—a book by A.A. Miles. No one expected to see animated Pooh and Piglet characters. Today one can watch new and different Disney cartoons, cartoons that might contain an animated Pooh or Piglet. One can also find pictures of Pooh and his friends on some of the official Disney charms.
Of course, the official Disney charms have many different pictures, and not all of the pictures represent a character from the books by A.A. Miles. One can find a Disney charm for just about any character that has ever appeared in a Disney film. Some of those charms are really paired charms.
It is possible to buy a pair of charms with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. In such paired charms, those two famous mice are kissing. One can even purchase two Disney charms with a kissing Lady and Tramp.
One can also purchase official Disney charms that have a tiny object hanging from the charm’s flat surface. In addition, one can purchase Disney silver charms, some of which have been found hanging from a mobile phone.
Present-day children see all of the modern Disney characters as part of one, giant Disney family. Their grandparents can not forget the manner by which they first met some of those same characters. They no doubt recall hearing stories about Pooh Bear and Christopher Robin. They might remember listening to a story about Kanga and Roo, or about Eeyore.
Those grandparents might now find themselves buying Disney charms that bear pictures of Pooh or Piglet. They might also struggle to learn all the names of the other, new Disney characters, the ones in the most recent Disney films. Of course, as soon as grandparents learn the name of a new Disney character, that animated figure becomes an “old” character, and young grandchildren talk about another “new” Disney character.
That fact explains why a grandparent might jump at a chance to provide an infant grandchild with a stuffed Pooh or Piglet. In that way, the grandparent could feel sure of the name for that stuffed toy. A wise grandparent might also choose to buy a stuffed Curious George or stuffed Corduroy.
By making such a purchase, the perceptive grandparent could encourage a child’s interest in book characters, as well as the animated Disney characters. By the same token, it can not be denied that either Curious George or Corduroy might one day make their way into a Disney animated film.