Disney
Tinkerbell
There
is no better lady that epitomises that touch of magic more so than
Tinker Bell
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Tinker
Bell was first seen in the Classics collection during 1993/94 when a
12,500 Limited Edition piece came onto the market.
As
it crossed over two years, two different backstamps/incision marks
can be found, the Treble Clef which was to honour Disney's Academy
Award winning 'Silly Symphonies' cartoons and the Dancing Flower to
honour the first full colour cartoon ever created and the first
Disney Academy Award winner - 'Flowers and Trees'.
This
Limited edition is known simply as Tinker Bell on a block but the
official title is 'A Firefly! A Pixie! Amazing!'. Here we see Tinker
Bell on a child's building block with the letter A visible to the
front (letters B, K and M are to the side and rear).
She
has her head back and she is laughing so much she is holding her
sides.
The
sculpture is five inches tall and Tinker Bell's wings are in pearly
aqua green whilst her dress is in a different shade of green and
there are white 'pom-poms' on her shoes. This Limited Edition
sculpture sells for £375.
This
same colouring and detail can be found in two other Tinks'.
The
second Tink to be brought out was for an 'Open House' Event,
which means it was only available
for one weekend during 1996.
Here we see Tinker Bell as a
hanging ornament on a Green Display Stand. She has her arms crossed
and has a very superior expression on her face! Tinker Bell is four
inches long whilst the Display stand is seven and a half inches high.
This ornament with the stand sells for £100.
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The latest Tinker Bell, is the
Animator's Choice Sculpture (Members Only) called Tinker Bell Pauses
to Reflect'. Here we see Tinker Bell on her tip-toes looking down at
her reflection in a mirror. She is worried that she is putting on
weight on her hips.
She
is quite a vain little lady but with a huge personality that you
cannot help but warm to. It is taken from the unforgettable shadow
search scene in Peter Pan.
This
Tinker Bell was available to Members of the Walt Disney Collectors
Society and was in the region of £194. In1998 the Animator's choice
sculpture was created from the favourite film moments of 'Walt
Disney's Nine Old Men'.
These
are the gifted original band of sculptors that Walt Disney surrounded
himself with and it was his affectionate nick-name for them. The
first animator is Marc Davis who remembers Tink as very jealous,
pouting fairy. Peter Pan debuted in 1953 and remains one of the
all time classic Disney films.
We
skip now from the Tinker Bell's from the Classics Collection to a
Tinker Bell from Swarovski. Tinker bell is created by an affiliation
between Swarovski and a company called Arribas, who are based in the
United States with shops in Disney theme parks. This Tinker Bell was
a Limited Edition of 10,000 using Swarovski crystal stones.
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Tink's
dress has green stones in of course and there are clear ones around
the edges of the enamel base and around her feet. She stands over
three inches tall and comes with an Arribas Crystal base and Plaque
that reads 'Swarovski Jeweled Tinker Bell made exclusively for The
Arribas Collection Limited edition of 10,000 pieces.
Inside
the box containing the Disney TinkerBell is a certificate which states
This certifies that a Limited Edition of The Jeweled Tinker Bell has
been produced using hand-set Swarovski crystal stones exclusively for
the Arribas collection.
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