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• Toon Tuesday: Klay Hall tinkers with Tinker Bell

  This sitcom vet talks about how he tried to make the Disney Fairy who stars in "Lost Treasure" much more like the version of Tink that Marc Davis drew for "Peter Pan" back in 1953 Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, John Lasseter, Marc Davis, Disney Fairies, Tinker Bell, Ed Catmull, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2009, DisneyToon Studios , home premiere, 2012, The Simpsons

• Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

  Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, theater, Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, CG, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, WDAS, featurette, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Las Vegas, 1977, D23, 2009, October, 1970s , TV show, 1966 , 1968, hand-drawn animation, home premiere, 2011, theatrical release, Meet the Robinsons, characters , 1960s, Development , chapter, relaunch, Licensing International Expo, DCP , source material , television show , The Princess and the Frog, D23 EXPO, hand-drawn, featurettes, TV series, animated film, reset button, hand-drawn feature, Steve Anderson, story supervisor, Don Hall, Winnie the Pooh, animation fans, old school, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, A. A. Milne, Japanese Bunraku puppeteering, technique, Japanese, storybook, stuffed animal, Bunraku, stuffed animals, Christopher Robin, The Book of Pooh, CG animated, watercolor, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, watercolor backgrounds, Hundred Acre Woods, whimsical, contemporary audiences, Darby, commercialized, Buster, feature-length project, Winnie the Pooh franchise, silly old bear, hand-drawn film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, style, tone, Burny Mattinson, David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred Acre Woods, Dutton Juvenile, Dutton, original source material, The House at Pooh Corner, Eeyore, Expotition, North Pole, cutsie-pooh, cutsie-poo, expo, reset, Pooh products, juvenile, Winnie the Pooh movie, Pooh featurette, Pooh featurettes, theaters

• “Mickey’s Sweatshop,” “Tink My Ride” and … “Enchanted 2” ?!

  Want a peek at The Walt Disney Company’s future? Then take a look at this list of recently registered domain names that Jim Hill just compiled Read More... Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Disneyland, Tinker Bell, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, Kevin Lima, Hollywood, movie, Disney Channel Original, 2007, TV show, TV movie, animated series , home premiere, 2012, 2010, Disney Studios , domain name , domain names, Walt Disney Company, Enchanted, 2013, Ever After, Ever, Disney XD, TV series, Disneyland Park

• Toon Thursday: "Ariel's Beginning" is a polished, professional & perfectly pleasant prequel to "The Little Mermaid." But ...

  Jim Hill caught an advance screening of this new DisneyToon Studios production last month at Comic-Con. And he now shares his thoughts on this somewhat disappointing home premiere Read More... Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2008, The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning, DisneyToon Studios , home premiere

• Toon Tuesday : Are you ready for the walkaround versions of the Disney Fairies ?

  As the Disney theme parks get ready for the Fall arrival of Tink & her pals, Jim Hill shares some shots that he's received of these new face characters Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: Disney, fireworks, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Disney Fairies, Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, WDW, Ariel's Grotto, Ariel, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2008, 2009, 2005, home premiere, 2011, Disney franchise, face character , 2010, Disney characters, 1951, animated version, pixie, fireworks display, fireworks displays , Disney's Character Programs & Development , Character Programs & Development, walkaround version, CG version , walkaround face character , Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist , Fawn, Tink , Judge's Tent, Mickey's Toontown Fair , Pixie Hollow, virtual world , Internet-connected toys , Clickables, Tinker Bell: North of Never Land, Tinker Bell: A Midsummer Storm, Tinker Bell: A Winter Story, remote control , WowWee , FlyTech , faith hope and pixie dust