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This isn’t a sprint anymore. This is a marathon.

At the risk of using one too many sports metaphors, Jim Hill warns: Don’t expect a slam dunk next Wednesday morning at Philadelphia’s Convention Center. Given that the staff at Shamrock now is radically revising the numbers of proxys that they expect Disney shareholders to vote in their favor, their “Oust Eisner” effort could heading into extra innings.

Published

21 years ago

February 25, 2004

Jim Hill

See that banner at the top of this page? That means that I support the “Save Disney” effort. That I think that Roy Disney and Stanley Gold have their hearts in the right place when it comes to the future of the Walt Disney Company.

But — that said — does that mean that I think that Roy and Stanley have done a real bang-up job with their “Save Disney” campaign? No. To be honest, I think that Disney and Gold — and particularly the staff at Shamrock Capital Advisors — have already dropped the ball on a number of occasions. Missed some pretty obvious opportunities to further their cause.

Which is why I’m thinking — as we get closer and closer to next week’s events in Philadelphia — that things may not go exactly the way Disneyana fans are hoping.

You see, in the heart-of-hearts of diehard Disney fans, the deal would go down … Well … Like something straight out of a Disney movie. Evil would be vanquished (which — I’m guessing here — would mean that Disney’s current CEO, Michael Eisner would be suddenly swept from power and then forced to scrape gum at the Disney theme parks for the rest of his life) and good would triumph (which — again, I’m assuming here — would mean that Roy and Stanley would assume control of the Walt Disney Company, appointing a new board of directors that truly cares about the customer’s concerns as well as a management team that would immediately restore the Mouse House to its former glory).

Well, that’s a nice fantasy. But that’s NOT how things are going to go down next Wednesday in Philly.

“And why not?” you ask. Because Disney’s annual meeting ISN’T going to be the end of the story. Not by a long shot. Though Disney and Gold’s “Oust Eisner” efforts has gotten a lot of press coverage lately AND a number of important members of the investment community (Among them ISS, Glass, Lewis and Co. and Calpers) have decided to tell to their clients that they recommend withholding their proxy votes for Eisner and several members of the Board of Directors … that still may not be enough to bring about any immediate change at the Mouse House.

“So what’s the hold-up?” you query. The wild card here — of course — is Comcast. The current buzz among Wall Street types is that the cable giant is expected to unveil a brand new, improved bid (which will allegedly feature a much larger cash component) for the Walt Disney Company early on the morning of March 3rd. So that someone attending Disney’s shareholders meeting will just HAVE TO bring up this new development up during the Q and A session. Which will — obviously — force Eisner and/or Disney’s Board of Directors to address this issue in an open forum.

Now — given that “What will Comcast do next?” is the primary cause of concern nowadays among Wall Street types … this Philadelphia-based cable giant is now throwing an enormous shadow across the corporate playing field. Which — inadvertently — has thrust Disney and Gold out of the spotlight.

Which is why — ever since Super Bowl Sunday — Shamrock Capital Advisers’ “Oust Eisner” effort has quietly been changing its tactics. Sure, the “Save Disney” website is still covered with messages that say “Please Exercise Your Right to Vote” and “Please Join Us in Philadelphia.” But — behind the scenes — the emphasis seems to have changed from a grassroots effort to one that targets institutional investors. Organizations that control large blocks of Disney stock. Which — provided that they vote along the lines that Roy and Stanley are suggesting — could have a much greater effect on the outcome of the proxy vote than wooing individual investors might.

Which I understand. More importantly — given that ISS; Glass, Lewis and Co. and Calpers have agreed to recommend to their clients that they throw their proxy votes Disney and Gold’s way — this effort really seems to be paying off. Shamrock seems to be getting the largest possible return for the least amount of effort. More bang for your buck, if you will.

The only problem is … this coming Tuesday is the “Save Disney” Briefing and Reception at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia. Where Roy, Stanley and the folks at Shamrock hope to put on this enormous show for the media. Where cameras will (hopefully) capture the stirring image of a roomful of rabid Disney supporters. People who are anxious to see Eisner swept from power and the Mouse House restored to its former glory.

At least that’s what Disney, Gold and their staffers are hoping for. The sad fact of the matter is … a number of the folks that I’ve spoken with recently now aren’t all that sure that they’ll be going to Philadelphia next week. As Patty T. — one Disney shareholder that I’ve been exchanging e-mails with this week — put it:

“What’s the point now, Jim? With Comcast going after Disney, Roy’s effort almost seems like an afterthought. So what difference is it going to make now in the long run if I go to Philly or if I don’t go to Philly? I feel like this matter has been taken entirely out of my hands.”

Still other Disneyana fans are said to be angry at Roy and Stanley. Why for? Because these people feel that the only reason that Comcast Corp. is now attempting to take over the Walt Disney Company is because Disney, Gold and their crew at Shamrock raised such a ruckus about how weak and worthless Eisner was back in December.

Said B.B. in a recent note to me:

“The press keeps talking about how Comcast only is going after Disney right now because ‘there’s blood in the water.’ Well, Roy Disney and Stanley Gold are the guys who actually put that blood in the water. They’re the ones that who mortally wounded the Walt Disney Company this time around by talking up how many problems they’d had with dealing with Michael Eisner’s management style.

So — if the Disney theme parks eventually get sold off to the highest bidder or the Disney Company gets broken up and sold off in pieces — remember who it was who brought us to this point, Jim: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold.”

Mind you, when I tried to make the folks at Shamrock aware of these concerns last week, all I got was politely pooh-poohed. Said one unnamed “Save Disney” rep that I exchanged e-mails with back on February 17th:

“That’s funny — I have gotten just the opposite response everywhere I go. The Pixar and Comcast stories have energized the base and underscored Roy and Stan’s complaints. People are excited and aware of the coming event.”

Which may very well be how the people inside of Shamrock are actually thinking things are going right now. But — standing ‘way out outside here, ‘way out here on the middle ground — I can’t help but notice some rather troubling signs.

Like what? Well — for example — remember when Roy and Stanley initially announced their “Save Disney” campaign? How they were hopeful that they’d be able to persuade 35% of Disney shareholders to withhold votes for Michael Eisner, John Bryson, Judith Estrin and George Mitchell. Which would then (perhaps) send a message to Disney’s Board of Directors that some sort of change had to be made.

Well, did you notice how — over this past weekend — the numbers that Shamrock said it was shooting for suddenly got revised downward? Take a look at this excerpt from Roy and Stanley’s recent interview with USA Today:

Q: What percentage of shareholders do you hope vote “no” against Eisner and three directors at Disney’s annual meeting.

A: We’re looking for 15% to 20%. If we hit 20%, it would be a big-time message.

Which — you have to admit, folks — is a big step down from the previous announced goal of 35%.

Which almost (perhaps) might explain why Shamrock has begun downplaying the significance of what might — or, more importantly, what might NOT — happen at next week’s “Save Disney” rally … er … reception and briefing as well as at Disney’s annual meeting. Instead of boastful statements, we’re now getting cautious predictions like this one. Where Stanley Gold recently told a reporter at “Business Week” that:

“This is not a fight we can win this year,” concedes Gold, acknowledging that the lack of large blocks of Disney shareholders makes it harder to mobilize a base of support. “But we’re planting some seeds for next year.”

So — as I said in the headline for today’s article — the “Oust Eisner” campaign is no longer a sprint. It is a marathon.

And — judging by how confidently Eisner has been behaving lately — this could be a very long marathon indeed. Following his no-fatal-gaffes appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live” last Friday night, Michael seems rather sure of himself. So sure of himself that Disney’s CEO actually made an unscheduled appearance on the red carpet this past Saturday night. Where Michael chatted with reporters at the premiere of Disneyland’s latest stage extravaganza, “Snow White: An Enchanting New Musical” as if he didn’t have a care in the world.

Why is Disney’s Big Cheese acting so blasé? Could it be that he now has a killer bit of info in his back pocket? That — back in 1997 — Roy Disney himself then had 15% of Disney shareholders withhold their proxy vote for his re-instatement.

So — if Shamrock’s proxy effort fails to achieve significantly more than 15% of the vote next Wednesday morning — then expect Eisner to say something like: “Given that Disney’s Board of Directors didn’t toss Roy out on his rear when he got a 15% withhold vote back in 1997, I seriously doubt that they’ll ask me to step down with only a [fill in a number between 15 — 20%].”

I’m sorry if this story comes across as fairly downbeat to the Disney faithful. And please understand that I remain a supporter of the “Save Disney” campaign.

But — given that I may am not all that thrilled with the mixed messages coming out of Shamrock Capital Advisers these days AND that I wish that Roy and Stanley’s people were doing a better job of reaching out to both institutional investors AS WELL AS the Disneyana community — I obviously have some concerns. Which I thought that I should share with JHM readers.

That said, I still urge JimHillMedia.com readers to come out en masse in Philadelphia.

Why for? Well … because — to be honest — I think that these guys could use all the help that they can get right about now.

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Seward Johnson bronzes add a surreal, artistic touch to NYC’s Garment District

Published

9 years ago

June 23, 2015

Jim Hill

Greetings from NYC. Nancy and I drove down from New
Hampshire yesterday because we'll be checking out
Disney Consumer Products' annual Holiday Showcase later today.

Anyway … After checking into our hotel (i.e., The Paul.
Which is located down in NYC's NoMad district), we decided to grab some dinner.
Which is how we wound up at the Melt Shop.

Photo by Jim Hill

Which is this restaurant that only sells grilled cheese sandwiches.
This comfort food was delicious, but kind of on the heavy side.

Photo by Jim Hill

Which is why — given that it was a beautiful summer night
— we'd then try and walk off our meals. We started our stroll down by the Empire
State Building
…

Photo by Jim Hill

… and eventually wound up just below Times
Square (right behind where the Waterford Crystal Times Square New
Year's Eve Ball is kept).

Photo by Jim Hill

But you know what we discovered en route? Right in the heart
of Manhattan's Garment District
along Broadway between 36th and 41st? This incredibly cool series of life-like
and life-sized sculptures that Seward
Johnson has created.

Photo by Jim Hill

And — yes — that is Abraham Lincoln (who seems to have
slipped out of WDW's Hall of Presidents when no one was looking and is now
leading tourists around Times Square). These 18 painted
bronze pieces (which were just installed late this past Sunday night / early
Monday morning) range from the surreal to the all-too-real.

Photo by Jim Hill

Some of these pieces look like typical New Yorkers. Like the
business woman planning out her day …

Photo by Jim Hill

… the postman delivering the mail …

Photo by Jim Hill

… the hot dog vendor working at his cart …

Photo by Jim Hill

… the street musician playing for tourists …

Photo by Jim Hill

Not to mention the tourists themselves.

Photo by Jim Hill

But right alongside the bronze businessmen …

Photo by Jim Hill

… and the tired grandmother hauling her groceries home …

Photo by Jim Hill

… there were also statues representing people who were
from out-of-town …

Photo by Jim Hill

… or — for that matter — out-of-time.

Photo by Jim Hill

These were the Seward Johnson pieces that genuinely beguiled. Famous impressionist paintings brought to life in three dimensions.

Note the out-of-period water bottle that some tourist left
behind. Photo by Jim Hill

Some of them so lifelike that you actually had to pause for
a moment (especially as day gave way to night in the city) and say to yourself
"Is that one of the bronzes? Or just someone pretending to be one of these
bronzes?"

Mind you, for those of you who aren't big fans of the
impressionists …

Photo by Jim Hill

… there's also an array of American icons. Among them
Marilyn Monroe …

Photo by Jim Hill

… and that farmer couple from Grant Wood's "American
Gothic."

Photo by Jim Hill

But for those of you who know your NYC history, it's hard to
beat that piece which recreates Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph of V-J Day in Times Square.

Photo by Jim Hill

By the way, a 25-foot-tall version of this particular Seward
Johnson piece ( which — FYI — is entitled "Embracing Peace") will actually
be placed in Times Square for a few days on or around August 14th to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day (V-J Day).

Photo by Jim Hill

By the way, if you'd like to check these Seward Johnson bronzes in
person (which — it should be noted — are part of the part of the Garment
District Alliance's new public art offering) — you'd best schedule a trip to
the City sometime over the next three months. For these pieces will only be on
display now through September 15th.

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Wondering what you should “Boldly Go” see at the movies next year? The 2015 Licensing Expo offers you some clues

Published

10 years ago

June 10, 2015

Jim Hill

Greeting from the 2015 Licensing Expo, which is being held
at the Mandalay Bay
Convention Center in Las
Vegas.

Photo by Jim Hill

I have to admit that I enjoy covering the Licensing Expo.
Mostly becomes it allows bloggers & entertainment writers like myself to
get a peek over the horizon. Scope out some of the major motion pictures &
TV shows that today's vertically integrated entertainment conglomerates
(Remember when these companies used to be called movie studios?) will be
sending our way over the next two years or so.

Photo by Jim Hill

Take — for example — all of "The Secret Life of
Pets" banners that greeted Expo attendees as they made their way to the
show floor today. I actually got to see some footage from this new Illumination
Entertainment production (which will hit theaters on July 8, 2016) the last time I was in Vegas. Which
was for CinemaCon back in April. And the five or so minutes of film that I viewed
suggested that "The Secret Life of Pets" will be a really funny
animated feature.

Photo by Jim Hill

Mind you, Universal Pictures wanted to make sure that Expo
attendees remembered that there was another Illumination Entertainment production
coming-to-a-theater-near-them before "The Secret Life of Pets" (And
that's "Minions," the "Despicable Me" prequel. Which
premieres at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival next week but
won't be screened stateside 'til July 10th of this year). Which is why they had
three minions who were made entirely out of LEGOS loitering out in the lobby.

Photo by Jim Hill

And Warner Bros. — because they wanted "Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice" to start trending on Twitter today — brought
the Batmobile to Las Vegas.

Photo by Jim Hill

Not to mention full-sized macquettes of Batman, Superman and
Wonder Woman. Just so conventioneers could then see what these DC superheroes
would actually look like in this eagerly anticipated, March 25, 2016 release.

Photo by Jim Hill

That's the thing that can sometimes be a wee bit frustrating
about the Licensing Expo. It's all about delayed gratification. You'll come
around a corner and see this 100 foot-long ad for "The Peanuts Movie"
and think "Hey, that looks great. I want to see that Blue Sky Studios production
right now." It's only then that you notice the fine print and realize that
"The Peanuts Movie" doesn't actually open in theaters 'til November
6th of this year.

Photo by Jim Hill

And fan of Blue Sky's "Ice Age" film franchise are in for an even
longer wait. Given that the latest installment in that top grossing series
doesn't arrive in theaters 'til July
15, 2016.

Photo by Jim Hill

Of course, if you're one of those people who needs immediate
gratification when it comes to your entertainment, there was stuff like that to
be found at this year's Licensing Expo. Take — for example — how the WWE
booth was actually shaped like a wrestling ring. Which — I'm guessing — meant
that if the executives of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. didn't like
the offer that you were making, they were then allowed to toss you out over the
top rope, Royal Rumble-style.

Photo by Jim Hill

I also have to admit that — as a longtime Star Trek fan —
it was cool to see the enormous Starship Enterprise that hung in place over the
CBS booth. Not to mention getting a glimpse of the official Star Trek 50th
Anniversary logo.

Photo by Jim Hill

I was also pleased to see lots of activity in The Jim Henson
Company booth. Which suggests that JHC has actually finally carved out a
post-Muppets identity for itself.

Photo by Jim Hill

Likewise for all of us who were getting a little concerned
about DreamWorks Animation (what with all the layoffs & write-downs &
projects that were put into turnaround or outright cancelled last year), it was
nice to see that booth bustling.

Photo by Jim Hill

Every so often, you'd come across some people who were
promoting a movie that you weren't entirely sure that you actually wanted to
see (EX: "Angry Birds," which Sony Pictures Entertainment / Columbia
Pictures will be releasing to theaters on May 20, 2016). But then you remembered that Clay Kaytis —
who's this hugely talented former Walt Disney Animation Studios animator — is
riding herd on "Angry Birds" with Fergal Reilly. And you'd think
"Well, if Clay's working on 'Angry Birds,' I'm sure this animated feature
will turn out fine."

Photo by Jim Hill

Mind you, there were reminders at this year's Licensing Expo
of great animated features that we're never going to get to see now. I still
can't believe — especially after that brilliant proof-of-concept footage
popped up online last year — that Sony execs decided not to go forward
with production of Genndy Tartakovsky's
"Popeye" movie. But that's the
cruel thing about the entertainment business, folks. It will sometime break
your heart.

Photo by Jim Hill

And make no mistake about this. The Licensing Expo is all
about business. That point was clearly driven home at this year's show when —
as you walked through the doors of the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center
— the first thing that you saw was the Hasbros Booth. Which was this gleaming,
sleek two story-tall affair full of people who were negotiating deals &
signing contracts for all of the would-be summer blockbusters that have already
announced release dates for 2019 & beyond.

Photo by Jim Hill

"But what about The Walt Disney Company?," you
ask. "Weren't they represented on the show floor at this year's Licensing
Expo?" Not really, not. I mean, sure. There were a few companies there hyping
Disney-related products. Take — for example — the Disney Wikkeez people.

Photo by Jim Hill

I'm assuming that some Disney Consumer Products exec is
hoping that Wikkeez will eventually become the new Tsum Tsum. But to be blunt,
these little hard plastic figures don't seem to have the same huggable charm
that those stackable plush do. But I've been wrong before. So let's see what
happens with Disney Wikkeez once they start showing up on the shelves of the
Company's North American retail partners.

Photo by Jim Hill

And speaking of Disney's retail partners … They were
meeting with Mouse House executives behind closed doors one floor down from the
official show floor for this year's Licensing Expo.

Photo by Jim Hill

And the theme for this year's invitation-only Disney shindig? "Timeless
Stories" involving the Disney, Pixar, Marvel & Lucasfilm brands that
would then appeal to "tomorrow's consumer."

Photo by Jim Hill

And just to sort of hammer home the idea that Disney is no
longer the Company which cornered the market when it comes to little girls
(i.e., its Disney Princess and Disney Fairies franchises), check out this
wall-sized Star Wars-related image that DCP put up just outside of one of its
many private meeting rooms. "See?," this carefully crafted photo
screams. "It isn't just little boys who want to wield the Force. Little
girls also want to grow up and be Lords of the Sith."

Photo by Jim Hill

One final, kind-of-ironic note: According to this banner,
Paramount Pictures will be releasing a movie called "Amusement Park"
to theaters sometime in 2017.

Photo by Jim Hill

Well, given all the "Blackfish" -related issues
that have been dogged SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment over the past two years, I'm
just hoping that they'll still be in the amusement park business come 2017.

Your thoughts?

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It takes more than three circles to craft a Classic version of Mickey Mouse

Published

10 years ago

June 9, 2015

Jim Hill

You know what Mickey Mouse looks like, right? Little guy,
big ears?

Truth be told, Disney's corporate symbol has a lot of
different looks. If Mickey's interacting with Guests at Disneyland
Park (especially this summer, when
the Happiest Place on Earth
is celebrating its 60th anniversary), he looks & dresses like this.

Or when he's appearing in one of those Emmy Award-winning shorts that Disney
Television Animation has produced (EX: "Bronco Busted," which debuts
on the Disney Channel tonight at 8 p.m. ET / PT), Mickey is drawn in a such a
way that he looks hip, cool, edgy & retro all at the same time.

Looking ahead to 2017 now, when Disney Junior rolls out "Mickey and the
Roadster Racers," this brand-new animated series will feature a sportier version
of Disney's corporate symbol. One that Mouse House managers hope will persuade
preschool boys to more fully embrace this now 86 year-old character.

That's what most people don't realize about the Mouse. The
Walt Disney Company deliberately tailors Mickey's look, even his style of
movement, depending on what sort of project / production he's appearing in.

Take — for example — Disney
California Adventure
Park's "World of Color:
Celebrate!" Because Disney's main mouse would be co-hosting this new
nighttime lagoon show with ace emcee Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Goldberg really had
to step up Mickey's game. Which is why this master Disney animator created
several minutes of all-new Mouse animation which then showed that Mickey was
just as skilled a showman as Neil was.

Better yet, let's take a look at what the folks at Avalanche Studios just went
through as they attempted to create a Classic version of Mickey & Minnie.
One that would then allow this popular pair to become part of Disney Infinity
3.0.

"I won't lie to you. We were under a lot of pressure to
get the look of this particular version of Mickey — he's called Red Pants
Mickey around here — just right," said Jeff Bunker, the VP of Art
Development at Avalanche Studios, during a recent phone interview. "When
we brought Sorcerer Mickey into Disney Infinity 1.0 back in January of 2014,
that one was relatively easy because … Well, everyone knows what Mickey Mouse
looked like when he appeared in 'Fantasia.' "

"But this time around, we were being asked to design
THE Mickey & Minnie," Bunker continued. "And given that these Classic
Disney characters have been around in various different forms for the better
part of the last century … Well, which look was the right look?"

Which is why Jeff and his team at Avalanche Studios began watching hours &
hours of Mickey Mouse shorts. As they tried to get a handle on which look would
work best for these characters in Disney Infinity 3.0.

"And we went all the way back to the very start of Mickey's career. We began
with 'Steamboat Willie' and then watched all of those black & white Mickey shorts
that Walt made back in the late 1920s & early 1930s. From there, we
transitioned to his Technicolor shorts. Which is when Mickey went from being
this pie-eyed, really feisty character to more of a well-behaved leading
man," Bunker recalled. "We then finished out our Mouse marathon by
watching all of those new Mickey shorts that Paul Rudish & his team have
been creating for Disney Television Animation. Those cartoons really recapture
a lot of the spirit and wild slapstick fun that Mickey's early, black &
white shorts had."

But given that the specific assignment that Avalanche Studios had been handed
was to create the most appealing looking, likeable version of Mickey Mouse
possible … In the end, Jeff and his team wound up borrowing bits & pieces
from a lot of different versions of the world's most famous mouse. So that
Classic Mickey would then look & move in a way that best fit the sort of
gameplay which people would soon be able to experience with Disney Infinity
3.0.

"That — in a lot of ways — was actually the toughest
part of the Classic Mickey design project. You have to remember that one of the
key creative conceits of Disney Infinity
is that all the characters which appear in this game are toys," Bunker
stated. "Okay. So they're beautifully detailed, highly stylized toy
versions of beloved Disney, Pixar, Marvel & Lucasfilm characters. But
they're still supposed to be toys. So our Classic versions of Mickey &
Minnie have the same sort of thickness & sturdiness to them that toys have.
So that they'll then be able to fit right in with all of the rest of the
characters that Avalanche Studios had previously designed for Disney Infinity."

And then there was the matter of coming up with just the
right pose for Classic Mickey & Minnie. Which — to hear Jeff tell the
story — involved input from a lot of Disney upper management.

"Everyone within the Company seemed to have an opinion
about how Mickey & Minnie should be posed. More to the point, if you Google
Mickey, you then discover that there are literally thousands of poses out there
for these two. Though — truth be told — a lot of those kind of play off the
way Mickey poses when he's being Disney's corporate symbol," Bunker said.
"But what I was most concerned about was that Mickey's pose had to work
with Minnie's pose. Because we were bringing the Classic versions of these
characters up into Disney Infinity 3.0 at the exact same time. And we wanted to
make sure — especially for those fans who like to put their Disney Infinity
figures on display — that Mickey's pose would then complement Minnie.

Which is why Jeff & the crew at Avalanche Studios
decided — when it came to Classic Mickey & Minnie's pose — that they
should go all the way back to the beginning. Which is why these two Disney icons
are sculpted in such a way that it almost seems as though you're witnessing the
very first time Mickey set eyes on Minnie.

"And what was really great about that was — as soon as
we began showing people within the Company this pose — everyone at Disney
quickly got on board with the idea. I mean, the Classic Mickey that we sculpted
for Disney Infinity 3.0 is clearly a very playful, spunky character. But at the
same time, he's obviously got eyes for Minnie," Bunker concluded. "So
in the end, we were able to come up with Classic versions of these characters
that will work well within the creative confines of Disney Infinity 3.0 but at
the same time please those Disney fans who just collect these figures because
they like the way the Disney Infinity characters look."

So now that this particular design project is over, does
Jeff regret that Mouse House upper management was so hands-on when it came to
making sure that the Classic versions of Mickey & Minnie were specifically
tailored to fit the look & style of gameplay found in Disney Infinity 3.0?

"To be blunt, we go through this every time we add a new character to the
game. The folks at Lucasfilm were just as hands-on when we were designing the
versions of Darth Vader and Yoda that will also soon be appearing in Disney
Infinity 3.0," Bunker laughed. "So in the end, if the character's
creators AND the fans are happy, then I'm happy."

This article was originally posted on the Huffington Post's Entertainment page on Tuesday, June 9, 2015