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Disney’s 12 … er … 10 … um … Would you believe 8 Days of Christmas?

As the actual twelve days of Christmas draw to a close, JHM webmaster Max Schilling explores the Downtown Disney shop that used to pay tribute to this part of the holiday. Until that WDW store’s need to sell you more stuff overtook its desire to tell a coherent story

Published

18 years ago

January 2, 2007

Max Schilling

The “Twelve days of Christmas” are the 12 days that separate Christmas Day, December 25, from Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 6. Depending on the church, January 6 may mark Christ’s baptism (the Catholic tradition), or it may mark the day that the wise men visited the baby Jesus with their gifts.

Hi Folks, This is Max Schilling, the webmaster here at JHM. As the Christmas season officially draws to a close, I thought that I would share an interesting — and somewhat unfortunate — story of how Disney celebrates the holiday season down here at the Walt Disney World Resort.

A few years ago, “Disney’s Days of Christmas” store opened in at Downtown Disney Marketplace. And as part of the theming for this new store, Disney scattered displays around the store for each of the 12 days of Christmas.

This seems like a really fun idea and it gives a lot of charm to the already well-done decorations. But unfortunately, this being the Walt Disney Company of 2007 and all, the upkeep of this original theming has been lackluster at best.

As of this holiday season, only 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas displays are still fully intact. The amusing part is that — only a few months ago — with the exception of two missing signs, all the original theming was still present. So it seems that — in putting up the seasonal Christmas decorations in this store — WDW’s decorating staff actually replaced and/or removed the 12 Days of Christmas décor that the store is named for & themed around.

Now I understand that this may seems like the typical nit-picky, let’s-take-pictures-of-peeling-paint, Disney Dweeb nonsense that you find all over the Web. But take a step back and look at the big picture here: The store named “Disney’s Days of Christmas” is now missing 4 of the Days of Christmas. So its not like they removed an irrelevant prop, or tweaked a display. In removing those 4 days, they have more or less eliminated the cohesiveness of the story they are trying to tell.

While guests coming into the store, noticing the theming, and searching for all of the 12 days is likely a rather rare occurrence, I am sure it still happens every once in a while (Hell, I did it).

And while it’s certainly not going to destroy anyone’s vacation … A cast-member having to tell a little kid who has just spent the past half hour looking for all of the twelve days that, “Oh yeah, I guess we forgot about days 3, 5, 8 and 9” is not exactly the “good show” that Disney purports to strive for.

On the first Day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
A Mickey in a yule tree

On the first Day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A Mickey in a yule tree
Photo by Max Schilling

The first day of Christmas has Mickey hanging on a swing from a tree in the middle of the store seemingly wound up in Christmas lights.

Mickey in a Yule Tree
Photo by Max Schilling

On the second Day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Two Tweedledees

On the first Day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A Mickey in a yule tree

Photo by Max Schilling

Mickey in a Yule Tree
Photo by Max Schilling

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Three Lil’ Pigs

The third day is a story book with a picture on the cover of the Three Lil’ Pigs. However the sign that once told which day of Christmas this was has been removed and now 2 screw ends are all that remain. It has been this way since at least May of 2006 and likely for much longer.

The Lil' Pigs??
Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Four chiming bells

The fourth day is a 3D window mural on the back of the store. It features Quasimodo swinging on one of the four bells hanging in the display. Though — with all that garland hanging in front — it’s kind of tough to tell what it is (and tough to photograph). I have a feeling that some of the lights are out in this display. Because I was there at night to take these pictures. And while the rest of the outdoor windows were brightly lit, this one was quite dark. So I had to be kind of creative to get a good shot of this sign.

Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Five Minnie things

This is pure conjecture. But I believe that the front window of the store once contained this display. However, it was removed in an effort to at give one of these windows back — the front-most one — to WDW’s marketing department.

In an effort to keep the story that this Downtown Disney store was originally trying to tell intact, a display case was placed right next to the front window containing “5 Minnie things.” And — back in May — there were only 5 Minnie items in this case.

However, in the months since then, it appears that WDW’s decorators decided that this corner of the “12 Days of Disney” store looked too sparse. So they added an additional Minnie doll to the top of the case, thereby bringing the total of “Minnie things” in this area of the shop to six.

But as for the sign that used to be displayed in this section of the “12 Days of Disney” store, that must have been lost somewhere along the way.

Photo by Max Schilling

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Six Ducks a-playing

The sixth day is a mural behind one of the counters. As you can tell from the picture below, the sixth day has been, uh, personalized, by the big sign hanging down in front of the mural. It doesn’t really take away from the painting and I guess I am being slightly over critical. But it seems to me the sign could be a tad higher so it didn’t interfere as much with the sight-lines for the mural.

Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Seven Dwarfs a-mining

The seventh day is another indoor mural behind one of the counters. The seventh day seems to be holding up quite well. Though — in my pictures from May — I was unable to find Sleepy. As they had hidden him behind a stack of bags and boxes waiting for package pickup. (The picture below is from December and only the bottom of the mine car is hidden away)

Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Eight toys a-spinning

The eighth day is one of the displays that has recently been hijacked at the “Disney’s Days of Christmas” store. Originally, there was a display with minimal animation featuring 8 different toys spinning. However — for the 2006 holiday season — the sign was ripped off the wall (and not patched, I might add).

Photo by Max Schilling

And the spinning toys were replaced with a big-ass Christmas tree dropped smack-dab in the middle of this display space.

Photo by Max Schilling

The patch job (or lack thereof) where the sign once hung …

On the first Day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A Mickey in a yule tree
Photo by Max Schilling

On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Nine Genies flying

This day features a nicely painted mural of the genie in nine different costumes.

Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Ten lions leaping

This is another day that was ripped apart. But — for some reason — only the sign was removed (Again for the 2006 holiday season. It was there back in May). The mural of the ten leaping lions is still in place.

Photo by Max Schilling

In the shot below you can clearly see the screwholes from the missing sign (and Simba’s rump).

Photo by Max Schilling

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Eleven puppies panting

This display is just inside the front door and is one of the nicer “Days” on display in this WDW store. It features a nice stone fireplace and some chairs in front for tired shoppers.

Photo by Max Schilling

Photo by Max Schilling

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me:
Twelve fairies flitting

The Twelfth day pays homage to the wrapping & personalization section at the end of the store that has murals of fairies flitting about.

Photo by Max Schilling

In the interests of fairness, I would also argue that the way the Walt Disney Company went about designing the décor of this location was not the smartest of approaches. They filled, not one or two windows, but ALL of the store windows with the 12 days of Christmas theming and left virtually no room for any marketing displays.

So, realistically, I can understand the marketing department taking down the 12-days displays as soon as they need product-display room. Coming from a company that is renowned for shoving ‘product placement’ down your throat, I’m sure the marketing department is none too pleased by not being able to get in and play with the windows because Imagineering has commandeered them for store theming.

So it really seems to boil down to a case of the left hand not knowing (or even more frightening, caring) what the right hand is doing. Disney’s marketing department is focused on selling stuff, and to hell with the theming. And apparently the Imagineering skeleton crew that makes up the Florida office isn’t powerful enough to stop them.

I personally can’t find too much fault with these store windows being used to display merchandise. I mean, they ARE store windows. But the part about this whole thing that bothers me is that — at the end of the day — Disney has left us with half (Okay, 2/3rds. But work with me here, people) a theme.

And when you theme a location like this, where all of the design elements are essential for completing a storyline, reinforcing that theme … You can’t just remove one or two pieces and then hope no one notices. That is just bad show. Disney should either relocate / reinstate the missing days or else take down all of these “12 Days of Christmas” -themed displays down & be done with it.

What do you folks think? Am I being a grouch (or a grinch) for complaining like this about the changes that have been made to “Disney’s Days of Christmas” store? Or given the decorative gimmick of this WDW shop, should all of these displays have been left intact?

Your thoughts?

Photo by Max Schilling

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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

9 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

9 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