Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/09/02/oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-to-begin-meet-and-greets-at-dca-september-14/" target="_blank"><b>9/2/14: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Begin Meet and Greets at DCA September 14</b></a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hans, I read online that Duffy's meet and greet area at the Pier has quietly disappeared during all the hubbub over Oswald coming soon. Deep breaths, buddy.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I'm sure Oswald will be a much great success than Duffy! I will even admit I prefer him to Mickey.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Hans, I read online that Duffy's meet and greet area at the Pier has quietly disappeared during all the hubbub over Oswald coming soon. Deep breaths, buddy." That ok, I'm sure he can still bump into Clarabelle sometime.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo I predict a trip to Tokyo soon for Hans. Oswald seems to be pretty popular even outside the Disney geek community. Are there any plans for more than merchandise or meet & greets? An animated short maybe?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Are there any plans for more than merchandise or meet & greets?<< I have no idea if there is any plan to bring it to the US, but the Tokyo parks had different Oswald merchandise than what I've seen in DCA. DCA seemed to have a bigger selection, but TDS had a pretty decent merchandise line of its own. One interesting difference was that the US Oswald merchandise tends to follow a black/red/yellow color scheme, while the Japanese stuff was black/blue/white. It just gave their Oswald store a very different overall feeling when you first step in
Originally Posted By SafariRob >>Are there any plans for more than merchandise or meet & greets? An animated short maybe?<< My guess: yes...so long as he is the hit they hope he will be. It's a cheap way of testing the market. If there are long lines for the meet and greet and merch is moving, I suspect the 90-year old lucky rabbit will enjoy a well-deserved promotion of some sort.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'd love to see Oswald find his way into some of the new Mickey Mouse shorts. If you aren't watching these, you're missing out! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6qIbU1olyXQe1WOKt8UJ4hErx3D7qt8
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I'd love to see new Oswald shorts if they retain the charm of the originals.
Originally Posted By utahjosh darcy, do you think the new Mickey shorts retain that charm? I do, for the most part.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I haven't seen all of them but I like the ones I've seen. I worry about Oswald more than Mickey though as it's been so long since we've seen him. And I think the worst thing they could do would be to give him a voice. They don't really talk in the new Mickeys so that's a plus.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I've been a fan of the new Mickey shorts since they debuted. The art style is fantastic. My favorite is Get a Horse, which was shown in theaters with Frozen.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I like the Mickey shorts they showed on Disney Channel a while back, but I just couldn't get over the ugly art they used. I really liked that Mickey was mischievous again, but the visuals were hard to ignore. Get A Horse looked a lot better, but seemed like the gag played out before the short was over Hopefully they can capture the energy from the Disney Channel shorts, while maintaining some of the nice visuals
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I think Get a Horse is really in a different category from the new series.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I really liked that Mickey was mischievous again, but the visuals were hard to ignore." The eye catching visuals are the best part IMO. "I think Get a Horse is really in a different category from the new series." It is, at least in the art style and the fact that it was shown in theaters.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 They've also already given Oswald a voice in the Epic Mickey video games. It's done by Frank Welker, and I'm not sure how I feel about it...
