Originally Posted By TDLFAN The kick is you have to go to Japan to get yours... DeAgostini Co. is now selling bits and pieces of DL park for you to own at home. Well... not really the real DL park pieces, but miniature vinyl reproductions of Disneyland. If I am not mistaken, it will take you 100 weeks to complete the entire DL Park set, each set priced at 1,490 yen. The DL park pieces also come with a japanese language small magazine weekly decribing everything about the characters, Disney work archives, Closeup on Anaheim, etc etc... Once you complete the entire DL park, you can also buy a specially designed base and glass case to proudly display the finished product, which also will be equipped with lights (for night time enjoyment). If you want to collect all of the magazines, a special binder will also be available... Go here to check it out: <a href="http://www.de-club.net/mdl/" target="_blank">http://www.de-club.net/mdl/</a># ..and while there, click on ther TV ad link and watch the 30 second commercial for this product. In US dollars.. it will cost approximately $1,300 and close to two years to collect and complete the entire set.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's really neat. I have no idea what any of it says, but the pictures look pretty cool. Obviously these aren't the highest quality reproductions out there, but they definately are about the only thing that I would pay for. Plus, it would be really cool to have a DL replica. Does it say how big they are, since I don't have any idea of scale from this.
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife That is cool! Ferret, you can use a Japanese to English translator to put most of the website in English. (I used Alta Vista Babel Fish). I agree though, how big is this? It kind of looks more like a very expensive toy set than an adult collector's item.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN This is not geared just to kids. Many collectors in Japan pay big bucks for vinyl miniatures.. like Godzilla sets, Ultraman, and other dioramas of real places. This miniature DL Park will be 66cm X 58cm X 21cm... You do the math in inches...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I forgot to mention, this is NOT a child's toy, but a serious collector set, that is not made to scale but it's full of details like those in the park. The pieces can be very small and a child could place them in his/her mouth, so I highly doubt this is a child's item, especially at those prices.
Originally Posted By Mr X Thanks for the tip, everyyear... LOVE the translation, especially "Reproducing mecca California Disneyland with the diorama"".
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 This is pretty cool...and although pricey, and not exactly to scale, it's a much cheaper alternative to collecting all the Olszewski Disneyland pieces! Still, this seems near impossible to get in the US.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The 4th set of park pieces came out today, along with the binders that hold up to 25 magazines (out of the 100) that come with each set of pieces. 96 sets more to go!!
Originally Posted By basil fan Amazing!! But what's a nice Italian boy named DeAgostini doing in Japan? just kidding Mouse History 101 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/history.html</a>
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Amazing!! But what's a nice Italian boy named DeAgostini doing in Japan?<< Getting rich at the expense of japanese Disney fans I guess..
