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Fantastic New Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs Now Have New Color Variants

It is definitely a very tiki-tastic month. Mondo has definitely been on their Tiki game too! In addition to their newly launched Scrooge McDuck and Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs, they now also have variant colors of the Mickey one! Sorcerer Mickey sold out pretty quick, so we’re excited to have other color choices to welcome him to our tiki loving homes!

Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs

Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs

In addition to the original Sorcerer Mickey style which featured the traditional colors, there are now four variant colors to collect. Each mug retails for $75.00, and is designed by Tom “Thor” Thordarson and sculpted by Istanbul-based Tufan Sezer. They are also made by hand by the sorcerers over at Tiki Farm.

The Alamo variant has a rich brown color which is popular on classic tiki mugs.

Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs

The Aether variant is a glorious chrome! I feel like it almost looks like liquid onyx, it is gorgous!

Elemental is boldly blue, and looks like the rising waters of Sorcerer Mickey’s spell gone awry.

Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs

Lastly is the Fortune Variant. It is a jade green, just like a lucky jade amulet! I really love the name choice for this color option. All of the mugs are stunning, but I really do believe this is my favorite of the five choices!

You can find these gorgeous Sorcerer Mickey Tiki Mugs now at Mondoshop.com! Which one is your favorite?

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Sidewalk Chalk Artist Creates Incredible Disney Inspired Drawings During Pandemic

Sidewalk Chalk Artist Creates Incredible Disney Inspired Drawings During Pandemic. Talented artist Casey Drake Makes from Winter Park, FL has taken to the sidewalks of her home to create incredible sidewalk chalk art for those out for a stroll in her neighborhood and is sharing inspiring and funny messages for Disney fans to enjoy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Casey is relatively new to sidewalk chalk art, having first started drawing with her kids in April 2020, but it didn’t take long for her new talent to catch national attention during the pandemic. Her drawings have been featured in various newspapers, magazines, blogs, and even on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

To all of the 2020 graduates, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry you were robbed of senior proms, and grad bashes, and graduations….

Posted by Casey Drake Makes on Saturday, May 16, 2020

We have compiled a sampling of Casey’s work here, but you can see even more photos on her Facebook page: Casey Drake Makes. Check out some of her sidewalk chalk drawings here:

You can also check out a time-lapse video of Casey’s “Winnie the Pooh” inspired drawing in the video shared below:

Here’s a timelapse of me drawing the Winnie the Pooh “No Pants, No Problem” from yesterday. My phone died just before I spilled the charcoal. …..#caseydrakemakes #disney #disneygram #disneyplus #disneycharacters #chalkthewalk #chalkart #chalk #art #artist #winniethepooh #Orlando #crayola #sayitcolorfully #disneylandtokyo #disneyland #timelapse #makeitwithmichaels #making #target #michaelsstores #hundredacrewoods #chipanddale #donaldduck #zoom #zoommeeting #workfromhomelife #quarantinelife #quarantine2020 #poohbear

Posted by Casey Drake Makes on Tuesday, April 28, 2020

We love Casey’s drawings and can’t wait to see what she comes up with next! To see mark, make sure to check out Casey Drake Makes on social media, and check back here at Chip and Co. for all things Disney!

Featured Photo Credit/Source: Casey Drake Makes

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6 MORE Random Vintage Disney Theme Park Postcards

Continuing from my recent post, here’s 6 more random vintage Disney theme park postcards.

I like this postcard because it’s a good representation of everything Disneyland has to offer: beloved characters, futuristic transportation, and the greatest show ever to grace planet Earth.

This Haunted Mansion postcard came from a 1975 Walt Disney World postcard book. There’s something about the eerie glow of the ghosts in the picture that I love so much. I feel like you don’t see many pictures like this these days.

I’ve always been fascinated with Animal Kingdom’s Dinosaur. It’s a fun ride but I’m more interested in its history. Like, why did it open as Countdown To Extinction, but then change its name to Dinosaur after a couple of years? Why did Dinosaur get a major theme park attraction when so many other Disney films did not? Besides these questions there are some curiosities about the actual ride itself, like the hundreds of effects in the ride that haven’t been used for years. (Really! Watch Martin’s Ultimate Tribute to see what I’m talking about.) One thing I want to point out on the back of this postcard is the pun “NO ESCAPE CLAWS”

There’s a lot to love about this postcard but my favorite has to be the appearance from Earforce One. That balloon had a mythical status when I was a kid. I would constantly see it in Disney commercials and print advertisements but never in real life. I wonder what ever happened to that thing.

A ride up or down Main Street on the Omnibus is pretty much the greatest thing in the world. Check out the attraction posters advertising other Disneyland attractions (which are are no longer on the Omnibus today). Also, I really enjoy the description on the back of this card: “Camera fans especially like the unique angles the Omnibus’ second deck provides.” So true.


I’ll wrap up this batch of postcards with some gorgeous Tokyo Disneyland concept art by Disney Legend, Herb Ryman. Herb had retired from Imagineering in 1971, but returned several times to create conceptual paintings for various things, and this is one of them.

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Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey to Produce DC Comics Series for Netflix

Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey to Produce DC Comics Series for Netflix. Team Downey, aka Robert Downey Jr. and wife, Susan Downey, are slated to produce a new series for Netflix called Sweet Tooth. According to Deadline, “Sweet Tooth follows the adventures of Gus — part deer, part boy — who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans and animal-children hybrids like himself in search of answers about this new world and the mystery behind his hybrid origins.”

Team Downey announced the news via RDJ‘s instagram and various social media accounts in a post with a teaser poster and caption that reads: “The sweetest things are worth waiting for…Susan and I are producing a [Netflix] original series, Sweet Tooth, based on the comic by [Jeff Lemire]. Can’t wait to share it with you all.”Beth Schwartz (Arrow) and Jim Mickle (Hap and Leonard) are also tied to the project in several roles. Schwartz will write, exec produce and co-showrun with Mickle. Mickle will also be act as director for the series. Currently, Sweet Tooth has been ordered for 8-episodes, but may earn more at a later time.

Currently the cast includes Christian Convery (Beautiful Boy), Nonso Anozie (The Laundromat), Adeel Akhtar (Les Misérables) and Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) star with James Brolin voicing the narrator for the series.

Team Downey is producing the series alongside WarnerBrosTV. At the time of writing, it is unknown when the series will premiere on Netflix. Be sure to check back here at Chip and Co. for all things Entertainment!

Featured Photo Credit: Jimmy Rich/Netflix

Source: Robert Downey Jr./Deadline

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Orange County Mayor doesnt think the theme parks will open till June

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Across the nation, theme parks have been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Orlando is the theme park capitol of America and it’s been over two months since anyone has visited Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando, or SeaWorld Orlando. Even though businesses are beginning to return in phased openings, the Orange County Mayor doesn’t expect Central Florida’s theme parks to reopen until at least June.

During a recent coronavirus update, Governor Ron DeSantis made the announcement of how Florida will enter a “full phase one” by Monday, May 18th. Theme park organizations can start submitting their plans on that day. To clarify, those plans must include a date for when theme parks reopen, guidelines to keep both employees and guests safe, and an endorsement from an appropriate elected official.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is able to provide such an endorsement, however, he revealed how he hasn’t received any reopening plans from Disney, Universal, or SeaWorld. He did say that theme parks could be permitted to reopen during the second phase, but there’s no scheduled date for when phase two will begin in Florida. Orange County Major Demings went on to say the following:

“Suffice it to say, they’re looking at later dates to reopen and I believe what we can expect or anticipate in our community is a measured reopening. They will likely start with smaller business units, maybe hotels and resort-type areas before the major, massive theme parks themselves will reopen but in any case I suspect that that is going to be, clearly, some time in June or thereafter before that occurs.”

Source: Click Orlando

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