Figure Time - Lamp and Ball, Prep and Landing

 If you guys don't know I'm a huge figure fan. I usually buy Anime figures. I own quite a lot... But I'm actually going to talk about the 2 newest to my collection that you can buy right here in the US! Of course they aren't Anime but Disney/Pixar.

Both can be bought at Hallmark. The first is a 2011 Limited Quantity Keepsake Ornament.  This isn't exactly a figure... but it's probably the only Lamp and Ball "figure" available that I've seen. When I toured Pixar with my mentor Anthony Wong, I got some nice pictures of me with the Lamp and Ball. So this is a little keepsake for me because I get to remember that trip every time I look at this.

Anyways, it cost $12.95 (+tax) but I went back 2 days latter and they were sold out. The story only got 6 and they flew off the shelves. So now they are hard to find. You can probably find them on e-bay for a reasonable price, but soon the price will sky rocket.

This figure is actually a count down to Christmas from the shorts of Prep and Landing, but it goes with the characters. This is also from Hallmark, not limited and you can probably by one into November... however when the shorts are shown on ABC again they will probably be gone.

This is actually reasonably priced. $16.95. The numbers are on cubes and take be taken out and flipped around. If the figure isn't your thing and toys are... they also sell the glowing goggles, hats, and the gingerbread decoder something or other... I'm not sure what it's called. Some new stuff if you likes characters or have kids that like them.

This one also is a little special to me because a different mentor, Marlon Nowe, worked on these guys.  But I've always loved the shorts. They became one of my favorite Christmas specials.

By the way... Oct 21 - 64 days left til Christmas... Did you start shopping yet?