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This listing is for the purpose of displaying the full collection of this particular series. This collection is not sold as a set, but only in individual sealed bags inside mystery boxes.
Mickey's of Glendale is proud to release a brand-new, exclusive ongoing pin series utilizing the sorcerer hat (a symbol for Walt Disney Imagineering) as a blank canvas for creative and unique designs based on the characters and attractions found in the Disney Parks.
This collection is the first in a series of WDI Sorcerer Hats Mystery Pin Collections. It was released during a special D23 event at Mickey's of Glendale only to D23 members, Cast Members, and their guests on 05/08/10. This collection was sold out at the event, which also previewed art work of future Sorcerer Hats collection releases.
The pins in this and future collections will be sold individually in various colored boxes with a Sorcerer's Hat on the front of the box (in this case Red), the name of the collection below the illustration of the Hat (in this case Characters #1), and the back of the box will have color pictures of the individual pins and their LE#'s, except for the LE150 Chaser pin, which is always shown on the back of the box as a black Sorcerer Hat with a white question mark (?) on it.
Pins in this "Characters #1" series include:
#77500 - Stitch - LE 200,
#77501 - Mickey Mouse - LE 250,
#77502 - Phineas the Hitchhiking Ghost - LE 200,
#77503 - Figment - LE 200,
#77504 - Chip - LE 150 (Mystery Chaser).
The total edition size of the Sorcerer Hat boxes, each of which contains one of the LE pins randomly packed in a sealed black plastic bag inside the box, for this collection and future Sorcerer Hats collections is 1000 boxes.
A complete collection of this "Characters #1" collection (as well as all future collections in the Sorcerer Hats series, such as "Attractions," "Colors," etc.) is restricted to the number of the smallest Limited Edition pin (which in this and in future collections will be the LE150 of the Chaser pin), therefore there can only be 150 complete sets of all five pins.
To commemorate the launch of the Sorcerer Hats Mystery Pin Collection series, the design artist and creator of the Sorcerer Hats series Danny Handke was on hand to sign the pins/boxes and offer a sneak peek of upcoming releases. Also, at this event, a "Hat-for-Hat" pin trading board was available at the artist table for trading the pin you bought within the collection. D23 and Cast Members could buy up to 15 boxes, while their guests could only purchase 5 boxes.
The back of the pins have 2 pin posts and a WDI Sorcerer Hat icon waffle pattern. Between the posts it has the following:
Sorcerer Hats
Mystery Pin Collection
Walt Disney Imagineering
Imagineer Exclusive
LIMITED EDITION ___ (The number will vary by pin.)
©Disney
Made in China
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