Steven, Brandon, Florida
This would have been Russell Schroeder, who was a character artist at Walt Disney World. I inquired of him, and he recalls being in Boston doing drawings in the late 1970s, but at a department store downtown, not the Burlington Mall. This was a promotional tour to bring a bit of Disney to people around …
See moreJohn, Riverside, California
California Stuffed Toys was a Disney licensee from 1972 to 1974, and again from 1987 to 1988, so your Pluto would have been made during those years.
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Though some departments at Walt Disney World have libraries, most Disney historians are at the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, California. The staff is small, but when jobs are available they are posted on the Disney careers website.
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His official website is www.shermanmusic.com.
See moreScott, San Jose, California
The staff is small and positions are rarely available, but when they are, they are listed on the Disney careers website. Current Disney archivists have varying educational backgrounds, but all share a love of Disney and a deep knowledge of its history.
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Old 8mm Disney films have little or no value—few people have projectors anymore, and the films have all been released on other media.
See moreWayne, West Babylon, New York
In the past when there was a new Disney movie to promote, the Disney Studio would send personnel, including sketch artists, out to malls and stores around the country. We cannot identify your particular artist. Drawings by Disney sketch artists have little monetary value.
See moreErik, Alexandria, Virginia
Grolier produced Disney Christmas figurines made of bisque, a chalky ceramic, for each year from 1979 to 2007. Perhaps these are the ones to which you are referring. They were all limited editions, with the edition size (and price) going up as the years went on. The 1979 figurine sold for $29.95; the 1988 one …
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There are no current plans. A laserdisc of A Walt Disney Christmas was released in 1984 and one on Jiminy Cricket’s Christmas in 1990, but neither title has been released on DVD.
See moreKathy, Lesperance, Wisconsin
There are a couple sets on eBay as I write this answer, with “buy it now” prices ranging from $3.47 to $7.99.
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