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A disturbance in the force – StarWars.com Moves to Disney.com Platform

Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm, the various properties have been slowly getting assimilated into the Disney way of life. The latest change is the moving of the StarWars.com website from the legacy Lucasfilm platform to a new one based on the Disney.com platform. They’ve also… Read More »A disturbance in the force – StarWars.com Moves to Disney.com Platform

Star Wars Mashup Trailer – Guardians of the Galaxy Style

Someone took footage from the original Star Wars trilogy and made a modern movie style trailer featuring music and story beats from the Guardians of the Galaxy trailers. The result is modern day vintage awesome: It’s going to be weird seeing that Disney logo on… Read More »Star Wars Mashup Trailer – Guardians of the Galaxy Style

Disney sells record 40.9 billion in licensed merchandise in 2013

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With properties like Marvel Superheroes, Disney Princesses, Pixar’s Cars, and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” the Walt Disney Company rang up a record 40.9 billion in global retail sales in 2013

The sales topped 2012′s $39.4 billion, $37.5 billion, in 2011, and $28.6 billion in 2010, according to Disney Consumer Products. Those kinds of numbers have long made the company the world’s top licensor.

Disney isn’t likely to give up that title anytime soon. …

It’s ramping up several major product pushes around “Cinderella,” the animated films “Inside Out” and “Big Hero 6,” Marvel’s “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Star Wars: Rebels” and “Star Wars: Episode VII” coming out through the end of 2015.

Let’s not forget that little juggernaut “Frozen” either.

The question is what should Disney do with that windfall of profits? Could they invest in more animation? What about the theme parks? or how about something really ambitious? What project would you have Disney focus on next?

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Princess Leia In the Haunted Mansion Mashup Tee & Print Available Today

Artist Karen Hallion is back with another excellent Disney t-shirt for the Shirt-A-Day website Tee Fury. This one places Darth Vader’s daughter in the infamous stretch portrait from the Haunted Mansion. Leia’s Corruptible Mortal State comes in Charcoal, Silver or Blue, but you’ll need to… Read More »Princess Leia In the Haunted Mansion Mashup Tee & Print Available Today