Over the course of the past decade, Disney has produced toy versions of many of their most popular attractions and resort icons, from the monorail and railroad to Space Mountain, the Tree of Life and the Polynesian Resort. Two of my favorites, though, have to be these Haunted Mansion play sets (Disneyland on the left; Magic Kingdom on the right). Each is finely detailed (if not completely color accurate) and even come with sounds from the attraction.
Each one opens slightly differently, presenting some favorite scenes from the Haunted Mansion. There's the Endless Hallway, creepy eye wallpaper, stretching portraits, Seance Circle, library and ballroom. They even came with little toy items of the grandfather clock, a coffin and that trio of Hitchhiking Ghosts.
Beyond the play sets, Disney also once offered a complete line of die-cast attraction ride vehicles. Only a few of these, like the XP-37 from Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, are still available. Most of the subjects came from attractions found in both Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom, although there were a few from other parks. There were boats from El Rio del Tiempo and Maelstrom at Epcot and a cab from the Studio Backlot Tour.
There were even a couple examples made for attractions exclusive to Disneyland, the Alice in Wonderland dark ride and Matterhorn Bobsleds. They're definitely two of my favorite things. The detail on the bobsled is especially fun, with a Matterhorn shield on the nose and a frightened Harold Snowman riding in the car with Mickey, who's wearing lederhosen!
I also have these. Very cool
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