Funko Friday: 10 Inch Ezra and Madam Leotta Funko Pops

Alright, so here's the pop I was looking for- the 10 inch Ezra! I also got the Madam Leotta- so I'll talk about her too!

But first and foremost- Ezra! I was up early when this was released online and I could have grabbed it then but decided not to... and I wasn't sure if they would restock these or not... but they did and I was actually able to get this on my birthday! So it was especially good! Anyway- I love the 10 inch figures, I love the ghostly blue color that they made Ezra, I love his little hat and his bald head... it's just a really great pop! I am also weird and I rub his head for luck before I leave my room or after I enter my room sometimes... and I think it's working!

And Madam Leotta- probably my favorite character from the ride! I love that she's a head without a body. It looks a lot like the ride and its just really detailed, and colorful! I also really like any pop with a dome on it... I just really love this one!

So that is it... the only problem with me picking up these 2 pops is that now I only have a few more pops that I'd need to get to finish this set... so I might try to do that.... but still- I love these and I'm excited about it!

TTFN!
-Shannon

Funko Friday: Kevin With Up House

So I want to do a few more of these Funko Friday posts because I do have a lot of Funko Pops and I do like getting the Disney ones specifically!

This one I thought would be sold out when I went to Boxlunch- but it was still available and I decided to Splurge on this one because I saw it a few days before my birthday... so it was a good time to splurge!

The main reason I decided to get this was because it did look so good in the box. I usually keep my pops out of box because I feel like it's hard to see all the details in the box... but this didn't have anything covering up Kevin's face or the house or anything- so it looked really good to me! The box actually has some decorations on it too... I'll show you what it looks like in and out of the box.

You can see how detailed and colorful Kevin and the Up House is! Kevin has some really pretty feathers on her back and you can see all the colors and shingles on the house really well. You can even see the hose on the house and the weathervane is a nice little detail too. It's just a really pretty Pop!

So I love this, and I'm happy that I was able to pick it up... there were quite a few when I got this one... so I feel like maybe you could wait for a sale or something if it isn't an absolute must have for you... but definitely pick it up if it's a must have for you! I wrote this a while ago so I'm sorry if you can't find it anywhere... I just wanted to share that with you guys!

Anyway- I hope you guys like this! Let me know what you think!

TTFN
-Shannon

Movie Monday: Maleficent

So Maleficent isn't exactly the most "halloween" movie... but Maleficent is like the main Disney Villain in the Disney Parks Halloween Celebrations... plus the Sequel is coming out soon... so I wanted to re-watch this movie and get more excited about the sequel. I'm not sure how I feel about the sequel honestly... But I did really love this movie so I'm going to see it anyway.

I know this isn't the best reviewed Disney movie... but when I saw it in theaters with my mom I had a good time and we both really liked it. So... it has some fond memories for me! It's a good movie for moms and kids. Maleficent isn't really evil in this movie- although the previews did make this look scary. She's more of a Mother Figure for Aurora and she isn't very evil at all.

A complaint I hear a lot about the movie is the bad CGI... and I can agree with that to an extent. Flora, Fauna and Merriweather are a little creepy looking... but other than that it's a pretty beautiful movie. I'm also not a huge 3D movie fan... I think they're overpriced and usually very underwhelming... but if there is 1 effect in the movie that I like I feel like that overall makes the movie more memorable and I have a better experience seeing it in theaters.

I kind of hope they go in a different direction for the Cruella De Ville movie coming out soon... but I'm interested to see how they'll end up doing that. I'd also love to see a Dr. Facilier movie. I think that could be a lot of fun!

Hurry Back!
-Shannon

Funko Friday: Disney's The Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Funko Pop Figures

Disney Parks fans know and LOVE the Haunted Mansion because... it's just cool. It started out without any sort of movie or IP based off of it. Plus it just celebrated its 50th anniversary, so of corse Funko needed to release a collection to go along with that!

First off let's talk about the Mummy... I didn't really remember the Mummy in the attraction. I love the ride- but I haven't been to Disney in like 10 years and when I went as a kid I didn't ride The Haunted Mansion because it was too scary. I watched a ride through video on youtube (click here for the link) and it looks like he is in the party scene with all the other ghosts while Grim Grinning Ghosts is playing. He just sits and drinks his tea like a beauty guru! You can see his little cup in the coffin with him. I think this is one of the cutest pops! His eyes really pop out because of the blue color and I love the he has a matte and sort of stone like appearance to him. This looks SOOOO Different from the other pop I have from this line... which I absolutely love and that is one reason why I love these funko pop figures so much.

The other pop I have is a very translucent and ghostly looking Constance Hatchaway aka The Bride

This one just looks so spooky. I love all the details in the paint of this... I love that her veil is even more translucent than the rest of her. She just looks so spooky and really pretty. I love the side eye. This is a great character to have as a Funko Figure and it just looks absolutely perfect for Halloween!

I love that this line has sooo many different looking pops. The Haunted Mansion is a big ride with a lot of different iconic characters- and even some less iconic ones that still look cute enough to be included in the funko figures. There are a lot of happy haunts... 999 to be exact, so it's nice that they have some good figures to go with it.

I don't know if I'll get any more pops from this line... I do really like the hitchiking ghost pocket pops and the not so mystery minis that you can get of these... so I might look for those. I'd also love the 10 inch Ezra pop and the Madam Leota... but idk. I might skip out on getting any more just because I like these 2 so much. Plus idk if Target will restock the 10 inch pop... so yeah.

Hope you guys like this post! Let me know what else you want to see on here!

Hurry Back! 
-Shannon

Movie Monday: Zootopia

Zootopia is maybe one of my favorite recent Disney Movies... I don't think I like it as much as Moana... but I think I like it more than Wreck it Ralph and it's a little funnier and more fun to watch than Frozen.

Fun fact: As of the time I'm writing this in April... this is my 2 year old niece's favorite Disney Movie. I guess its a kid friendly movie because I think kids love movies about animals... plus I think kids understand what cops are and it's just kind of cute and fun. Also I'm writing this in advance of when I'm posting it because Zootopia was just on tv and I don't own it... so I wanted to do a movie review of this as soon as I could!

I love the friendship between Judy and Nick and how it grows throughout the movie. It starts out as them just needing one another for something... and it ends with them kind of bringing the best in each other and them believing in each other. It's just genuinely sweet and cute.

The best thing about this movie is the nice message it sends about accepting everyone for who they are and learning on working together instead of against each other. In the world of Zootopia it's all different animals that have evolved to be able to live together. There are 2 different groups though "Predators" and "Prey" even though the Predators no longer eat the prey... they still have this title and a lot of sterotypes against them for being a predator or for being prey. Each of the species have prejudices against each other too. No one thinks Judy Hopps can be a police officer because she is a bunny, and no one trusts Nick Wilde because he is a "sneaky fox" that can't be trusted. It's just a nice message that is very well done.

My favorite scene is the scene where Judy and Nick go to the DMV and Judy has to deal with Flash the Sloth. It's a really funny moment... but we also get to see Judy being a very impatient rabbit that just needs to get the plates run as fast as she could and we see Flash just being a sloth... taking his time- it doesn't matter to him if she gets it quick or not. He's a sloth. It's so funny... but it does show why these animals need to work together and work with what they have.

So yeah, great movie... really funny and fun to watch... but it also has a great message. This is one of those movies I watch pretty much every time it's on and... I just really like it.

TTFN!
-Shannon

PS- I also like that this movie isn't a musical... but the song "Try Everything" by Gazelle AKA Shakira just works so well and fits into the movie.

The Cozy Princess Reviews: Toy Story 4 (SPOILERS)

Okay guys... I'm going to be as fair as possible with my Toy Story 4 Review... I can't say I didn't enjoy it because honestly it is a really good movie... it looked beautiful, it was really funny and I loved all the new characters... I just did not love the ending of it. I'm going to spoil this movie right after this sentence so... I recommend go seeing it- so go see it then come back and read the rest of the review...

I am having a hard time accepting the ending of this movie and mainly 2 things: A) Woody left Buzz and all the other toys B) Bonnie really didn't care about Woody all that much.

I can kind of understand Woody not being Bonnie's favorite toy. She's a little girl- she's more interested in Jessie. Plus Woody is a secondhand toy- Bonnie had already had a lot of toys before Andy gave her Woody. Woody got that he wasn't Bonnie's favorite... but he still really cared about Bonnie- but he had to move on so he stayed with Bo Peep instead of going back with Bonnie... so he moved on... I can get that.

And I can understand why these things happened... it makes sense... It's just not as good a way to end it as Toy Story 3 was.

Other than those critiques... which are pretty big- this movie is pretty great overall! It is such a funny movie! The new characters were all pretty funny. Forky, Ducky and Bunny all super super funny. They really made great additions to the franchise. They could have definitely made Forky a more emotional character like Bing Bong- but I'm glad they just kept him as a funny character... it made it a nice, lighthearted movie... which is nice.

I also like that there wasn't really a villain. I thought Lotso was too much of a bad guy in Toy Story 3 and it just made me want a break from the VERY EVIL villains. Gabby Gabby was a nice toy that really just wanted a kid. It really made Woody a more valiant hero that he helped her.

It was nice to see how well Woody and Bo worked together at the beginning of the movie with Operation Pull Toy. It was nice to see them together again after not having Bo Peep in a movie- and we see how much Woody loves her. He has a selfish moment where he thinks about leaving Andy and going with Bo Peep... and it's a hard decision he still clearly thinks about and probably regrets. It was a really nice moment to set the movie and... it was really sweet.

Also great soundtrack by Randy Newman. The Ballad of a Lonesome Cowboy was great and "I Won't Let You Throw Yourself Away" was SOOO funny. With Forky trying to throw himself out... I love Randy Newman's very literal songs throughout the franchise. They did a great job with the soundtrack.

I think that is everything I need to say about this movie... hope you guys like it!

TTFN!
-Shannon

Fandom Battle: Harry Potter vs. Star Wars vs. Marvel

Alright guys... this is probably going to be a hard post to write... but a fun one too. I was watching a Dis Unplugged episode where Pete said in terms of Harry Potter or Star Wars as properties he prefers Harry Potter... and then I thought "huh... this is interesting."

I'm not even really sure I'll draw a conclusion in this post... but I still wanted to talk about them and although this is a Disney Blog, I will probably post some Harry Potter things to because I think it belongs here.

Marvel 

Marvel seems like it should be #3 on my list. I just started liking it in the last couple years... but the last couple years have also been REALLY amazing for Marvel... and maybe less amazing for Harry Potter and even maybe Star Wars. I think the movies I'm most excited to see in theaters right now are Marvel and Star Wars. And Marvel in particular is something I'm more likely to watch more often. If I'm bored or cleaning my room or something... there's usually a Marvel Movie on in the backround. There's a reason I started Marvel Mondays! I just feel like the characters are really great and I'm just always excited to see it... and I like that each movie adds something. It's almost like an actual comic or a serial or something. These are really great.

As far as Disney/ Universal rides and attractions go... I'm pretty excited for the new Marvel Land coming to DCA... but I don't think it will be anything like Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, or The Wizarding World or Diagon Alley. I feel like it might be slightly on the more kid friendly side than the way we see the Marvel movies today. Although the Guardians ride does look amazing.



Harry Potter 

This... might actually be the number 3 on my list... which is sad because I feel like I have the most fond memories of Harry Potter and it's something I'm always going to love... I'm always going to watch all 8 of the movies... I'm always going to read the books... but I don't love the direction the franchise is headed to be quite honest.

I LOVED Fantastic beasts when it first came out... but The Crimes of Grindlewald just didn't really add anything to the franchise for me. I thought it SUCKED when I first saw it in theaters... seeing it a second time and seeing like 7 minutes worth of deleted scenes that developed some minor characters slightly made a huge difference... but even still... it isn't the best movie and that kind of made me change my mind on the whole franchise...

I also didn't love Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I didn't see the play itself... I'm sure it's a good play... but I don't like that they made another Harry Potter book. I liked the way that the books ended and this changed that ending and it just didn't really work for me.

As far as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter... this is the only one of the parks I actually visited- but they've actually added and improved it a lot since I first went that I'm not even sure my thoughts on it are the same as they were back then. I loved walking into Hogwarts- that's probably the best queue line of any attraction ever... and I loved The Forbidden Journey a lot. That was a fun ride. I didn't go to Ollivanders or anything... but it was still really like walking around a Harry Potter set... which I did really love. And the Butterbeer was really fun to try and I really liked it a lot.

Star Wars 
What can I even say about Star Wars... as far as movies go... this one was the first one that I saw and really loved. Sometime in the late 90s when I was about 6 they rereleased the original trilogy... and I remember seeing commercials and I was like "I Really want to see this movie." And my mom was like "Oh yeah, that's Star Wars. That's one of your Dad's favorites." So my love of Star Wars was something I kind of shared with my Dad and really my mom too. And I still remember watching it as a kid. I remember I HATED The Empire Strikes Back because Han Solo died and I LOVE HAN SOLO. He was like my first crush ever... he's probably my favorite fictional character of all time... so that broke my heart as a kid... but then seeing Leia save him in Return of The Jedi was just the most awesome thing of all time.

I remember playing with the toys for the prequels as well... although I know the prequels have problems and Attack of The Clones was kind of boring... I'm maybe going to rewatch it sometime. My boyfriend wants to watch them again. The Phantom Menace was genuinely an okay movie and it was really fun to watch as a kid. And Revenge of The Sith was a great movie too... I know the trilogy is bad... but I can't remember it unfondly.

As for the new movies... I think Rogue One might actually be my least favorite Star Wars movie... but I did LOVE The Force Awakens and I liked The Last Jedi... but I know it had PROBLEMS and it wasn't what I wanted the movie to be really... but I do think it kind of set up for a more exciting world after the events of The Last Jedi. And I thought Solo was a fun movie too... Han Solo is my favorite- so I was more excited for Solo than the other movies... and probably more than anyone else was excited for Solo too honestly. I love Han Solo.

And I really think what they're doing in Disney World and Disneyland with Galaxy's Edge and the eventual Star Wars Hotel is unlike anything we've seen before and I can't wait to see it for myself someday. I think I'm going to start saving up and go sometime next year because... I love Star Wars and I can't just not go to it.

I do feel like I have to mention some of the bad things about Star Wars... since I did nitpick Harry Potter. George Lucas... you made 3 amazing films... why did you edit them after they were released and changed things. Why add Hayden Christiansen to the original trilogy.... there's just so much. Honestly... I don't really mind the changes. It's weird- but its not enough to ruin anything for me.

With that ALL being said... I have to say my favorite is Star Wars. My second favorite overall would probably still be Harry Potter and Number 3... but creeping up is definitely Marvel.

I also have to say that these movies are more than movies to me... they're more like hobbies. My friends and I all loved Harry Potter growing up... so THAT is an important part of my friendships and I think it's something that I can immediately relate to people with. Honestly if they've read Harry Potter or not... it's usually something to start conversation and that always makes me really happy.

Marvel is a more current "hobby" of mine where my boyfriend and I see the movies together and we discuss them for... ever afterwards. We saw Endgame 2 times already and I really liked hunting for the Funko Pops and rewatching some of the other movies.

And Star Wars is just something I will always love. It's been my favorite since I was a kid... and The original Trilogy is still something I'd consider as one of my favorite movies.

So take that all as you will... I love all these movies... and I think that is all I have to say!

May The Force Be With You! Excelsior! Always.
-Shannon