Happy Saturday Disney Fans! Having just returned from Norway, a little something (or I should say someone) caught my eye over at Disney Musings when I was looking for a Saturdays With Nick article to share with you. Trolls! I always suspected the many trolls in the Norway pavilion were a way to tie Norwegian folklore into the country’s little corner of Epcot and that trolls wouln’t be as plentiful in the actual country of Norway. I was wrong! Trolls abound in Norway! Fat trolls, skinny trolls, trolls that climb on rocks, tough trolls, sissy trolls, even trolls with chicken pox…oh, wait…sorry, got carried away. (Bonus points if you known what just happened there!) Sure, they’re in souvenir shops, but in a lot of other places as well. Nick made a great find and, as he tends to do, a great bargain for this particular addition to his Disneyana collection…
Disneyana: Limited Edition Viking Vinylmation
Why am I posing with a family of strangers holding this Vinylmation?
This is a funny but true story, and I have pictures to prove it!
While in Walt Disney World in 2012, we stopped in to The Puffin’s Roost, the shop at Epcot’s Norway Pavilion.
They had a really great Viking Hat, with Mickey ears.
Making this an even cooler collectible, was the exclusive viking Vinylmation figure that came with it.
His shield on his back. There is a tiny little scuff mark on his helmet, no doubt from when he was in some battle!
AND, it was marked down, from, if memory serves from $60 to $20!
While considering this purchase, another family was also looking at the hat, but they just wanted the hat, they had no interest in the Vinylmation Viking. In fact, they had no clue as to what Vinylmation was.
Shocking, I know.
While the hat was funny, the truth was, neither my wife or I would wear it often enough to justify just the effort of getting it home.
But I wanted the Viking.
As we were contemplating our next move, the family decided they would buy the hat. SO I offered to split the cost, if they were willing to part with the Vinyl Viking. They were!
Making the deal even better was the fact that as a Premium Annual Passholder, I got a 20% discount. So we each got what we wanted for a fraction of the original price!
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