Look, we love a vintage Disney item. And Mickey? He’s had some…interesting looks over the years.
Mickey Mouse has been an icon ever since he debuted in Steamboat Willie in 1928, and he’s undergone many changes throughout his lifetime. So imagine the surprise find of a Mickey toy that’s almost 100 years old!
BBC News reported on the finding of a rare Mickey Mouse toy that dates all the way back to the 1930s! It was found by contractors in a landfill in Monmouthshire, a county in Wales, where it had been thrown away by a resident.
According to BBC News, Abergavenny Museum experts said that Mickey was made at the Dean’s toy factory, which was also the first UK manufacturer for Disney in the 1930s. The toy was donated to the Pontypool Museum, where the curator said they plan to have Mickey professionally cleaned and structurally supported.
You can see a similar Mickey toy on display at the V&A Museum in London, and he is said to be worth somewhere around £300, or approximately $400 U.S. Dollars. Would you sell him or keep him??
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What do you think of Mickey’s look in the 1930s? Tell us in the comments!
Found in a landfill? Buried for who knows how long? I’d spray it with Febreeze and sell asap for $400 . So long, weird Mickey