MCP March Hare

Courtesy of my friend Christopher over at Disney MCP Figurines comes this photo of the elusive March Hare from MCP. This leaves only the Walrus and Dormouse figures unseen, although rumor has it that the Disney Archive has a full set of eight.

Modern Ceramic Products Alice

This last post of MCP figures is a bit of a repost, but figured (ha!) that I'd keep them all together. This is Alice. She looks very similar to the Shaw Alice, and in fact is the closest in size to the Shaw set of all the MCP figures (that I have seen).

There are some subtle differences in the sculpt, but overall very close.

This concludes the MCP series here on the blog, at least until I find the remaining three figures in the set: the March Hare, the Walrus and the Dormouse (coinidently the last three I acquired in the Shaw set as well). I do believe that they exist, I have heard that the Disney Archive has a complete set of the eight figures, but I have not seen them personally.

Modern Ceramic Products Tweedledee and Tweedledum

Thought I may as well continue this series until I run out of figures - which won't be long now. These are the MCP Tweedledee and Tweedledum. I acquired these individually from different sources, probably why they have slightly different paint jobs. As with the Shaw Tweedles, their names are applied overglaze, so tend to rub off. Both retain their original labels, but have been marked out, probably means that the wrong character label was applied, but I haven't tried to figure out what they say.

Once again, giants compared to their American cousins.

Modern Ceramic Products Mad Hatter

Continuing with the MCP theme, we have here the Mad Hatter. Probably the most common - where even that means damn hard to find - I've had this guy for quite a while; I even found him before I completed my Shaw set.

Again, the giant stature compared to the American set.

I wish I knew more about this company and the figures they produced. Disney MCP Figures has some information on the pottery, wish there was a catalog or something. Would love to see someone write the definitive book on the subject.

Modern Ceramic Products (MCP) White Rabbit

Inspired by my friend over at Disney MCP Figures, today I feature the MCP White Rabbit.

As with all the other MCP figures from the Alice set, the White Rabbit maintains the same pose as his American counterpart, but has been re-sculpted larger. In fact, he is HUGE! Just take a look at this comparison photo.

A Trio of Alices

Anyone who collects Alice or even Disney in general is probably aware of the great set of figures produced by the Evan K. Shaw company when the film was released in 1951. Eight figures were produced (Alice, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, Walrus, Tweedledee, Tweedledum), and are arguably the nicest vintage Disney figures ever produced.

And some of you may be aware of the Australian company Modern Ceramic Products, who also produced a set of eight figures, based on the same designs as the Shaw figures, only LARGER.

But did you know that there was a Norwegian company that produced a set also based on the same designs? The name of this company was Galligani, and the figures they produced are extremely odd. First, they are made of plaster. Second, the colors are bizarre. I have only seen the Alice of the set (perhaps the only one?), but have seen other figures from other sets (Snow White dwarfs). I would very much like to hear from anyone who has any additional information on this company and their figures.