Disney wobblers

I found a weeble in my last box of cereal that looked like a little green worm with eyes. As it turned out it was supposed to be Squirt, the young sea turtle character in Disney’s Finding Nemo movie. Disney has created a set of 50 of these toys they call Wobblers that they are giving away in a promotion with Kelloggs.

I’m a sucker for lists and so I was facinated with how they came up with the 50 Disney characters to be represented in this collection celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the company’s theme parks.

Here is the complete list according to the back of my cereal box:

Classic characters
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Goofy
Pluto
Minnie Mouse
Daisy Duck
Chip and Dale
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Tinkerbell
Captain Hook
The Crockodile
Pinnochio
Pinnochio
Jiminy Cricket
Dumbo
Dumbo
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Snow White
Dopey
The Witch
Bambi
Bambi
Thumper
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
Mad Hatter
Cheshire Cat
Lady and the Tramp
Lady
Tramp
101 Dalmations
Lucky
Cruella de Vil
The Fox and the Hound
Copper
Todd
The Little Mermaid
Ariel
Ursula
Sebastian
Aladdin
Aladdin
Genie
Lago
The Lion King
Simba
Timon
Pumba
Toy Story
Woody
Buzz Lightyear
Little Green Man
A Bug’s Life
Flick
Heimlich
Monster’s Inc.
Sully
Mike
Finding Nemo
Nemo
Dory
Squirt
Flounder
Bruce

Are these supposed to be the 50 most popular characters? That seems like a lot, but there must be thousands of Disney animated characters and even with a list like this there are dozens of glaring omissions - like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. I’m assuming the collection was being put together before the release of The Incredibles movie which would explain their absence, but I’m still surprised that Lilo and Stitch were left out.
(Note: The Winnie the Pooh set is apparently offered seperately)

To get an idea of how many characters they had to leave out just look at this list of Disney animated movies that are not represented in the wobbler collection:

Cinderalla
Sleeping Beauty
The Sword in the Stone
The Jungle Book
The Aristocats
Robin Hood
The Rescuers
The Black Cauldron
The Great Mouse Detective
Oliver and Company
Beauty and the Beast
Pocahantas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Tarzan
The Emperor’s New Groove
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Lilo and Stitch
Treasure Planet
Brother Bear
Home on the Range

And that’s not counting the partially animated movies like Song of the South, Pete’s Dragon, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins.

But who knows? Maybe they will issue a second set before long and this time include the rest of the Dwarves.