Funko has announced a new wave of Funko Pop! vinyl figures to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Disney’s Donald Duck.
Celebrate 90 years of Disney’s Donald Duck (1934 – 2024)
Disney’s Donald Duck, the most famous duck in the world, is celebrating his 90th birthday this year.
Donald Duck is a famous cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald Duck is an anthropomorphic white duck with yellow-orange legs, feet and beak. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie.
Donald Duck is known for his semi-intelligible speech and his short-tempered, immature and impatient character combined with great clumsiness. His famous semi-intelligible voice was developed by American voice actor Clarence “Ducky” Nash, who voiced Donald Duck for fifty years.
Donald Duck’s first film appearance was in the 1934 cartoon The Wise Little Hen, which was part of Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony series of theatrical cartoon shorts.
The film’s given release date of June 9, 1934 is officially recognized by the Walt Disney Company as Donald Duck’s birthday.
However, historian J.B. Kaufman, a consultant of The Walt Disney Family Museum, discovered in recent years that The Wise Little Hen was first shown on May 3, 1934 at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles for a benefit program, while its official debut was on June 7, 1934 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
In the 1930s, Donald Duck typically appeared as part of a comic trio with Mickey Mouse and Goofy and was given his own film series starting with Don Donald (1937). These films introduced Donald’s love interest and permanent girlfriend Daisy Duck and often included his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Over the next few decades, Donald Duck appeared in more than 150 theatrical films, several of which were recognized at the Academy Awards. His last appearance in a theatrical film was in Fantasia 2000 (1999).
In addition to animated films, Donald Duck is known worldwide for his appearances in comics, television series and video games and has played a major role in many Disney theme parks over the years.
2024 marks Donald Duck’s 90th birthday and Funko is celebrating with the announcement of a new wave of Donald Duck (90th Anniversary) Funko Pop! vinyl figures.
The newly announced wave includes four new Donald Duck (90th Anniversary) Funko Pop! vinyl figures, including Angry Donald Duck, Dapper Donald Duck and Donald Duck with Heart Eyes.
Pre-order your new Disney Donald Duck (90th Anniversary Funko Pop! vinyl figures from Amazon or Entertainment Earth.
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