Disney released its stamp collection for Chinese New Year 2007, using “Winnie The Pooh” character piglet as the main character, in celebration for the Year of Pig in Chinese calendar.
The stamps are officially introduced on January 9 at Shanghai Stamps Museum; Taiwan artist Pace Wu was there to endorse the Disney collection.
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January 11th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Those are COOL! I love comemorative stamps.
January 11th, 2007 at 11:31 am
hey, it’s nice!
January 11th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Those stamps are cute really, my nephew and niece will love it!
January 13th, 2007 at 12:50 am
That Kool!:)
January 24th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Does anyone know where you can buy them?
January 24th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Sam… I think it’s only available in China.
January 26th, 2007 at 8:00 am
I’M NOT FROM ASIA BUT, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO BE FROM THERE JUST TO GETMY HANDS ON SOME OF PIGLET’S STAMPS. I LOVE THEM!!! TOO BAD WE CAN’T BUY THEM HERE IN THE U.S :(
January 26th, 2007 at 10:39 am
PIGLET FAN… too bad, the stamps look cute definitely.
January 26th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Yeah, that’s too bad can’t get it in the states. (wipes tear from eye). I’d sure like to get some.
Interesting little tidbit: The “Winnie The Pooh” comic which was originally created in 1925 and it’s merchandising, is Disney’s Biggest seller. That’s right even bigger than Mickey Mouse ever was. I read they finally admitted to it in 1997 or so.
It pulls in over $1 billion a year for the company. Nice!
January 26th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
True, I’ve seen many families with a Pooh Bear in their house but rarely seen Mickey.
January 26th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Yep, my little nephew is all about Pooh. lol. We’re talkin’ Pooh shirts, Pooh shoes, even Pooh cereal bowls.
Few more interesting bits about Piglet:
Piglet, a small pig who is the best friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, has constant fear of the dark and is generally anxious.
Piglet spells his own name “Piglit”.
Piglet was originally omitted by Disney in the first Pooh film, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and replaced by Gopher. Fans Protested and Piglet was put back in the next Pooh film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968).
On June 19, 2006, the New York Times reported that Winnie the Pooh had been taken off the air in Turkey due to the fact that Piglet is a pig, an animal considered unclean by Muslims, even though Turkey is strictly a secular state.
Piglet once starred in his own video game Piglet’s Big Game and has appeared in Kingdom Hearts and it’s sequel, Kingdom Hearts II
January 26th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I just read the latest news, it’s said that the China government is withdrawing the plan to issue the stamps in order to protect the feelings of Islamic community in the country.
January 27th, 2007 at 3:32 am
Oh that sucks, I hope they change their minds. Like Joe says ” Winnie the pooh” is the biggest seller and the piglet stamps wouldn’t be no exceptions.
January 27th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Yeah that does suck. first Turkey bans Pooh because of Piglet and now China won’t produce the stamps?…man, a pig just doesn’t have a chance in some parts of the world. Even a make believe one.
But you know that’s just weird because if they don’t want to offend Muslims in China with the stamps then won’t they be offending them just as much by Celebrating this Chinese New Year as the year of the pig. Seems a little contradictory to me. JMO.
And besides, seems they could just as well be offending Piglit fans by banning the stamps after already announcing they were coming out with them, but I guess people are just a little more afraid of offending Muslims.
January 27th, 2007 at 4:26 am
I was hoping to get a very good Chinese friend of mine to try and have her family buy some and mail them to me. But I guess I’ll have to scratch that idea.
January 27th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Joe you’re right it does sound contradictory but what can we do. I read an article about the whole piglet stamps issue on the wall street journal news paper, and there’s a quote where it says ” Muslims consider pigs unclean” and that is one of the reasons why they want to ban the stamp of piglet. It really sucks that Muslims express them selves about pigs that way. I do understand the rights of each culture don’t take me wrong, but it really sucks because Chinesse people can not only celebrate their new year the way they want (by having piglet stamps) but also they have to deal with this issue. Seriously, just give the pig a chance!
January 27th, 2007 at 7:58 am
“Give A Pig A Chance” LOL, I like it. That is the new rallying cry for this Chinese new years, the year of the pig. Need to get a bumper sticker, ad campaign, or something going out over the web to the Chinese nand the world on this issue. I guess due to some of the more…how should I put it, “radical” elements in the world today, people are scared to death of offending certain groups. This ridiculous reversal of plans to put a stamp representing a pig is proof. And the sad thing is, it’s only a fun idea meant to celebrate Chinese New Year, and nothing to do with politics or religion. It’s just been turned into that….And I thought political correctness was just a stupid American thing. Now it’s world wide. LOL, all this at the expense of a sweet little cartoon pig. Sad, just sad.
January 27th, 2007 at 8:07 am
But I undersatnd the Chinese government’s thinking and I can’t really blame them. The reason is not just because Muslims consider pigs unclean, (That’s only part of it I believe) but they could justifiablyhey not want to chance any car bombs exploding in front of any government buildings and post offices either. And I have to say, that’s a valid fear today. I just think it’s sad, that’s all.
January 27th, 2007 at 8:21 am
I went to a cafeteria a while back, and I saw a guy come back up to the line with his plate and start yelling at the servers because they had cooked the green beans with bits of bacon in it, which is common in the west where this happened. He said it violated his religious beliefs. He was so irrate I thought he was going to go over the counter and beat them all up.
He demanded that they pick out every piece of bacon in the green beans. I almost felt like going up to the guy and telling him, hey moron, nobody forced you to ask for the beans in the first place, so either don’t eat them or pick them out yourself. Anyway they eventually called a manager and they gave him a new helping of green beans…with the bacon pieces taken out….True story!
January 27th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Religious sensitiveness is a big issue these days.
The Chinese government might be over-cautious this time, I seriously doubt the piglet stamps will offend the Muslim community. Some of them might be offended but most will practice tolerance I believe.
Joe… it’s not fair to relate Muslims to car bombing directly. I understand that US people have valid fears on this, but mind that just a small portion of Islamic world are that aggressive… lots of the others are actually quite peaceful minded.
January 27th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Yes , I know and I don’t for once feel that all Muslims are that way, which is why I was careful to mention in the post before that about the “radical ” elements in the world today. “Radical” is referring to the small minority of groups that engage in things such as terrorism etc, and not the majority.
I am careful about not making sweeping generalizations about an entire group. And if the Chinese government were in fact worried about bombings then I have no doubt that they also, would realize that those who would perpetrate such deeds would only be the radical elements. It goes without saying that the good people within the Muslim community or any other faction would not do such things to innocent people. I hope I’m clear. :)
January 28th, 2007 at 6:55 am
Yummy, I was wondering, are you gonna post that news you said about Chinese changing their minds on the stamps? I’d like to read the details if possible. :)
January 28th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I forgot where I read it… tried to find the details online but no luck.
Still want to buy the piglet stamps? Perhaps you should ask your China friend to check it out and confirm if it’s available :)
February 1st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Wow! Thats kinda odd how the Chinese govt is banning the stamps to religious beliefs. Believe it or not, but i am muslim. I am totally not offended by the stamps of piglet. Although we consider pigs “unclean” and dont eat them, I dont see whats the big problem with having stamps that is meant for a celebration of Chinese New Year. Its very unfortunate that people cant celebrate their New Year due to fear of persecution from a small group of “radicals”. I hope that people dont think that all muslims are like that. And I do hope they bring the stamps back :)
February 10th, 2007 at 9:03 am
I found a site sell this stamp, :-) http://www.xabusiness.com/china-individualized-stamps/i-14.htm
February 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Thanks for the link Leon… so they are still selling it then? I thought it was banned, my bad.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:22 am
EHH. thats kewlllll !!
ight im hype. ight ciao amgioz.. not reallly.. lol..
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February 14th, 2007 at 7:23 am
hello amigoz.
those stampz are cuuuteeee