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New China Duffy Design
 
Monday, July 25th, 2011
 
 
The three die machine at Port of Entry at Epcot that has been off-stage is now back on-stage with a new design for button "C". The new design is a China Duffy Bear wearing a Chinese outfit and hat. It also has the Duffy the Disney Bear logo and Epcot logo like the other new Duffy Bear designs have along with the China logo.
 
     
 
Magic Kingdom Emporium Machine Change
 
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
 
 
The three die machine inside the Emporium at Magic Kingdom with designs from the Disney's Princes series has been changed. Prince Phillip, Beast from Beauty & the Beast and Prince Charming have been replaced with these three new designs:
  • Walt Disney World 2011
  • Magic Kingdom Celebrating 40 Years of Magic
  • Sorcerer Mickey, Let the Memories Begin
 
     
 
New Designs - Castle Couture At Magic Kingdom
 
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
 
 
A machine located inside Castle Couture at Magic Kingdom has three new designs. The new designs are:
  • The Princess and The Frog
  • Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
  • Tangled
 
     
 
New Duffy Bear Designs At EPCOT
 
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
 
 
New Duffy the Disney Bear designs have been installed in several machines at various countries in the World Showcase at EPCOT. The following World Showcase countries now have Duffy Bear designs wearing outfits unique to that country:
  • American Adventure
  • Canada
  • France
  • Germany
  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom
 
     
 
Pop Century Resort Machine Changes
 
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
 
 
Two machines at Pop Century Resort have been changed and each machine now has one new design. One machine that did have Lady & the Tramp 1 of 6 with Lady now has a new design with Pop Century Mickey with Yo-Yo. Lady & the Tramp 2 of 6 with Tramp in the other machine has been replaced with Pop Century Mickey & Minnie dancing.
 
     
 
Mouse Gear Machine Change
 
Monday, July 18th, 2011
 
 
The single die Mouse Gear machine at EPCOT has been converted to a three die machine. The original die with Sorcerer Mickey and Spaceship Earth is button "A". The two WallE designs that were removed from Disney Outfitters at Animal Kingdom are now in this machine at Mouse Gear. WallE 3 of 7 with Eve is button "B" and WallE 1 of 7 with WallE is button "C".

Unfortunately, since we assign catalog numbers by location, these two WallE designs will be assigned a new catalog number for EPCOT even though these designs are really not new and different. We will also put something in our database descriptions to denote that both the Animal Kingdom and EPCOT catalog numbers for these two designs are the same design and not two separate designs.
 
     
 
Ft. Wilderness Campground Outpost
 
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
 
 
We had reported in February that the entire Bear in the Big Blue House series was going to be removed. The remaining three designs from this series were at Ft. Wilderness Resort & Campground Outpost and they have now been removed. The replacements for these designs are three designs from the Monsters, Inc. series that were at Hollywood Studios but have been removed. The designs that are now at Ft. Wilderness Outpost are Boo, Celia and Waternoose. Keep in mind that these three designs are actually different than the ones that were at Hollywood Studios. These three new designs at the Outpost all have the Eurolink "e" on the coins and the ones that were from Hollywood Studios did not have the Eurolink "e" on them.
 
     
 
Harambe Railway Station Machines
 
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
 
 
We have received a report that both the pressed penny and quarter machine at Harambe Railway Station in Animal Kingdom are back on-stage.
 
     
 
Harambe Railway Station Machines
 
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
 
 
Both the pressed penny and quarter machine at Harambe Railway Station in Animal Kingdom are currently off-stage for refurbishment.
 
     
 
New Designs At Disney Outfitters
 
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
 
 
The penny machine on the porch of Disney Outfitters at Animal Kingdom has two new designs. The WallE 1 of 7 with WallE and the WallE 3 of 7 with Eve have been removed. We are guessing that these two dies have been moved to another machine somewhere, but as of today, we do not know where.

The new design for button "A" is Monsters, Inc. 3 of 6 with Randall. This design was originally at Hollywood Studios at the Prop Shop and was replaced with a new Tron design. Even though the design looks the same as the one at the Prop Shop, it is actually different since this new die was made by Eurolink and has their usual "e" on the top of the coin. The die that was in the four die hand crank machine at the Prop Shop was not made by Eurolink and does not have the "e" on the coin. Variations of this Randall design can be easily identified by looking for the "e" at the top of the coin.

The new design for button "B" has Safari Duffy.