2017 Reveal: Holiday Barbie™ Dolls
Here are pictures of the 2017 Holiday Barbie™ Dolls that this year’s Holiday Barbie™ Ornaments will be based on. This year’s, Barbie doll is adorned with a gleaming star, a perfect complement to her festive red metallic gown and dangling earrings.
As the year comes to a close, celebrate the occasions that make you smile, the dreams that moved you and wishes that made you hopeful. Every joyful moment in life becomes a sparkling memory in our hearts. Barbie is adorned with a gleaming star to commemorate all those wondrous moments. May your 2017 Holiday Barbie™ keepsake inspire you to dream bigger, to live boldly and always shine brightly.
2017 Holiday Barbie™ Dolls
2017 Ornament Premiere Register-to-Purchase (R-T-P) Drawing
Mickey’s Magical Railroad
Disney Mickey Mouse
Hallmark Gold Crown stores will be receiving a limited-quantity repaint of Mickey’s Magical Railroad. This piece is to be used as part of a Register-to-Purchase drawing to be held in conjunction with Ornament Premiere weekend, July 15-16, 2017.
2017 Reveal: Tom Brady Super Bowl LI MVP Keepsake Ornament
Tom Brady Super Bowl LI MVP
New England Patriots
Special Edition
After leading the New England Patriots to the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, Tom Brady was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, his fourth such honor. With the win, Brady became the winningest quarterback in Super Bowl history with five championships.
Celebrate Brady’s win, display your Patriot pride, or just remember the epic victory with this commemorative Keepsake Ornament.
Tom Brady is known for his cool-under-pressure last-minute drives and his impressive habit of winning. In 15 seasons as a starter, he has quarterbacked the Patriots to seven Super Bowl appearances, with five Lombardi trophies and four Super Bowl MVP awards. Those numbers alone make Brady a legendary quarterback, but there’s more–like two league MVP awards, twelve Pro Bowl selections, and the NFL’s longest consecutive win streak.
Featured Series: Spotlight on Snoopy
This month’s featured series, Spotlight on Snoopy series, celebrates its 20th year in 2017.
Baker Snoopy
20th in the Spotlight on Snoopy series
The Spotlight on Snoopy series celebrates 20 years in 2017, so Hallmark asked Keepsake Artist Jim Kemme to take a look back.
Jim remembers doing his very first Snoopy and Charlie Brown pieces around 1968. “I started at Hallmark back in 1966. Those first products were candle holders. Since then I’ve sculpted a lot of Peanuts® ornaments and characters.
“My favorite ornament in the Spotlight on Snoopy series is the 2011 Grill Master Snoopy ornament, because I really love to barbecue. I used to go with a group of guys to the American Royal, the world’s largest barbecue competition, which is held in Kansas City each year. So my love of barbecuing made this ornament that much more fun.
“I’ve been doing work for Hallmark for over 50 years now, and I’m not ready to stop yet!”
Here’s to the next 50 years, Jim!
2018 Sneak Peek: Star Wars
The Sneak Peek at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, FL included pictures of the two Star Wars™ Story Teller Collection ships that are set to be released in 2018.
Tie Fighter
Star Wars™: A New Hope™
Storyteller Collection
Millennium Falcon™
Star Wars™: A New Hope™
Storyteller Collection
Hallmark PopMinded™ Event
Beginning July 24, Hallmark Gold Crown Stores will host a PopMinded display and event complete with exclusives and a sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to New York Comic Con this October. Fans can visit participating Hallmark Gold Crown stores from July-August.
Imperial Stormtrooper™, Star Wars: A New Hope™ – This Keepsake Ornament blind box offers three different repainted versions of the Stormtrooper helmet from the 2016 Keepsake Ornament line, offered in metallic red, black or silver. Includes sound from Star Wars: A New Hope.
Greedo™, Star Wars™: A New Hope™ – This itty bittys plush is the final addition to the Mos Eisley Cantina crew, dawning the throw-back to the original action figures and packaging. A limited number of these will also be made available at Comic-Con International in San Diego, New York Comic Con and Hallmark.com.
Greedo™, Star Wars™: A New Hope™ – This itty bittys Christmas ornament is based on the movie-version of one of the most famous bounty hunters in the galaxy. A limited number of these will also be made available on Hallmark.com.
R2-BHD™ (TOOBY), Star Wars™: Rogue One™ – The silver-clad droid that helped the Resistance in Star Wars: Rogue One is a variant version of the astromech droid-themed perpetual calendar from the Star Wars line of gifts. A limited number of these will also be made available on Hallmark.com.
Imperial Stormtrooper™ Surprise
Star Wars™
R2-BHD™ (TOOBY)
Star Wars™: Rogue One™
Perpetual Calendar
Greedo™
Star Wars™: A New Hope™
itty bittys®
Greedo™
Star Wars™: A New Hope™
itty bittys® Ornament
Hallmark Event-Exclusive Products for 2017 (UPDATED)
Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, itty bittys® and gifts among items planned at seven events
PopMinded by Hallmark plans its highest-ever level of yearly participation at the nation’s largest pop culture fan gatherings with limited quantities of products and collectibles developed exclusively for events starting next month.
PopMinded, which debuted nationally last year, is Hallmark’s new way to celebrate fandom with gifts and collectibles created and chosen with all fans in mind. PopMinded continues and expands on Hallmark’s decade-long tradition of providing event attendees access to Hallmark’s ever popular event exclusive products through its event pop-up store.
PopMinded will appear at Planet Comicon Kansas City scheduled April 28-30 at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. This show will be the debut offering of a Hallmark itty bittys Christmas ornament inspired by DC’s Wonder Woman as she appears in her namesake Warner Bros. Pictures feature film that opens worldwide beginning June 2, 2017. This decoupage ornament has a total production run of 1,700 and sales at the event will be limited to 100 per day.
Three exclusive Hallmark Keepsake Ornament designs, an itty bittys® plush, and two other gift items will be sold in limited quantities at Comic-Con International, to be held July 20-23 in San Diego, Calif.:
U.S.S. Enterprise™ NCC-1701-C, STAR TREK: The Next Generation™ – A Keepsake Ornament inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” depicts the iconic starship with a battle-damage paint scheme as it appeared on screen. This repaint of a 2015 Keepsake Ornament has a total production run of 3,325 and sales will be limited to 225 per day.
HARLEY QUINN™, Suicide Squad – A Keepsake Ornament created exclusively for event sales featuring the DC Super Villain as seen in the 2016 Warner Bros. Pictures film, Suicide Squad. This ornament has a total production run of 2,575 and sales will be limited to 175 per day.
T-70 X-Wing Fighter™, Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™ – A Keepsake Ornament of Poe Dameron’s starfighter as depicted in the beginning of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. This repaint of a 2016 Keepsake Ornament includes sound between Poe & BB-8 before the starfighter was destroyed on Jakku and has a total production run of 3,275 and sales will be limited to 275 per day.
Walrus Man™, Star Wars™: A New Hope™ – This itty bittys plush adds to the Mos Eisley Cantina crowd with a the throw-back again to the original action figures and packaging. This has a total production run of 4,000 and sales will be limited to 300 per day.
R2-Q5™, Star Wars™: Return of the Jedi™ – This perpetual calendar features a stylized version of the imperial astromech droid. It also includes an additional set of date cubes in aurebesh, the famed language used throughout the Star Wars galaxy. The calendar has a total production run of 1,600, and 170 of them will be offered for sale each day.
WONDER WOMAN™ – Hallmark itty bittys Christmas ornament also will be available at the event with sales limited to 100 per day.
PopMinded will make its first appearance at The Official 2017 Star Trek Convention, scheduled Aug. 2-6 at the Rio Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. The repainted U.S.S. EnterpriseNCC-1701-C Keepsake Ornament previously available at Comic-Con International will be sold at this event with 100 available each day.
Another first for PopMinded will be Salt Lake Comic Con, scheduled Sept. 21-23 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Products to be sold at the PopMinded booth will be announced closer to the event.
At New York Comic Con, set for Oct. 5-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, PopMinded will offer all items previously available at Comic-Con International with the same daily allocations.
Additional details about prices for each exclusive product, as well as activity plans for each event will be announced closer to the respective convention dates.
For more information about PopMinded by Hallmark and the products offered, visit Hallmark.com/PopMinded
U.S.S. Enterprise™ NCC-1701-C
STAR TREK: The Next Generation™
HARLEY QUINN™
Suicide Squad
T-70 X-Wing Fighter™
Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™
Walrus Man™ (Ponda Baba)
Star Wars™: A New Hope™
itty bittys®
R2-Q5™
Star Wars™: Return of the Jedi™
Perpetual Calendar
Wonder Woman™
itty bittys® ornament
2017 Sneak Peek: Beauty and the Beast
Tale as Old as Time
Disney Beauty and the Beast
Here is a sneak peek of “Tale as Old as Time,” the Disney Beauty and the Beast Keepsake Ornament for 2017.
Sneak Peek: Mystery Imperial Stormtrooper
Chrome, Crimson or Shadow (Blackhole) Stormtroopers.
Imperial Stormtrooper Surprise
Star Wars™
Hallmark Visits Arkansas City to Prepare for 2018 Fire Brigade Ornament
Representatives from Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments were in Arkansas City on Feb. 7 to film, measure and photograph a historic fire engine.
The visit was part of an almost two-year-long process to turn the Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department’s 1932 Buick fire engine into a collectible holiday ornament.
“We are very excited about featuring this unique and beautiful fire engine as an upcoming ornament in our ‘Fire Brigade’ series,” said Michael Brush, editorial strategist for Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments.
The Buick will be released in mid-2018 as part of that year’s ornament series.
Keepsake artist Robert Hurlburt accompanied Brush on the trip to Arkansas City to take the photos and measurements that he will need to start sculpting the miniature ornament.
The eighth fire engine in the Fire Brigade series was modeled after a 1951 Ford fire engine from Leawood. Every year since they’ve tried to find a truck with some kind of interesting background.
The Buick’s history — it started life as a burned-out robbery getaway car — was a perfect fit.
Brush and Hurlburt were met Feb. 7 by City Manager Nick Hernandez, Fire Chief Bobby Wolfe, ACFD Capt. Chet Ranzau and former city commissioner Jean Snell, who helped to restore the Buick.
Director Jennifer Dreiling and cameraman Jake Johnson, with the Hallmark Photography Studio, accompanied the team and filmed the entire visit for an exclusive production video on the Keepsake Ornament Club collectors’ website.
The team also recorded audio of the Buick’s siren and bell. One of those sounds might be included as part of the ornament design, to be heard when a button is pressed.
In what Brush said was a first for the Hallmark crew, they even had a chance to ride in the engine on a short tour of Arkansas City, with ACFD Firefighter -Paramedic Cody Ball in the driver’s seat.
“I think your engine will make a really stunning ornament and I am positive that our ‘Fire Brigade’ series collectors will love it as much as I do,” Brush said.
He said he learned about the Buick five years ago while doing internet research for future projects.
In the next month or so, Hurlburt will start sculpting the ornament digitally. Next, a model will be “grown” on a 3-D printer so that the intricate details can be added by hand.
Once it is finished and painted, the resulting model will be reviewed by the Keepsake Ornaments leadership team to make sure it is up to the series’ standards before it finally is approved for manufacturing.
Once all of those steps are completed, production could start late this year or early next spring.
The ornaments will be available in July 2018.
“Hallmark visits Ark City to prepare for 2018 fire truck ornament.” City of Arkansas City,
https://www.arkcity.org/news_detail_T6_R158.php
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