Disney Masterpiece

1997 Walt Disney's Masterpiece Sleeping Beauty

Six figures that double as school supplies.

Brand
Walt Disney Home Video Masterpiece Collection
Region
United States
Promotion window
September 12, 1997 to October 2, 1997
Wave
Single-film tie-in
Set size
6
Packaging
Distributed in Happy Meal boxes rather than bags, headed 'McDonald's Happy Meal Featuring Walt Disney's Masterpiece Sleeping Beauty, Now on video!' Individual toys came in clear poly bags with four-colour print and a molded insert.

A single-film tie-in timed to the Sleeping Beauty video release and the start of the school year, in which every figure doubles as a school supply. Maleficent is a translucent green ruler and stencil, her dragon form is a twist ballpoint pen, Flora is a paper punch, Aurora is a pencil topper and eraser, Prince Phillip carries a brush and palette, and Diablo the raven is a book clip.

This is the best documented Masterpiece wave at item level, with measured dimensions, articulation and a named manufacturer, Simon Marketing.

6 releases

Identification notes

Unlike the two clamshell waves, this promotion has no year dispute at all. Sources conflict on whether Diablo the raven is number six or number one in the set, so its number is recorded as unresolved.