RAFIKI’S
PLANET WATCH & BEASTLY BAZAAR MACHINES REMOVED,
BUT SOME
DIES RETURN
The two machines at Animal Kingdom/Rafiki’s Planet Watch/Out of the Wild were removed in
December 2012 to make way for a sandwich counter. According to cast members (and my search),
the machines were not relocated and are now off-stage. There had been one quarter machine and one penny
machine at that location.
In addition, Beastly Bazaar closed around
October. Its machine is also off-stage.
**The
absence of these three machines means collectors will not be able to complete
several themed sets: Lion King (pennies), Tarzan (pennies), and Friends
(quarters).
1/20/2013
update:
The two penny designs from Rafiki’s Planet Watch are
now installed on machine #1 at Duka la Filmu, replacing two dies that were repeats on that machine
(Safari Minnie and Safari Tigger). It is also expected that the dies from the Rafiki quarter machine will be relocated: 2 will go to the
Grand Floridian (turning its 1-die machine into a 3-die machine), and 1 will
replace Shere Khan at the Harambe
Railway Station quarter machine in Animal Kingdom. **This means the Friends set of
quarters can be completed, but the Lion King and Tarzan sets will be
incomplete due to the continued absence of the Beastly Bazaar machine and
the absence of the Nala penny from the Lion King set.
Duka la Filmu machine #1, changed in January 2013 to include 2
retired Rafiki Planet Watch designs
2013
UPDATE: Two quarter designs formerly at Rafiki’s
Planet Watch have been added to the quarter machine at Grand Floridian, so that
machine has been converted from a single die to 3 dies. Shere Khan remains
at the Harambe RR Station.
The Rafiki machines (March 2012 photos)
New
10/13/2013