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Looks like Dark Horse & YOE! Studios have greenlit another series similar to the Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge series, this time widening the span to the central characters from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories. Check 'em out:

Sculpt #1 - Donald Duck by Hank Porter (based on WDC&S #1, 1940)

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/DonaldSculpt.jpg

Sculpt #2 - Daisy Duck by Al Taliaferro

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/DaisySculpt.jpg

Sculpt #3 - Goofy (artist unknown)

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/GoofySculpt.jpg

Sculpt #4 - Mickey Mouse from the cover of Dell Four Color #16, 1941 (artist unknown)

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/DuckburgUSA/MickeySculpt.jpg

From the text description on Mickey's item page, he's going to be paired with Sculpt #5 - The Phantom Blot!

Very cool idea for another Walt Disney comics-based series. Here's a link to the site's search on "Disney" - they should be at the top:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/Browse/Disney/PpwNwkt8

The only one of these I'm not too keen on is Mickey. He just looks a little off model to me... I dunno.
On the whole though, I loved the Duck line and these are very nice!

I love the Donald figure! But why does it look like the figure was made in 1940 (= looks like it's 71 years old)?

Cool - I've modified the item descriptions based on everyone's comments, if we get clarification they can always be updated (I still think that's early Dick Moores on Goofy, though)

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down UnderI love the Donald figure! But why does it look like the figure was made in 1940 (= looks like it's 71 years old)?
Dutch Duckfan: the style these were created in is known as the "Syroco" style. The vintage-inspired, raw, distressed look is described on Comic Book Resources as such:

"Dark Horse??s statuettes are inspired by figurines developed in the 1930s. Now highly prized by collectors, they were often used as advertising premiums featuring famous comic-strip characters. Now known as Syroco figurines, these statuettes are named after both the company that originally produced them and the woodlike resin material from which they were made at the time. Measuring between four and five inches, these statuettes have been sculpted in the original style, described by sculptor Craig Yoe as 'primitive but charming.'"

Here's a bit more info on the origin of the original company, the SYRACUSE ORNAMENTAL COMPANY (SYROCO):
http://www.vintagecorkscrews.com/syroco.htm

Lotsa details, I know... just 'cause the forum's all about talkin' ducks doesn't mean we all can't learn somethin' new!

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down UnderThe Goofy statue reminds me vaguely of a story with Goofy as detective. Look at his hat: it's really detective-like. But is it Gottfredson, Moores, Bill Walsh, Manuel Gonzales, I don't know. I'd say the time this is based on is the late 40s, early 50s.
The strange thing is that I can't find a Goofy detective story with a matched pose and hat on Inducks.
I think it is another artist that we haven't mentioned, who drew one of the Wheaties Giveaways (reprinted by Gladstone II). It looks a little like Dick Moores' style, but not drawn by his hand. Perhaps Moores drew the storyboards, and it was finished by this seldom-used artist? It looks to me like the drawing of Jim Pabien. It looks like a pose in a story in which Mickey and Goofy stayed in an old lay's rooming house, and Black Pete was smuggling stolen goods off its roof? Idon't remember it so well. But, I remember that it was a giveaway from the beginning of the 1950s. It wasn't on the Wheaties list. Maybe it was a Cheerios giveaway from 1947?

Ooooh. Nice!