Figment Popcorn Bucket Insanity

[Hezzy04]

Any updates today on lines for Figment buckets?

 

[EpcotPhoenician]

Any updates today on lines for Figment buckets?

Down to 1.5 hours. I’m absolutely shocked they didn’t just sell the bucket elsewhere. Still can’t get my darn grilled cheese.

 

[MickMick]

It's cute. I'm surprised at the size of it.

 

[Tink-osophy]

The problem is it is 2 per person. Mom, dad, and 2 kids is 8 buckets.

The only reason I can see, maybe, wanting 2 per family member is to collect them for a themed birthday party for a Figment fan - but I wouldn't wait that long or spend that much on them, even then.

There was someone who bought and giving out to kids at the park. That is true Disney Magic!

What a lovely spirit! Maybe, Disney should stop selling them and just hand them out to kids around the parks! ...Not because I'm against adults wanting Disney merch - I'm not at all - but just as a gesture to try to turn the tide away from this insanity of resale greed and back to more innocent joy and pleasure.

 

[Tink-osophy]

I understand, and agree with, the issue with plastics, and would hope these popcorn buckets are recyclable. I prefer to get my Disney popcorn, when I eat it, in the paper box.

 

[LSUmiss]

It’s been said about rides before too, but the craziest part to me is the ppl who chose to get in the line when it was at 3, 4, & 5 hours to the point that it got to 6.5 hours!

 

[DL1WDW2]

I am surprised a guest would be allowed to hand out anything on Disney property magically…. and empty bucket without popcorn?

Anyway,so no discounted refills? If I happened to remeber to carry it back into parks which I never remember,
I think the clear plastic cupcake holder design is really wasteful for the new 50th Anniversary Magic . “Clearly” the plastic is more expensive than the cupcake …

 

[HopperFan]

Legally, no. A seller has a right to resell any item they lawfully purchased even if it's copyrighted.

If the item was purchased using their Annual Pass Discount (I don't think this applies here) then the fine print of our agreement says they can terminate our AP because that is not allowed. So yes, they legally can IF the discount was used.

Quite a few got terminated when there was a crackdown in CA, and the same should be happening in FL when they hogged up all the Splash Mountain and 50th Merchandise.

 

[BK2014]

I read an article online where someone said that they were originally going to stay with friends during their WDW trip. But in order to get into EPCOT early to snag one of these buckets, they decided to pay for a one night stay at the Polynesian. I think at that it would have been cheaper to just pay for the $270 one on ebay.

 

[Lewisc]

Down to 1.5 hours. I’m absolutely shocked they didn’t just sell the bucket elsewhere. Still can’t get my darn grilled cheese.

Shortage of CM. Disney makes more$$$ on the buckets.

Down to 1.5 hours. I’m absolutely shocked they didn’t just sell the bucket elsewhere. Still can’t get my darn grilled cheese.

Disney is understaffed. Disney is making more money selling popcorn buckets then they would selling grilled cheese

 

[focusondisney]

What a lovely spirit! Maybe, Disney should stop selling them and just hand them out to kids around the parks! .

And there would still be some parents who’d sell them on eBay.

 

[disneydreamer781]

If the item was purchased using their Annual Pass Discount (I don't think this applies here) then the fine print of our agreement says they can terminate out AP because that is not allowed. So yes, they legally can IF the discount was used.

Quite a few got terminated when there was a crackdown in CA, and the same should be happening in FL when they hogged up all the Splash Mountain and 50th Merchandise.

Oh, okay. The fault is partly Disney's because they don't crack down on it in the first place. I'm seeing sellers on eBay listing the popcorn bucket for 99 cents. You are essentially selling it for less than you purchased it for. IMO, it's kind of a tempest in a teapot anyway.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133994723438?hash=item1f32b5386e:g:97EAAOSwwTph4cPI
Why wait on line when you can just sketch it on a notepad and sell the sketch?

 

[disneydreamer781]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133994723438?hash=item1f32b5386e:g:97EAAOSwwTph4cPI
Why wait on line when you can just sketch it on a notepad and sell the sketch?

Some of those sketches are being listed to benefit charities like Make A Wish. Some of them are really good!

 

[HopperFan]

Oh, okay. The fault is partly Disney's because they don't crack down on it in the first place. I'm seeing sellers on eBay listing the popcorn bucket for 99 cents. You are essentially selling it for less than you purchased it for. IMO, it's kind of a tempest in a teapot anyway.

I don't think you can use your AP discount on the popcorn bucket so the termination thing doesn't apply to that. But they posted a 2 per limit, which they could be enforcing by scanning their ticket. They already have the software and have used it before.

If you see it for 99 cents that must be a new auction, and it will climb up very quickly. Listing at 99 cents is normally a risk but I don't think so in this situation, and there used to be a financial benefit to listing that low with eBay, not sure anymore.

But it is very much Disney's fault, all their fault. Their "system" in place does not work because it really is no system, and they have a workable system they are not using.

 

[disneydreamer781]

I don't think you can use your AP discount on the popcorn bucket so the termination thing doesn't apply to that. But they posted a 2 per limit, which they could be enforcing by scanning their ticket. They already have the software and have used it before.

If you see it for 99 cents that must be a new auction, and it will climb up very quickly. Listing at 99 cents is normally a risk but I don't think so in this situation, and there used to be a financial benefit to listing that low with eBay, not sure anymore.

But it is very much Disney's fault, all their fault. Their "system" in place does not work because it really is no system, and they have a workable system they are not using.

Yeah, makes sense that there wouldn't be a discount. I saw a 99 cent auction that's now up to $51 with another day to go.

 

[old lady]

I can’t imagine what they will do for a Star Wars popcorn bucket.

 

[Alexis56578]

I will never understand the obsession with popcorn buckets.

 

[Jrb1979]

I will never understand the obsession with popcorn buckets.

Same could be said for any merchandise. The worst is those who spend the $100 on eBay to buy it. There is a sucker born every minute.

 

[Camonkeygirl]

I am hoping to buy one next month for a friend, whose daughter is a huge Figment fan, but I am not paying to come to the parks to wait in a long line for a popcorn bucket. I hope they have the buckets and the lines for it are fairly short, otherwise I will not be stopping for it.