It really has to do with sentimental reasons. My mother took off a day of work, and I took off a day of school to go see the premiere when I was little. I remember that day receiving my first collectible piece which was a free poster with all of the cast. THAT was nice. Lion King just stuck out to me at being one of thee most original and still loved movies that I've lasted through the years. I mean with Lion King you get SO MANY different items to collect ranging from Food items, to night-lights, to shirts, hats, costumes, magazines, desk lights, pens… EVERYTHING...! It just makes it SO much fun to collect! I recently obtained two new items from a claw machine for my collection as well!

1? There is no. 1!!! I'd grab my waste basket, empty it and fill it to the top before running out with a plushy or two in my teeth! *Laughs* No seriously, when a Tornado siren goes off ,I even fill up my shirt to bring them to safety in the basement to make sure they're not blown away! Hmmn, if I had to grab ONE though it would be either be my Sarabi figure since she is so rare, my TLK book that was customized to me for my birthday LONG AGO by my parents, or this Timon plushy for sentimental reasons.

Well, usually this sort of thing happens by chance. Normally I'm not expecting to find any food items with Lion King on it nowadays, so when I do I usually snag it just to save the boxes and savor the memories. The Nightlights were something I discovered with my mother when I was little and shopping around Meijer's... or K-Mart. We just happened upon them when she went into the home improvement sections of the store. Though there's this thrill of excitement when you find these unexpected things! It's like, "COOL!! I never knew they had that!!" They used to have a TLK ceiling fan at Home Depot when I was little and I always wanted it, but, mother said no . Crud.

Well they have the Mad-Hatters TEA CUPS so why not... Rafiki GOES BANANAS?! *laughs* I could see it now, a GIANT Rafiki with branches hanging from his hand that have a banana-car on each end of the branch and they twirl around, and spin making it look like Rafiki is going crazy with them..! Or perhaps a Water-fall ride where you sit In Pumbaa's belly, (Opposed to on, I mean, you'd fall off!) and you go over the waterfall like you usually see him do!

I'm going to be honest and say that I haven't yet seen the official play. At least not that I know of. I've seen a fan-replica play at a local theatre and I believe one IN Disney World in 1995, but at that time the Live-Action stuff NEVER held my interest! In fact I remember going, "THAT'S NOT SIMBA!!" towards the guy who was PRETENDING to be Simba...oops, My bad. I could tell the difference back then!

140 that I've taken photo's of and a good amount of plushies that I've yet to count up, or books that need to be scanned. It's a big collection and still growing. I don't keep a tally, but I know my collection inside and out. I can look at something and know if I have it. I've had my collection for years so I've memorized it all, especially since most of it I played with everyday.

SURE DO! One less thing for me to buy out of my pocket money! *Laughs* It doesn't have to be self selected, but if there's an item I've seen that I want badly, I'll hint and point it out to try and get it. I NEVER send my gifts back, I love all the items I get... and if I get extra's...? Oh well... It's always good to have a spare!

TIMON! He's actually an extremely in-depth character. In the first movie you only find out that he's an outcast and that he's enjoying a life of Hakuna-Matata, but he likes to help his friends. In TLK 2, you find out that he tries to help out his friends again, even if it gets him in trouble...and in TLK 1/2 (my FAVORITE of the movies), you get to meet his mother, his uncle, find out that his father died by Hyena's and that his name was Buzz, you find out WHY Timon is an outcast. He's got dreams that he wants to achieve. You find out that he can actually be REALLY brave when he wants to...and just SO MUCH more. He's a very in-depth character, more than just the jokster that everyone tries to portray.

That's easy, The LION KING crew, because if the Bambi crew whined the most, the TLK crew would eat 'em. After all Deer are similar to antelope! *Laughs* Naawww... the TLK crew would get that anyways, because The Hyena's would all whine, then Scar would whine, then Zazu would whine, then Timon would whine, making the others whine and etc... !

Yes, I went to the convention in Connecticut in 2006. I am a collector so I was always interested to see what went on at the conventions. Also to see if I could find some vintage dispensers I wanted.