{"id":664575,"date":"2010-02-15T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5472079"},"modified":"2010-02-15T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:45:00","slug":"dance-star-mickey-probably-dances-better-than-you-do-we-love-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/664575","title":{"rendered":"Dance Star Mickey Probably Dances Better Than You Do [We Love Toys]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_dancestarmickey.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/>It&#8217;s 2010 and everyone is <i>dancing<\/i>. Well, maybe not everyone but at least Donny Osmond and Mickey Mouse, as I saw this morning at the unveiling of <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #dancestarmickey\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/dancestarmickey\/\">Dance Star Mickey<\/a>, the newest plush incarnation of everyone&#8217;s favorite rodent.<\/p>\n<p>Donny Osmond, reigning Dancing With the Stars champ, was on hand to unveil the new toy which, I&#8217;m glad to report, actually dances really well. Mickey stands about two feet tall and packs a lot of gear that makes him wiggle his tail with surprising fluidity. He gets down in six styles, including soul, disco, and techno, but sadly there&#8217;s no fist pumping in that last one. But he does squeak out some suggestions while dancing to pump up his audience.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: d499d8b61e1ae7c15c --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=d499d8b61e1ae7c15c&security_token=prod3.aa87027b7f73415a\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_d499d8b61e1ae7c15c\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_d499d8b61e1ae7c15c\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/d499d8b61e1ae7c15c.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: d499d8b61e1ae7c15c --><\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: 4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4&security_token=prod3.e9cffafba6ed0d06\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: 4c99d8b61e1ae1c1c4 --><\/p>\n<p>His moonwalk ain&#8217;t bad, either. And despite his impressive dancing abilities Mickey doesn&#8217;t lose any softness on the outside, remaining cuddly as ever to the touch.<\/p>\n<p>While Dance Star Mickey&#8217;s limber moves stole the spotlight, Donny himself couldn&#8217;t help challenging life-size Mickey to a little dance contest of their own.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: 4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4&security_token=prod3.32425c973226c6b6\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: 4c99d8b61e1ae2c2c4 --><\/p>\n<p>Dance Star Mickey, whose moves are powered by two AA batteries, mambos onto shelves in October and will electric slide into your home for $69.99.<\/p>\n<p><em><a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #toyfair\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/toyfair\/\">Toy Fair<\/a> is the annual event where we get to<\/em> completely <em>regress back to childhood and check out all of the awesome toys coming out for the rest of the year. And well, <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/pst\/welovetoys\">we love toys.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=9d310e358ce04066cc5f71d958ec48c4&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=9d310e358ce04066cc5f71d958ec48c4&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=vIoB3IMA-F4:pm7VmKus_Io:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/vIoB3IMA-F4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2010 and everyone is dancing. Well, maybe not everyone but at least Donny Osmond and Mickey Mouse, as I saw this morning at the unveiling of Dance Star Mickey, the newest plush incarnation of everyone&#8217;s favorite rodent. Donny Osmond, reigning Dancing With the Stars champ, was on hand to unveil the new toy which, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2MSX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}