🏆 “Slow But Sure” vs “The Blue Streak” – Signed WDCC Duo Set 🏆


Celebrate one of Disney’s most beloved animated rivalries with this rare signed WDCC figurine set featuring Toby Tortoise and Max Hare, inspired by the classic The Tortoise and the Hare from the legendary Silly Symphonies series.

Released in 2000 to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the original cartoon, this set was also the first release in the WDCC “Disney Duo” series, making it especially desirable among collectors.


💎 WHY COLLECTORS LOVE THIS SET


🐇 MAX HARE “THE BLUE STREAK” (WDCC, 2000)


🐢 TOBY TORTOISE “SLOW, BUT SURE” (WDCC, 2000)


🎨 ABOUT THE STYLE & TRADITION

The Walt Disney Classics Collection (WDCC) is known for producing museum-quality porcelain sculptures, each handcrafted to reflect the spirit of Disney animation.

The Silly Symphonies era (1930s) marked a turning point in animation history—where Disney pushed boundaries in:

This set captures that legacy with playful motion, expressive faces, and narrative contrast—a hallmark of WDCC artistry.


📦 CONDITION


🧠 COLLECTOR INSIGHT

Signed WDCC pieces are significantly more desirable, especially when:

Sets like this—complete, signed, and never displayed—are becoming increasingly difficult to find and are often considered investment-grade Disney collectibles.

✨ WHY THIS BELONGS IN YOUR COLLECTION

This set isn’t just decorative—it tells a timeless story of confidence vs. perseverance, brought to life through Disney’s golden-age animation and WDCC craftsmanship.

With signed documentation, pristine condition, and historic significance, this duo is a standout addition to any serious Disney collection—and a piece that will only become harder to find over time.


SHIPPING: The box holding these two sculptures is long and awkward. So it will need to go in a much larger box so I can surround it with lots of bubble wrap and packing materials to ship it to you. Or you can pick up locally in NJ.

Here's a little info about the cartoon THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE I found on Wikipedia:

The Tortoise and the Hare is an American animated short film from the Silly Symphonies series, released on January 5, 1935, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, it won the 1934 Oscar for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the inspirations for Bugs Bunny by Warner Bros., who first appeared in 1940.

Max Hare is the heavy favorite to win a major sporting event. He is cocky, athletic, and incredibly fast. His challenger, Toby Tortoise, is teased and jeered for being sluggish and clumsy. He does seem to have the ability to stretch, which comes in handy in certain situations. Max tells Toby that he intends to play fair, but it seems obvious that Max is just out to humiliate his competition. The race begins and Max zooms off. It takes an extra nudge from the starting line to get Toby going.

Max seems to dominate the race, zooming past everything down the road. At one point, Max pretends to nap under a tree, just to watch Toby's progress. Thinking that Max really is asleep, Toby quietly creeps past him, but not for long after Max gets up and bolts past him again. A little farther down the road, Max passes a girls' school, and stops to talk to the female bunnies. As Toby lumbers past, the girls invite him to stop as well, but Toby politely declines their offer, because he is committed to finish the race. Even though Toby is now in the lead, Max ought to stay for a while, because he is confident that he will have no trouble catching up with Toby, due to how slow he is. Max uses the girls' sports field to show off his amazing athletic skills in archery, baseball, and tennis.

Suddenly, Max hears the crowd cheering and sees that Toby is not far from the finishing line. He kisses the girls farewell and charges off, still confident that he will win easily. Toby sees Max catching up and picks up his pace by stretching his legs. In the end, the race is close. Max crosses the finishing line and skids to a rough halt. When he gets up and dusts himself off, he realizes that he has lost by a "neck's length". The crowd rushes to congratulate the winner: Toby Tortoise.

Here's a little about the Walt Disney Classics Collection from their website:

The Classics Collection started in 1992 with three scenes, Bambi, Cinderella, and Fantasia's Sorcerer Apprentice. Many other series have since been introduced. Some figurines are limited, and some have been retired. Some of these figurines have risen high on the secondary market. The figurines are made of porcelain, and the process is similar to that use to make Hummel figurines. Individual pieces are molded, put together, and fired in an oven. Then they are painted and fired again. Each figurine is marked on the bottom, signifying the year it was produced. The marks represent significant milestones in Disney history. The figurines with the first year mark are usually the most desirable.

Here's a little info on Silly Symphonies I found on Wikipedia:

Silly Symphony (also known as Silly Symphonies) is an American animated series of 75 musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the Silly Symphonies were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music.[1] As such, the films usually did not feature continuing characters, unlike the Mickey Mouse shorts produced by Disney at the same time (exceptions to this include Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Three Orphan Kittens, which all had sequels). The series is notable for its innovation with Technicolor and the multiplane motion picture camera, as well as its introduction of the character Donald Duck, who made his first appearance in the Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen in 1934. Seven shorts won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[1]

Many of the shorts were adapted into print mediums. Starting in 1932, a Silly Symphony newspaper comic strip was distributed by King Features Syndicate, as well as a Dell comic book series and numerous children's books.

The Silly Symphonies returned to theaters with its re-issues and re-releases, and tied with Joseph Barbera and William Hanna's Tom and Jerry's record for most Oscar wins for a cartoon series in the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film category.

The first five Silly Symphony shorts entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. The same will happen to subsequent shorts from 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933 in 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 respectively.