I Have No Mouse And I Must Scream

Mickey Mouse meets Norman Bates in this addition to the Disney collection. The House of the Mouse has been expanding its catalog offerings in recent years. They’ve added a “Princess” line of products so that little girls can sleep with Arial or wear Belle or frolic with Sleeping Beauty. They’ve added collectibles for all their movies so you can have Tinker Bell under glass or a statue of “Fantasia’s” demon king on your desk (which I must admit, looks righteously cool. If you didn’t recognize the source material, it’s as close to demonic as Disney can get outside of the “Love Bug” movies).

The problem with thinking outside the envelope is the risk of flying too far. These pieces of Mickey look they went through the chipper-shredder at the end of “Fargo.” As if that weren’t bad enough, they’ve taken part of Mickey and turned him into a garbage recepticle can. Now your daughter can strash her trash in Mickey’s can!

As a bonus, here’ a bedroom design calculated to give your kid nightmares about broomsticks dancing about with axes. I especially like the art-free frames over the bed. After all, what more art do you need? It’s all-Mickey, all the time. Bow and worship!

One good thing: Lileks can file it away to give Gnat a head start on ”Interior Desecrations for the 21st Century.”