Sometimes a figurine arrives and before I have even finished inspecting it, I know I’m going to struggle to let it go.
This was absolutely one of those moments.
It’s funny because when people think about collecting Disney figurines, I think it is easy to assume it’s simply about having a favourite character sitting on a shelf. And of course, sometimes it is. There is nothing wrong with seeing a character you love and thinking “I need that!”
But for me, the pieces that really capture my heart are the ones that do something more.
They tell a story.
They don’t just show you a character.
They take you back to a moment.
And this Disney Enchanting Collection piece, “Mr Rabbit Wait”, featuring Alice and the White Rabbit does that perfectly.
It isn’t Alice posing. It isn’t the White Rabbit simply standing beside her. It is a tiny piece of the film captured forever. A little snapshot of Wonderland.
It is the moment everything changes.
Before the Queen of Hearts. Before the Mad Hatter. Before the Cheshire Cat. Before all the wonderful madness that makes Wonderland what it is.
There is just a girl, a rabbit, and a decision to follow her curiosity.
And that is what I absolutely love about it.
The first thing that catches my eye is the White Rabbit. He is such a small character within the piece, but he completely steals the scene.
There is so much personality captured in his little face.
You can see the panic. The urgency. The absolute chaos.
His eyes are wide, his mouth is open, his foot is lifted, his pocket watch is out — everything about him tells you that this is a rabbit who has somewhere incredibly important to be.
You can almost hear him.
“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!”
That is when a figurine becomes something special for me. When an artist can create a still object, but somehow make it feel like it is moving.
And this piece is full of movement.
Look at Alice’s hair.
That little detail is one of my favourite parts of the whole figurine.
Her hair isn’t just sitting perfectly in place. It flows behind her, giving the feeling that she has just stepped forward. She is following him. She is already part of the adventure.
It would have been so easy to create Alice standing still, hands neatly folded, looking pretty. And don’t get me wrong, those pieces can be beautiful too.
But this one feels alive.
It feels like if you looked away for a second and looked back again, they might have moved further down the path.
And then there is Alice herself.
Her expression is just lovely.
Soft. Innocent. Curious.
There is something so perfect about the contrast between the two characters. The White Rabbit is all panic and hurry. Alice is calm and fascinated.
She isn’t scared. She isn’t worried.
She just wants to know more.
And isn’t that exactly who Alice is?
Alice in Wonderland has always been such a magical story because it celebrates curiosity and imagination. It’s about asking questions, exploring the impossible and believing that strange and wonderful things might be just around the corner.
This figurine captures that feeling beautifully.
The base design adds so much to the storytelling too. It isn’t just two characters placed together — they have been given a world around them. The path, the greenery, the feeling of stepping into somewhere unknown.
It’s a doorway into Wonderland.
One of the reasons I love collecting Disney pieces so much is because the best ones really are little pieces of art.
Someone has thought about every tiny choice.
Where should Alice look?
How should Rabbit stand?
How do you show movement in something that cannot actually move?
How do you capture a feeling?
Because that’s the clever part.
A good figurine looks like a character.
A great figurine makes you feel something.
It brings back the memory of watching the film. It reminds you of being a child and believing that maybe, just maybe, magical worlds could exist.
And I think Alice in Wonderland does that better than almost any other story.
It has that wonderful combination of childhood innocence and complete imagination. Nothing has to make sense. Everything can be unexpected. Flowers can talk, cats can disappear, rabbits can carry pocket watches.
And a little girl can follow her curiosity into an entirely new world.
That is all captured here.
In one small scene.
This is why I always say these pieces are so much more than ornaments.
They are memories.
They are artwork.
They are tiny moments from stories we love, carefully created so we can keep them with us.
And this one?
This one is Alice, just before everything changes.
One step away from Wonderland.
One decision away from an adventure.
And I think that is pretty magical. 💙🐇✨
