Thomas Kinkade's Pinocchio Wishes Upon a Star is the second release in Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection. The first, Thomas Kinkade's Snow White Discovers the Cottage, was released in August 2008 and sold out in six months. Thomas Kinkade's Pinocchio Wishes Upon a Star was released in February 2009 and sold out in just 3 months (twice as fast as Snow White).

Thomas Kinkade's "Tinkerbell and Peter Pan Fly to Neverland" was the third Disney Dreams installment and was released in June 2009 which sold out in just 72 hours. Thomas Kinkade's "Cinderella Wishes Upon a Dream" is currently his 4th Disney Dreams piece and was released in September 2009 which also sold out in 72 hours. The fifth edition will be released in late February 2010. Call to reserve yours today while you can still get it at the original release price.

Kinkade's Pinocchio Wishes Upon a star has over 300 hours of studio work to it. You'll be amazed at how Thomas Kinkade captured the ENTIRE story in just one image. All of the characters are featured in this piece: Pinocchio, Jiminey Cricket, the Blue Fairy, Honest John and the mute cat, the evil puppet master Stromboli, Gepetto, Cleo (his gold fish), and Figaro (his cat) on the sailboat searching for Pinocchio while being chased by Monstro the whale, and don't forget the evil stagecoach driver carrying the boys to Pleasure Island.

Some other interesting facts about this piece: There are tons of hidden Mickey Mouse ears,
25 hidden letter “N’s” as a tribute to Thom's wife Nanette, 1940 is on the gate post and represents the year the movie was made. Geppetto’s workshop along with 200 other homes making up the village, and a book on the bench in front of Geppetto’s workshop. This is the book which is featured at the start of the movie when the pages are turned and we are invited to enter into this fairy tale. A hidden cat, a hidden mouse (watching the cat). Afterall, “It all started with a mouse” are the famous words of Walt Disney. Walt Disney can actually be found in Stromboli’s crowd. Can you find him? 5 sailboats. The Sea Cliff where Pinocchio decides to dive off of to find Geppetto. A hidden bottle with a message in it, floating at sea. Butterflies and balloons can be found representing the Disney Theme Parks and a symbol of celebration. The letter “W” for Thom’s second to youngest daughter, “Winsor,” who is a talented singer and acted in her school musical “Pinocchio.” A hidden Celtic cross on a sailboat (common during those times). A hidden old traditional broom.

Our galleries are one of the only Thomas Kinkade Signature Galleries left which still have available Thomas Kinkade's Pinocchio Wishes Upon a Star along with his other Disney Dreams Collection series. However, this won't last for long so we recommend you move fast or you might be left just holding a glass slipper.

Thomas Kinkade has just announced that his fifth painting in the Disney Dreams collection will be released in March 2010 and it will be Bambi. Other possible Thomas Kinkade Disney Dreams future pieces in the works (but not definate at this time): Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Lady & the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh, Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland, and The Jungle Book. Thomas Kinkade is on schedule to release two Disney Dreams pieces a year.