Disney Pin Muppets Kermit The Frog – 50th Anniversary 1955-2005 Employee Exclus

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EXCLUSIVE & RARE – Disney Pin
Muppets
Kermit The Frog – 50th Anniversary 1955-2005
Original sealed packaging
Only given to Disney employees to commemorate this event
From the personal collection of a former Disney Employee
Smoke Free household
About this item:
Kermit’s 50th Anniversary World Tour
was originally meant to have been a year-long event in which Kermit the Frog would travel to 50 locations in celebration of his 50 years in the entertainment industry. Highlights were to have been documented on muppets.com with video and photo galleries.
The first stop on Kermit’s world tour took place on October 14, 2005 in Kermit, Texas.  Other stops included the Johnson Space Center in Houston and Radio City Music Hall in New York. However due to a shift in management with The Muppets Holding Company, the tour was cut short after the first three stops.
According to the initial announcement, Kermit was to visit 50 destinations, across four continents – including such sites as the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wall of China,  among others. Kermit was also planning to visit a Frog Leg Festival in Fellsmere, FL, run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain,  visit Hong Kong Disneyland and make his first-ever USO appearance.
Two Disney Pins were produced celebrating Kermit’s birthday (for WDW and Disney Artist Choice)
This third pin featuring the event’s logo was made and gifted exclusively to Disney employees – thus it is extremely rare!