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Collectible popcorn buckets are having a moment at Disney theme parks this year.
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Content creator and Navy veteran Kayla Freitas explained to Insider why they’re so coveted by fans.
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She personally owns more than 50 buckets, and has spent several thousand dollars on them.
Just days into 2022, Disney World parkgoers made headlines as they waited hours in line to buy limited-edition, Figment-shaped popcorn buckets.
But to die-hard fans, collectibles like the Figment bucket are nothing new. Many have been purchasing the character-shaped souvenirs for years, and some fans own dozens of buckets.
One of those popcorn-bucket enthusiasts is 32-year-old Kayla Freitas, a mom, Navy veteran, and content creator from California. She started purchasing the collectibles a little over a year ago, and says she has spent “several thousand dollars” on more than 50 buckets so far.
Now, she’s sharing her collection with the world on TikTok, and is helping others understand why the containers are so coveted by fans.
Kayla Freitas started collecting Disney popcorn buckets accidentally
Years before starting her travel-focused YouTube channel Travel Momoirs, Freitas attended a swap meet — an event where people can trade their collectibles — when she spotted a popcorn bucket shaped like Cinderella’s carriage.
Freitas told Insider that she thought the bucket was “a cute little Disney collectible,” and purchased it for $5. When she researched the item later, however, she discovered they were selling for more than $100 online at the time.
Still, it wasn’t until a couple of years later that Freitas really began to expand her collection.
“Once I had my daughter, it kind of gave me an excuse to buy all the Disney stuff I wanted as a kid,” she told Insider.
Freitas says she doesn’t “have a collection niche,” and instead focuses on buying items that she finds “especially interesting or unique” — like theme-park popcorn…
Source : yahoo
