Many Disney pieces have turned up for sale as "unfinished" or not quite painted properly. When Wade sold the old carpark, much of the backfill was found to be unfinished damaged Disney whimsie pieces especially, the Merlin figures. Some people ended up sneaking into the construction site to steal the pieces. A fence had to be put up as well as hiring a guard to help stop the stealing of the broken Wade pieces.

Most of the pieces can be found cheaply when offered for sale but far more are being restored and being sold as perfect and fetching a lot of money. Almost all the unfinished Disney pieces have some sort of defect to the piece and do not have the final enamel glazes or decals applied.

To make things worse, many are improperly "restored" - they are so badly painted and touched-up they don't even look close to the originals, and it's clear the work isn't even done by a professional. These so-called "restored" pieces are an insult to all aspects of porcelain production, collecting, and restoration - and will never have any value at all. 

Please stay away from all unfinished Disney pieces as they are factory rejects.

Below are photos of Unfinished/Rejected/Stolen Disney Whimsies.

The pieces below have been poorly restored and are not originally the way Wade and the Disney license hoped the final product would be.  They may appear to be correct but are not.