Disney Pin Review: Meteor Cycle Co. - Windows of Main Street - 2021 Release

Stars: 4 out of 5

Pros: Another good window pin

Cons: With writing too hard to read

The Bottom Line:

Vehicle maker

With Goofy inside window

Another good pin

Vehicles Now on a Window

Most of the people honored with entries in the Windows of Main Street pin series have been involved in the Disney parks in some way.  It makes sense that a series released in the parks would go out of their way to honor those who contributed to the parks, right?  We’ve got another one of those with the pin to honor Bob Gurr.

If you’ve been to a Disney park and ridden any of their vehicles, you’ve probably been in something that Bob worked on.  He was first brought in as a consultant to help design the original Autopia cars.  That went so well, he was hired full time and helped work on such things as the Main Street vehicles, the Matterhorn bobsleds, and the Monorail.  In addition to this, he helped design the original audio animatronic – Abraham Lincoln.

It’s fitting then, that his pin is all about vehicles.  The window itself is located in Disneyland above the Clothier store.  The inscription reads “Leading the Race to the Future – Meteor Cycle Co. – Our vehicles pass the test of time – Fast, Faultless and Fadless.”  Why cycles?  In addition to all the vehicles he worked on, Bob loved to mountain bike in his spare time.  Perfect, right?

While the pin looks very close to the original window in the park, once again, it is hard to make out the words written on the window.  Ironically, the bottom part, which is the part that slides up, seems easier to read to me than the top part, which is too translucent.

Yes, the bottom part slides up to expose a scene of Goofy standing next to the monorail.  Since that’s one of the iconic vehicles people associate with the park, and something that Bob worked on, that’s perfect, right?  No, I don’t know of any connection specifically to Goofy, but I don’t know of any connection that Bob has with any specific Disney character.  I love Goofy, and this is his only entry in the series, so I’m not complaining.

I wish they had figured out the windows before they started this series, but it is fun to have such an iconic part of the parks represented in my pin collection.  For that reason alone, I’m happy to have Bob Gurr’s Meteor Cycle Co. window in my pin collection.