Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary Card #144 Mad Tea Party - Rainbow Foil Fantasyland Magic
Spinning Into the Magic: A Rainbow Welcome from Fantasyland!
Hey there, Disney collecting friends! Have you ever watched sunlight hit a foil card at just the right angle and felt your heart do a little skip? Because that is exactly what happened when I pulled this beauty from my pack, and I have been spinning like a teacup ever since! Today I am talking about the Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary Card #144 - Mad Tea Party Rainbow Foil Parallel, and it is every bit as magical as it sounds. So grab your favorite park snack, settle in, and let's celebrate one of Fantasyland's most beloved attractions in card form!
Introducing Card #144: The Mad Tea Party in Rainbow Foil
The 2025 Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary set is a 150-card collection packed with celebration, nostalgia, and pure park magic. It is built around multiple thematic subsets - Then and Now, Timeline, Snack Time, and the absolutely gorgeous Concept Art cards - all working together to tell the story of 70 years of Disneyland history. Card #144 belongs to that Concept Art subset, which means it pulls back the curtain and gives collectors a stunning glimpse at the original Imagineering artwork behind some of the park's most iconic attractions.
The Mad Tea Party has been a Fantasyland staple since the very first day Disneyland opened its gates. Inspired by the Unbirthday party scene from Alice in Wonderland (1951), those spinning pastel teacups have delighted generations of families, and the Imagineers who designed the original concept art absolutely nailed the whimsical, tilted-world energy of Wonderland. This card captures all of that charm beautifully - the teacups are rendered with painterly warmth, and the Fantasyland setting gives it that cozy, storybook feel that makes your heart go soft.
Now add the Rainbow Foil parallel treatment, and things get seriously spectacular. The Rainbow Foil finish sweeps across the card surface with a full-spectrum shimmer that shifts as you tilt the card - lavender melting into teal, gold flashing into rose, the whole prism dancing across the teacup art in the most delightful way. It is like the card itself is spinning! The Rainbow Foil is part of the base parallel set for Disneyland 70th, falling at approximately 1:2 packs, which makes it the most accessible foil parallel in the set. That accessibility is wonderful - it means more collectors can land this beauty without chasing ultra-low-numbered rares, though the shimmer is absolutely anything but ordinary.
A Little Spin Down Memory Lane
I cannot talk about the Mad Tea Party without sharing a memory. Years ago, I visited Disneyland on a warm California evening, and the park smelled exactly the way it always does - fresh popcorn drifting down from Main Street, a hint of churro sweetness in the air. My group decided to end the night in Fantasyland, and we grabbed the biggest, most electric-blue teacup we could find. We spun that wheel until the whole world blurred into pastel swirls and laughter. The music playing, the lights twinkling, the absolute giddiness of it - I could feel that same joy the moment I looked at this card. That is the power of great Concept Art: it does not just show you an attraction, it transports you right back into the moment.
The best thing about a teacup is that it spins you right back to the magic, no matter how many years have passed. Every Concept Art card in this set is a first-class ticket back to the Happiest Place on Earth.
The Bigger Set: Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary
Since Card #144 is part of the broader Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary release, it is worth talking about the incredible landscape this card lives in. This set is a collector's wonderland from top to bottom. Along with the Concept Art and base subsets, you can chase jaw-dropping Chrome insert sets like A Pirate's Life Chrome, Happy Haunts Chrome (hello, Haunted Mansion fans!), It's a Small World Chrome die-cuts, and Tomorrowland Cosmic Chrome - each with their own parallel rainbow including Orange Wave Refractors, Black Refractors, and the coveted 1/1 Superfractors. The Posters insert delivers full-bleed classic attraction poster art, and The Lands subset celebrates every magical corner of Disneyland from Adventureland to Tomorrowland. Relic collectors will drool over the 70th Anniversary Collector Pin relic cards, limited to just 70 copies, with an actual Disneyland anniversary pin embedded right into the card. And the Attraction Autographs featuring signers like Tim Allen and Margaret Kerry make this one of the most complete Disney park releases Topps has ever produced. Card #144 is a beautiful piece of a very magical puzzle!
Collector Notes: Who Needs This Card?
Let's talk about where the Rainbow Foil Mad Tea Party #144 fits in your collecting strategy. For set builders, the Rainbow Foil parallels are the first tier of the foil rainbow - an essential starting point before you work up through Blue, Gold, Orange, and the ultra-scarce Red and 1/1 Foilfractor. For park fans and Fantasyland collectors, this Concept Art card is a standout because it features original Imagineering artwork, not just a photo - it has that timeless, artistic quality that pairs beautifully with other Disneyland-themed collectibles. For parallel collectors, the full rainbow of this card runs from Rainbow Foil all the way up to /199, /150, /99, /70, /55, /50, /33, /25, /10, /5, and the 1/1 Foilfractor, giving you a gorgeous chase ladder to climb. And for Alice in Wonderland devotees, anything featuring the Mad Tea Party attraction in Concept Art form is an absolute must-add. The card thickness is 35 pt. standard, so it is easy to protect and store.
Display and Storage Ideas
For this Rainbow Foil beauty, I am a huge fan of displaying it in a Ultra Pro 9-Pocket Platinum Page alongside other foil parallels from the Disneyland 70th set - when you lay out a run of Rainbow, Blue, and Gold Foil versions of the same card, the shimmer gradient effect is absolutely breathtaking in a binder. If you want to show off the foil finish as a standalone piece, slip it into an Ultra Pro One-Touch Magnetic Holder (35pt. fits perfectly!) and prop it up on a shelf where natural light can work its magic. That Rainbow Foil treatment deserves to be seen from every angle! You could also pair it with a Mad Tea Party park map, a vintage attraction pin, or even your Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom spell cards featuring Alice and the Mad Hatter for an enchanting Wonderland display corner.
And of course - once yours is safely filed, hop into the Collectiblz app and mark that Rainbow Foil #144 as Have in your Disneyland 70th checklist. Watching those completion bars grow is almost as satisfying as the pull itself!
Happy collecting, and may all your foil cards catch the light just right! ✨🎴🏰
- 💖 Tilly
