Kodak Mickey-Matic (1988–1991)

The Kodak Mickey-Matic is a 110 film camera themed around Mickey Mouse. It was produced from 1988 to 1991 and sold for $11.95. Kodak released two cameras under the Mickey-Matic name. The 1988 model was very similar to several other Kodak 110 cameras of the period - the Gimini, Winner, Trimlite Instamatic 18, Kids Camera, My First Camera, and the abortive Kodak Galactic. It survives today in both pink and blue colorways, and current eBay listings categorize it under vintage Mickey Mouse cameras and 110-format film cameras.

Documentation on this model is thin. No lens specifications, shutter speeds, dimensions, or battery requirements are recorded in any source available. The camera's name includes "Flash," but no flash type or specification is documented. What is known: it takes 110 cartridges, and a roll of Kodacolor Gold 200 shot with one expired in 1988, the same year the camera was released. Kodak's 110-cartridge cameras of this era typically carry a four-character "camerosity" date code, usually inside the film compartment, and the Mickey-Matic is listed among those cameras. That helps if you need to date a specific unit.

One caution: a Pinterest pin claiming to show Mickey-Matic specs (25mm lens, Magicube flash, 1972 launch) appears to actually describe a Kodak Instamatic 25. The page itself ends with "This was the Kodak Instamatic 25 Manual Pdf." Those specs do not belong to this camera. Ignore them.

One TikTok user who brought a Mickey-Matic to Disney World called it "the biggest bringer of joy," noting the camera cost $10–20, film runs about $10 per roll, and home development runs $2–3 per roll (plus $100+ in setup costs). That matches the camera's positioning: a cheap, cheerful, character-branded snapshot camera from the tail end of Kodak's 110 era.

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