my daughters 2nd birthday is coming up soon, and she just loves minnie mouse. I've tried to bid on one from e-bay but they always end up going for about $60 and thats way out of my budget... (mod edited for content)

in advance thanks for the help.

Are you talking about a full body Minnie? If not, why not just take an 8 or 10 inch round pan for the head and make a couple 6 inch rounds for the ears. Just cut out a bit of the 6ers so the ears look attached to the head. It would be very easy to ice it with buttercream to look like Minnie then add a fondant/gumpaste bow.

Good luck! Just remember your daughter will love it no matter how it ends up because it's her favorite cartoon and her mommy made it!

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1493436

I'm not sure what kind of 'figure' of MM you're wanting, but when I did my Scooby, I printed off the pic from the internet, blew it up to the size I wanted, and laminated it. I then baked my sheet cakes & place my template on the top and carved around it to get the shape. Then the eyes etc were made from fondant/painted on. HTH

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wilton-Minnie-Mouse-Face-Cake-Pan_W0QQitemZ330382447998QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4cec54157e
This one (head only) is buy it now @ $28 (or best offer) plus $8 shipping on E-Bay (not a bad deal).

There is also a bid item for the full body Minnie starting at $12.99 but it ends in 5 days so it will probably go up. If you want to watch it: http://cgi.ebay.com/WILTON-DISNEY-MINNIE-MOUSE-CAKE-PAN-W-INSERT-BIRTHDAY_W0QQitemZ370300815116QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5637a6070c
Good Luck!

Try searching the galleries here on CC. There a lots of Minnie cakes that use simple shapes, and you wouldn't need to buy special pans.

Thanks i'll give those a try, i just really wanted the full body minnie mouse cake pan i got to do cars for my son recently and wanted to to minnie mouse for my daughter, but i guess i'll have to come up with something else.