Originally Posted By basil fan You have *got* to see these on disneyshopping.com!!! Amazing! Just search Mary Poppins and check out her hat, scarf, umbrella & carpet bag. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech What do you think of the Umbrella basilfan? Even though the mouth moves on this one, I think it's much too green and the way they changed the handle to accomodate the mechanism ruins it for me. Seems like the last version (2004?) was the best Mary Poppins umbrella so far.
Originally Posted By basil fan I thought it looked inferior to the last version, but wondered if I was remembering it correctly, since I don't own it. The Ballad of Gilligan's Trial <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/</a> etc/gilligan.html
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Well and I haven't seen the newest in person yet. I had the first which was pretty good, then when the second (the previous one) came out, I sold the first and bought the second. The second had a slightly greener but cleaner more professional looking paint job, and glass eyes for the parrot, plus it didn't have the Ellenshaw painting on th einterior, something which I thought always made the first one kinda hokey.
Originally Posted By basil fan Ellenshaw's paintings are outstanding, but I would prefer one as close to the movie prop as possible. Now, if the handle could talk... The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>