Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech I think I read somewhere that they created a new Attraction poster for the Sinbad Attraction after it's overhaul. Does anyone have a picture of it? Also, did they do a new poster for Space Mountain?
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara New logo and poster for Space Mountain, and yes there is a new poster for Sinbad (you can tell because he's lost his beard and that dopey toy tiger is in it).
Originally Posted By leemac SIR - I do think I have one somewhere on an old back-up but I'm back out there for most of April and will post it on a TDR update.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi "Pirates of the Caribbean" also has a new poster. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By Malin If you could post the new Pirates poster that MagicalNezumi speaks about it to would be greatly apreciated Lee.
Originally Posted By leemac Not a problem at all - I think the new Tiki poster is due out shortly too.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Holy moley, it's an attraction poster bonanza! Hey I know it's a long shot but if anyone sees that TDL is selling any kind of reproductions of these, please let us know.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara I don't think Tokyo Disneyland has sold replicas of attraction posters in many years (though there was some sort of mini-set available in the Disney Gallery). I have a Westerland/Mark Twain repro that was sold not long after the park opened--one of these is available on eBay now at a preposterous Buy-It-Now price. Through a good stroke of luck, I also have many orignal silk-screened attraction posters from Tokyo Disneyland.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I have to wonder why they don't have the print-on-demand attraction posters like they have (had?) at DL. It would seem that this would be a good seller with the Japanese fans, since they are something that can be hung on a wall and not take up a lot of room like, say, a park replica set would. But I could be totally off base here.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara They don't seem to sell lithos and prints at TDR. Don't seem to be something the Japanese are interested in. I've always found that to be disappointing. Everytime I go they still have that same $3500 giclee in the Sleepy Whale Shop in Mermaid Lagoon. That's it!
Originally Posted By Mr X That might have to do with the nature of Japanese apartment walls. First of all, many people rent and if so you aren't allowed to make any holes in the walls whatsoever. And even for those who own their place, the usual walls at home are sort of papery like the doors, look very nice and natural, and aren't really suited for hanging stuff. Just a guess.
Originally Posted By Malin It seems to me OLC is very protected of its artwork. Also wouldn't it be actually Disney that owned this artwork? I'm not sure how the licensing deal works between both parks. But surely if WDI designed these posters it would mean Disney held the rights to all artwork.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara There are numerous paths to owning the rights to artwork. It could belong to the Walt Disney Company (anything done by WDI belongs to the corporate entity). So, the questiono would be, if Oriental Land paid WDI to do work, who would own the artwork--the Walt Disney Company or Oriental Land. My bet is that the rights belong to the Walt Disney Company and Oriental Land has a license to use the works.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Disney may hold the rights, but that doesn't mean that Disney would make enough by selling reproductions to justify the cost of production. Not to mention overhead- the Merch dept at TDL needs shelf space to put the product, and if something else would sell better, well they'll choose to carry that other product instead. So if OLC thinks posters won't sell and they choose the products, it doesn't matter who owns the image or how much they'd like to release it.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara The issue of production cost versus inventory is what drove Disney to create Print on Demand. Many of the items are beautifully reproduced through this process, though a few are not. However, it's a real thrill for a Disney junkie to be able to look over screen after screen of original concept art and buy copies of it.
