From: swiffenr@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: NEW DISNEY POSTER (UPDATE)
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:56:08 GMT

A couple of people in America posted regarding the Australian "Magic of Disney
Poster" (avril@chopin.udel.edu and WTQ@PSUVM.PSU.EDU).  The poster features
most (not _quite_ all) of the major Disney characters up to and including BatB.

Well, personally I don't see the poster being made available in America, at
least not in the immediate future.  I believe Disney were _very_ impressed by
the quality of the artwork, though, so maybe they have plans.  Maybe you could
try contacting them?...

Another alternative would be for me to send you the poster.  This approach has
a number of problems...
        1)  We are on opposite sides of the world, so there will be massive
delays with the postal service (especially around this time of year).
        2)  I have no idea how to handle the different exchange rates,
packaging/posting costs etc...
        3)  I have _very_ limited money for this kind of thing (student!) if I
had to buy them in advance.
        4)  Also, you would not be able to get the stickers which go around the
edge of the poster.  These come in packs of 7, for about a $1 each.  Problem 
is, the packs just contain a random selection (I think), so you never know what
you'll end up with...

I don't like to shift this onto someone else, but _maybe_ Tim Pickett
(quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au) can help.  He seems to be about the only
regular Aussie in this group, and seems to be fairly well connected (unlike me
- how the hell did he get TLM on laserdisk?)  I hope he doesn't get p'ed off at
me for doing this...

One final suggestion is if someone in America gets in contact with Dynamic
Marketing (I'll put the numbers in again below) and orders a couple of boxes of
posters with heaps of stickers, and then distributes them with the stickers. 
Any volunteers???  They'd need lots of cashola...

Finally, I apologise if I got people's hopes up and you _can't_ get the poster. 
I haven't been reading this group very long and I'm still new to NEWS.  I can't
respond to e-mail that people send because I have to be doing project work to
get that privilege (maybe the situation will change next year, _if_ I get a
modem).  I just thought people might like to know about it, and obviously you
do.

I'll be off the net for a couple of weeks (until ~4th of Jan) coz the Uni will
be closed for the Christmas break.  Fortunately, our site keeps a BIG backlog
of articles, so I'll be able to catch up on what I miss over the next few
weeks.

The contact numbers for Dynamic Marketing are as follows (sorry I don't have an
address, and again, I don't know what extensions you'll need to use):

        Dynamic Marketing (Sydney, Australia)
        Phone:  (02) 584 1999
        Fax:  (02) 53 9529

Feel free to e-mail me if you've got any other suggestions, but remember I can
only POST to NEWS, or talk/phone (but then there's the timezone problem). 
Also, take note that Dynamic also have a "Cinema Stickers" poster, which
features reduced versions of 20 Disney posters (from SW to BatB) in black and
white.  The colour stickers for this come with the character stickers mentioned
above.

I really hope this is helpful.  Although the posters are selling like
hot-cakes, I reckon they'll be around for at least a couple of months yet.

P.S.  Had a look at the book "Disney's Art of Animation" (Bob Thomas, ~$80). 
It was mentioned in the last version of the FAQ.  It looks absolutely SUPERB,
and about 40% of it is about the making of BatB, with lots of colour pictures
from the movie, pencil sketches of the characters etc.  Needless to say, I've
got it put away...  I was VERY surprised to find it sitting on the shelf here! 
It didn't have to be ordered in from the States!

Signing off (Nanu Nanu 'n' all that) for '92...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

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