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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For the DCML digest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>From various friends and family visits to <st1:place
w:st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> and Disney World it appears <st2:Sn w:st="on">Disney</st2:Sn>
has very little support for anything to do with the characters created by Carl
Barks. I don’t know if <st2:Sn w:st="on">Disney</st2:Sn> have a
‘wasn’t invented here’ syndrome but I for one would purchase
Scrooge McDuck, Beagle Boys, Junior Woodchucks and Gyro Gearloose
merchandise. I still wear my Scrooge McDuck gold tie pin I bought in <st1:place
w:st="on">Disneyland</st1:place> in 1995, even if it is a little worse for wear
after going through an industrial clothes dryer. If the theme parks
don’t support the characters how can a publisher garner support for the
titles and vice versa. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I would purchase a silk Carl Barks or Don Rosa Scrooge
McDuck tie and a Beagle Boys one with the correct colours. I have worn my
Italian Scrooge McDuck tie, wrong colours and all, to various prestigious
university conferences, seminars and functions, a parliamentary function, and
business conferences since 2002 around the world and have had nothing but
compliments. I just believe this is a market being missed out on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Martin</span></font></st2:GivenName><span
lang=EN-AU> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Andrew</st2:Sn></span></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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