Scrooge McDuck, Disneyworld and Disneyland

[John Chadwick]

On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:26 PM, John Chadwick wrote:

> If you're talking strictly merchandise, yeah it's hard to find, but  
> not completely absent. I have a Scrooge sweatshirt from a few years  
> back that I cherish as well as a pin commemorating a Beagle Boys'  
> anniversary, and of course a treasured signed and numbered Carl  
> Barks lithograph I bought in an Art of Disney shop (although items  
> like that are getting very scarce).
>
> Still I do find pleasure in the occasional presence of Barks  
> influence in the parks.  One of my favorites is the Cornelius Coot  
> statue in Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney  
> World. Sometimes, I even relate the tale of how he founded Duckburg  
> when I visit with newbies. And if you're really lucky you might just  
> run into the miser himself.  (I was going to attach a picture of me  
> with Scrooge, but I guess attachments aren't allowed.)
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Martin Andrew wrote:
>
>> For the DCML digest
>>
>> From various friends and family visits to Disneyland and Disney  
>> World it appears Disney has very little support for anything to do  
>> with the characters created by Carl Barks.  I don’t know if Disney  
>> 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 Disneyland 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martin Andrew
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