Please help with a Aladdin Gift Set question

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Please help with a Aladdin Gift Set question

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I am realy interested in the Aladdin Gift Set but I was wondering on the drawings.

Are they original or just copyes? Is the signatures of the artists original or just copyes?

It sounds weired if they are real, but from what Disney writes about this set it looks to be real, they are realy trying to make it sound like that atleast.
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I have done an incredibly in depth review of the gift set for the site which is ready to go live pending the addition of pictures. The drawings are indeed copies, but very cool copies at that. I'd urge you to read the review before making your final choice on wheather or not to go for the gift set; it should be up soon.
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I am looking forward to see it.

But is the signatures copies as well?
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Yes, the signatures are copies. The artists drew the sketches and signed them, and then Disney made copies of them afterwards.
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ok, thanks. That sound logic to me but it makes me a little mad on the description that Disney keeps on using.

They are realy trying to make this sound like original art with original signatures.

But thanks for the help because this shows me that I don't need this edition :)
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karlsen wrote:But thanks for the help because this shows me that I don't need this edition
I wouldn't rule it out completely. They actulally are really quite cool. It's a bit overpriced, yeah, and for the time being I'm going to be missing out on some other stuff that I'd like to have, but I'm glad I picked up my set. It could and should have been more than it is, but it is very impressive

And you can't really fault it for being copies. Disney produced, I'd guess, a few million of these? Did you really expect each animator to draw and sign their sketch a few million times just so everyone could have an original?

Please, wait for the review before ruling out the gift set ENTIRELY. You might decide otherwise after reading it.
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FYI, Jake's review of the Gift Set is now up here:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/aladdin3.html
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Luke wrote:FYI, Jake's review of the Gift Set is now up here:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/aladdin3.html
Cool, its right on the money!!

Even if you are a diehard it still kinda sucks, I was very disappointed. As he said the bok could have been loads better, they forgot that 5 year olds don't buy $50 gift sets.
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Does anyone know how many copies of the gift set were made???
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I agree that it would have been nice to have the book, but it is not that much worth to me sadly.

The copyes and the senitype I have no interest in.

But it was a great review Jack, I loved to read it. 8)
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karlsen wrote:But it was a great review Jack, I loved to read it. 8)
Thanks, but I didn't write it. That would be "our own esteemed Jake Lipson" as Luke once put it. :)
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wow, is there realy two Jack's :)

Not so odd realy when you think about how usual that name is :)
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karlsen wrote:wow, is there realy two Jack's :)

Not so odd realy when you think about how usual that name is :)
No, I'm Jack. As in Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.

He's Jake. As in Jake from The Rescuers Down Under.

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Post by Anders M Olsson »

The film frame is not really genuine either. It's a mass produced item, only made to look like it was cut from a theatrical print of the film.

It would have been much cooler if they had taken one or more real theatrical print(s) and chopped it(them) up in small pieces of a few frames each. That way they would all be different, and some (nicer scenes) might even become really valuable.
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Post by Kim Olav Svines »

You dissapoint me, Karlsen. I haven't got the gift set yet, but it's all paid for and I'll get 'em to send it later this week. Looks really nice. Very similar to the Lion King gift set, with the exception of the cell frame.
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