Post #242367 by Atomobile on Tue, Jul 11, 2006 7:04 PM

This is hardly Tiki news, but I haven't seen ANYTHING posted on this anywhere, even on Disney fan sites. I was at Disneyland this weekend and purchased a New Orleans Square petite print for $35. This is almost twice as big as their previous petite prints and in comes matted in a die-cut double colored-matte very similar to what they did with SHAG's Disneyland map matte. I also saw a girl's shirt with the same artwork. I was surprised nothing was announced in advance. Those were the only two items available. You could also buy the print framed. I assume there will be additional items released in the same line. The print is basically a mom and dad (taking a picture) with a boy (who is dressed as a pirate) and they are standing in the middle of New Orleans Square with the Pirates building on one side and the Haunted Mansion on the other (complete with Mansion plaque) and some of New Orleans Square in between. It is done in beautiful colors unusual from other SHAG works. I was surprised to see these as I had talked to SHAG's brother (who runs SHAG Mart) about his work for Disney and he told me that Disney had approached SHAG about doing Pirates merchandise. SHAG refused as Disneyland already had too much of his work.
I don't have a way to photograph and I'm sure an image will appear soon somewhere. The lady at the Gallery above Pirates (which is the only place that had these items, and not-so-prominently displayed I might add) said they were released that morning (this past Saturday). Not sure if they will do a large litho.
Anybody know any more about these?
Hope I didn't offend Tiki purist, but I figure there is plenty of SHAG and Disneyland fans here.
Your friend,
Louis

"Even though your body will shrink, your mind will expand!"

[ Edited by: Atomobile 2006-07-11 19:07 ]