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Jacob Huber
Expert Film Handler

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From: Evansville, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002


 - posted 03-19-2002 11:36 PM      Profile for Jacob Huber   Email Jacob Huber   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
We were delivered a very large crate today. At first I thought it was a new popper since one of ours is being a real PITA. Come to find out this 225 lb. crate contained the new Spirit Standee (not the red one with the horse silhouette like the banner). This thing actually contains a life size plastic horse which is to be situated on cardboard grass. This thing is huge, bigger than any other standee I've ever see. Have any of you seen this or any other obsessively massive standees?

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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
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 - posted 03-20-2002 12:01 AM      Profile for Paul G. Thompson   Email Paul G. Thompson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Jeeze, that must take the cake. Now we know why Jack Valenti was complaining about the marketing costs being too high.

My question is, how are you going to dispose of that thing when it comes time to do so? It is certain you are going to have to pay through the nose to get rid of that thing.

Maybe you could have a drawing and help the "winner" load it in his pick-up truck?


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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999


 - posted 03-20-2002 02:08 AM      Profile for Christopher Duvall   Email Christopher Duvall   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Disney had sent out very large and realistic replicas of Mike and Sulley from Monsters Inc. If you look at the picture, you can see that they were pretty detailed. Disney actually took those back because they were being given away in a national contest with Toys R' Us. They were impressive...



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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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From: Houston, TX, USA
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 - posted 03-20-2002 02:14 AM      Profile for James R. Hammonds, Jr   Email James R. Hammonds, Jr   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
All Disney got back from us was sulley with a head missing.
Mike got stolen after a week or two, and Sulley was beheaded soon after the film was released. The rest of his body spent a week or so in the booth before being hauled off.
If we have one of these at work, im going to make sure i get a picture of me riding it.


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Scott Norwood
Film God

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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 03-20-2002 06:09 AM      Profile for Scott Norwood   Author's Homepage   Email Scott Norwood   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Meanwhile, untold numbers of smaller theatres are having trouble getting posters....

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Chase Taylor
Expert Film Handler

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From: Troy, Alabama, USA
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 - posted 03-20-2002 09:58 AM      Profile for Chase Taylor   Author's Homepage   Email Chase Taylor   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Isn't that the truth!!

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Jim Ziegler
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From: West Hollywood, CA
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 - posted 03-20-2002 01:50 PM      Profile for Jim Ziegler   Email Jim Ziegler   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Smaller theatres? hell... I'm in a 20 and sometimes I have trouble getting posters...


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Mark Huff
Film Handler

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From: Springfield, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000


 - posted 03-20-2002 06:29 PM      Profile for Mark Huff   Email Mark Huff   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I remember a standee for Godzilla being about 6ft tall and 8ft wide. I never saw the Mighty Joe Young Standee but I hear it was about 20ft tall.

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Andy Muirhead
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From: Galashiels, Scotland
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 - posted 03-20-2002 08:06 PM      Profile for Andy Muirhead   Email Andy Muirhead   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I think standee's are getting wildly out of control, some of them would have trouble fitting in an aircraft hangar, and even the simplest of them are getting more complicated to build - i swear the design teams are all on coke or something. 'yeah man, it'd be cool to make, like, that guy more 3d or something?, i know make it like a banner, but with a base, and make it really complicated to build'

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Jacob Huber
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
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 - posted 03-20-2002 10:51 PM      Profile for Jacob Huber   Email Jacob Huber   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I really hate those big banner standees with a base. Complete lack of creativity and takes forever to put together.

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Jeff Skallan
Film Handler

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From: Littleton, CO, USA
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 - posted 03-21-2002 03:20 AM      Profile for Jeff Skallan   Email Jeff Skallan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The Mighty Joe Young standee was indeed 20 feet tall. It took a team of assemblers to put it together, but when it came time to take it down, no help from anyone! The manager's decision... "Just push it over and we'll take it apart piece by piece." CRASH! I guess the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Three hours later, we finally got to go home. The thing was HUGE!


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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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From: Houston, TX, USA
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 - posted 03-22-2002 09:28 PM      Profile for James R. Hammonds, Jr   Email James R. Hammonds, Jr   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I know a guy who would have driven his truck through that thing if he was given the opportunity.
I was with him when he did END OF DAYS.
Another friend of mine and I drove his car through the rolling stone review TRAFFIC standee.
Pretty cool mindless fun.

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John Pytlak
Film God

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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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 - posted 03-24-2002 07:06 PM      Profile for John Pytlak   Author's Homepage   Email John Pytlak   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Paul asked: "My question is, how are you going to dispose of that thing when it comes time to do so? It is certain you are going to have to pay through the nose to get rid of that thing."

Maybe you could auction them off, like the many life-sized horse figures from Rochester's recent "Horses on Parade":
http://www.highfalls.com/hop/
http://www.highfalls.com/hop/about.php

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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Margate, FL, USA
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 - posted 03-24-2002 08:27 PM      Profile for Jerry Chase   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The "Orca" standee was around 20 to 24 feet long IIRC. It had a fishing village and whale and some other stuff. Big standees aren't new. The original Star Trek standee was another big one.

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