Yeah, I was going to post a comment a couple of days ago about being wary of buying these or other proposed Disney Attraction 'posters' from eBay or Etsy or the like.
Many are unofficial, unauthorized copies.
Literally, copies.
As in color copies, laser inkjet print copies, photographic copies, or professional printed scanned copies of the original prints.
There are even some made from high res photographs taken of the original posters that are / were displayed publically.
This is why you often see off model / incorrect colors as 'trainplane3' mentioned above.
Whatever printing / color copier duplication system is being used differs from the medium used to print the 'real poster images' licensed by Disney.
Always a easy way to tell the repro copies from the authentic prints.
The other tip off is the size.
'Bootlegs' and color copied reproductions are almost always smaller and often fall into the range of standard paper sizes.
I always have to laugh when I am browsing on eBay and see Park Attraction posters listed as being '11 X 17 inches' in size.
That size alone makes it more then obvious the seller just jogged down to their local copy center or print shop and ran off a few copies on a machine for 65 cents each.
Or for free at the office....
Some folks won't really care if a poster is 'real' or not....and just want a big image of the design they like to hang on the wall at a affordable price.
And that's fine, but just know that it's likely the quality of the image will be blurry or off color in most cases.
If you intend to pursue un-official prints, at least try to find decent reproductions.
However I instead recommend that if you really love these images, invest in the real deal.
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