I've noticed Disney has some great merch lately for It's a Small World, which I love! The hippo on the ride (WDW) is one of my favorite things to see during my trip. I've noticed that some of the items have the hippo as aqua (which I feel is the appropriate color) while other have it as a light blue. Does anyone know why this is? Was it once more of a blue hue? I believe the DL version has a pink hippo, but I don't know why there would be this subtle variance would exist on so many different things. Just curious!
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It's a Small World Merch Question
- Thread starter hystericalbende
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Often merch is from a third party. Often said party won’t have ever ridden said attraction.
The Empress Lilly
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When UNI bought the rights to Potter, in the contract it stipulated that east of the Mississippi Disney could not use any animals that looked like the Hippogriff. So that's why the WDW hippo and its merch need to be light blue whereas it can be aqua in DL.
HMFan999
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My BS alarm is blaring on this one. That transaction wouldn't have included Disney in any way, so there's no way it would have stipulated what Disney could or couldn't do. Besides, a Hippogriff is a mythological creature, Universal or Harry Potter in general has no copyright claim over it.
dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
Artistic license?
Source photos that had different lighting & thus appeared different colors?
Change in color of the actual hippo? (See here -> https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/december-1982-small-world.html for example change in color scheme of DLR hippo)
Someone forgetting to color calibrate their monitor when designing?
Source photos that had different lighting & thus appeared different colors?
Change in color of the actual hippo? (See here -> https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/december-1982-small-world.html for example change in color scheme of DLR hippo)
Someone forgetting to color calibrate their monitor when designing?
All valid points. I’m glad I’m not missing some secret history of the hippo!