It's still fairly new, but it's a web site I'm sure will be a favorite of many here. It's aptly called Crap Souvenirs, and contains photos and descriptions of same. Yes, a few really are crap, or depictions thereof; but most are just unbelievably tacky.
So, who among us will be the first to post the tackiest Disney souvenir in your collection?
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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How about a "I just blew 5 grand here at Disney, and all I got was this stupid tshirt!"Zazu wrote:It's still fairly new, but it's a web site I'm sure will be a favorite of many here. It's aptly called Crap Souvenirs, and contains photos and descriptions of same. Yes, a few really are crap, or depictions thereof; but most are just unbelievably tacky.
So, who among us will be the first to post the tackiest Disney souvenir in your collection?
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when I was doing a lot of flying for work, I started getting a silly magnet in the airport gift shops. did you know that just about every state has a cow magnet with their name on it?
and when we did some cross country driving vacations, we continued.
the weirdist one was from alaska with dried, and shellacked moose poo!
and when we did some cross country driving vacations, we continued.
the weirdist one was from alaska with dried, and shellacked moose poo!
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Great website. I wish I knew where my California Snowman globe was! :D:
One of the reasons so many souvenirs look the same is that usually come from the same company and they just imprint the city/attraction's name on it. It's cheap, but it pretty much kills the uniqueness of most souvenirs. Since moving to the buying side of merchandise I have seen the catalogs and the design sheets. The catalogs are massive-especially the Amerigift Corp one (they seem to have a lock on Florida and the Caribbean). Fun to look through too.
One of the reasons so many souvenirs look the same is that usually come from the same company and they just imprint the city/attraction's name on it. It's cheap, but it pretty much kills the uniqueness of most souvenirs. Since moving to the buying side of merchandise I have seen the catalogs and the design sheets. The catalogs are massive-especially the Amerigift Corp one (they seem to have a lock on Florida and the Caribbean). Fun to look through too.
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what? none of those horse crap cigars?GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:when I was doing a lot of flying for work, I started getting a silly magnet in the airport gift shops. did you know that just about every state has a cow magnet with their name on it?
and when we did some cross country driving vacations, we continued.
the weirdist one was from alaska with dried, and shellacked moose poo!
no cactus candy?
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Nothing perishable! and it had to fit in a small space in my carry on 'equipment" bag.drcorey wrote:what? none of those horse crap cigars?
no cactus candy?
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I remember we used to go to Tijuana when I was a kid. One trip we took a few relatives--forgot if they were Dad's or Mom's, I think Dad's--anyway, they bought a pack of cigarettes made of horse manure. I still remember asking to see the pack, and there was a forbidden word on the pack, used a few times, to describe what was in the cigarettes. It assured the buyer that no mule "stuff" was used, only pure horse "stuff". I wonder if it would still cause cancer/lung disease, or not?
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felinefan wrote:I remember we used to go to Tijuana when I was a kid. One trip we took a few relatives--forgot if they were Dad's or Mom's, I think Dad's--anyway, they bought a pack of cigarettes made of horse manure. I still remember asking to see the pack, and there was a forbidden word on the pack, used a few times, to describe what was in the cigarettes. It assured the buyer that no mule "stuff" was used, only pure horse "stuff". I wonder if it would still cause cancer/lung disease, or not?
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