Just for fun, and because I just recently updated this section of my Photobucket account, I thought I would share a few funny merchandise errors here. It’s amazing the variety of mistakes that can appear in merchandise – take a look!
Two big errors in the pic to the left – Mufasa seems to be missing an awful large part of his bulk, and Sarabi has acquired a Zira-esque headstripe. Though to be fair, this pre-dates Zira. Sarabi looks kind of neat with a headstripe! I actually have a hard copy of the one on the right (I might scan in my own version since I snagged this dark photo online). LK book illustrators routinely use pictures of lineart as part of their own illustrations, but if they alter those, watch out for pieces left behind—like Scar’s dislocated paw in Simba’s armpit.
I only very recently discovered this one to the left, and it’s one of my personal favorites. The coloring job is excellent on the cubs, perfectly matched to the design…of Simba and Nala, not Kovu and Kiara. Golden Kovu is just so cute! The one on the right is a napkin (I just uploaded a pic on TLKFAA about another napkin error) that perhaps on casual inspection looks fine. Then on closer examination…the right paw belongs to Kiara, the left paw belongs to Kovu, the center paw belongs to…WTF?
Check out the rest of my Merchandise Errors album for yourself…there are many other fun mishaps lying around!
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