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Ordered the HSM Annual 3wks ago along with some other items and was told the other items would be dispatched straight away but the HSM Annual would not be sent until at least 1st December,be aware of this delay if you are getting it for someones birthday as theres a chance of it not arriving on time if not ordered early enough.This needs to be bared in mind for Xmas too.
Good price,shame about long wait on delivery.
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
I for one will not be buying an annual next year - not unless I see the names of ... Read More:
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
I for one will not be buying an annual next year - not unless I see the names of ... Read More:
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
I for one will not be buying an annual next year - not unless I see the names of ... Read More:
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