World’s Biggest Private Disneyland Collection?
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Editorial Summary
The creators visit an exhibition in Burbank, California, featuring the Joel McGee Disneyland collection, which contains over 6,000 items of Disney Parks memorabilia. The collection includes a wide variety of artifacts such as vehicles, animatronics, posters, ride props, and signage. The creators explore several historical highlights, including a reproduction of Herb Ryman's original 1953 Disneyland concept map and various vintage maps spanning from 1958 to modern times. They examine specific ride components, such as the Haunted Mansion stretching room portraits, the control panel for the ride, and original hitchhiking ghost animatronics. The tour also covers items from other Disney properties, including Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, featuring pieces like the Figment animatronic from Journey into Imagination and various monorail components. Throughout the video, the creators discuss the potential auction value of these items and share personal reflections on the history and design of the various attractions and props on display.
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Creator's Key Takeaways
this is over 6 000 items it's the largest privately owned collection of Disney Parks memorabilia in the world
we're gonna check it out why you come with us on this adventure
I would love to own this one thing I've always wanted to own is a Disneyland map and hang it on the wall
this is really cool there's actually a Main Street vehicle built by Bob gurr
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