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TARZAN'S DESK-TOP CAST OF CHARACTERS

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19990701
Author:Annie Groer

Eat your heart out, Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Tarzan's creator simply wrote books about the orphaned British nobleman turned King of the Jungle. He doubtless knew nothing of spinoffs.

But those relentless merchandisers at Walt Disney Art Classics aren't letting a single tropical vine grow under their feet. They're hawking a line of instant "collectibles"--art and statuettes--while Disney's animated "Tarzan" plays at a theater near you. None of the items was actually used in producing the film but rather was "inspired by" or "re-created from" molds and animation cels. Romantic big spenders can ...

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