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AniaR
11-26-2012, 11:03 PM
Uh, look what I found...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPLASH-DARYL-HANNAH-ORIGINAL-PROP-MERMAID-TAIL-WITH-FULL-DOCUMENTATION-/221156644508?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337df6969c

Anyone else think it's weird there's no other info, no photos, and it's selling cheaper than many regular tails????

EDIT: They added some photos, it's not the actual tail, it's what they used for the mold -_-

ShyMer
11-26-2012, 11:15 PM
How odd... This Ebay posting confuses me. Looks super sketchy :/

Guaranteed to be authentic for life? What? Like it's authentic today, but might be less authentic next month?

Aquatarian
11-26-2012, 11:24 PM
My big question is why are the photos of a tail prop from "The Thirteenth Year"? That's still awesome but that's not the Splash! tail. :/

michellerobison
11-26-2012, 11:28 PM
At first I thought maybe the child Madison tail ,they had just a tail on a stick to splash with, but it's not ..I think it's odd, looks like a prototype maybe? Thom Shouse should see it, he'd know what ti was and if ti came from any prototypes from splash...

Aquatarian
11-26-2012, 11:45 PM
Yeah like Raina said, it looks like a mold or something similar. But it's totally NOT from Splash...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwov4ESkM1qa5ixlo6_250.gif

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XELnGJy0zFU/0.jpg

It's from the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, The Thirteenth Year

Winged Mermaid
11-26-2012, 11:57 PM
Mike has the actual 13th year tail. This just looks like a prop for when they needed the mermaid fluke to appear but not someone in full tail maybe? Either way, definatly NOT Splash. The letter says Splash, so it's def a fake letter. Looks like someone who doesn't know a thing about what they're selling, trying to make more money by faking a authenticity letter. Soooo sketchy.

Merrow Fair Isle
11-27-2012, 12:04 AM
I was feeling saucy, so decided to ask the seller if they had any doccumentation from tail,creator Thom,Shouse as opposed to the prop master. Also mentioned kt closely resembled the 13th year tail is color and design. We shall see if I even get a response.

AniaR
11-27-2012, 12:20 AM
Haha I already contacted them and told them they can't scam people cuz I know Thom hahahahah

Elle
11-27-2012, 12:30 AM
Well the guy mentioned in the letter did do thirteenth year, where as the man who supposedly signed it does docos.......
It's really suss if you ask me

Mermaid Allie
11-27-2012, 12:39 AM
SKETCHY LIKE CRAYOLA.

Sirenade
11-27-2012, 01:10 AM
That is a total load of BS. The letter they are showing is balogne and has not authentic origin. The other pictures they are showing are of the Thirteenth Year tail design. Thom has the moulds of the Splash tail in his garage. :/

Merrow Fair Isle
11-27-2012, 01:22 AM
What I find sad is they have had well over 5k transactions...and retain a 98.8% feedback rating. That is a lot of people spending a lot of money with a company that has no idea of what it is selling.

Moongazer
11-27-2012, 01:25 AM
I thought the Splash Tail was 'stuffed' and up in one of the famous restaurants behind glass, with the letter beside it? Planet Hollywood or something...

michellerobison
11-27-2012, 03:46 AM
Anyone who's watched Splash will know it's not from the movie... I hadn't seen the 13th year but now that I've seen Youtube vids of it, it is from eeh 13th year..or looks like it could be a repro..never know if it's authentic...

MerAnthony
11-27-2012, 06:45 AM
I did a split screen between that mold that they are tring to sell. It is an exact match to the tail in 13th year. So they say the are selling the spalsh tail? It sounds like whale poop to me.

Lois
11-27-2012, 07:16 AM
i'm sure i've seen a post like this on ebay before hmmmm

Mermaid Saphira
11-27-2012, 08:03 AM
That is a total load of BS. The letter they are showing is balogne and has not authentic origin. The other pictures they are showing are of the Thirteenth Year tail design. Thom has the moulds of the Splash tail in his garage. :/

I hope by "BS" you mean bull shark ;) lol

MermaidBrittany
11-27-2012, 09:01 AM
I thought the Splash Tail was 'stuffed' and up in one of the famous restaurants behind glass, with the letter beside it? Planet Hollywood or something...
Yeah it is actually
7822

AniaR
11-27-2012, 11:09 AM
I thought the Splash Tail was 'stuffed' and up in one of the famous restaurants behind glass, with the letter beside it? Planet Hollywood or something...

There is more than one Splash tail, I believe they made 4. I have a photo of them all somewhere on my facebook...

Sephina
11-27-2012, 01:02 PM
Did anyone else notice that they are selling Janet Jackson's homework for $400? for some reason I find that incredibly hilarious.

Merrow Fair Isle
11-27-2012, 02:52 PM
Did anyone else notice that they are selling Janet Jackson's homework for $400? for some reason I find that incredibly hilarious.
YES!!!!!

Patches
12-04-2012, 02:01 AM
This looks like the fluke from the 12th year O-o

spottedcatfish
12-04-2012, 02:18 AM
The tail has been re-listed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221161539887

Mermaid Lorelei
12-04-2012, 12:01 PM
Uhm, it's still listed incorrectly. They don't even have the correct movie listed.

MerAnthony
12-04-2012, 12:10 PM
I just sent a report to ebay I hope they get it fixed.

Merrow Fair Isle
12-04-2012, 01:04 PM
I had written them asking if I could have it independently verified by Thom Shouse as a genuine Splash tail, and was told that they were satisfied with thier sources for verifiation and while I could have it verified, they highly doubt Mr Souse would be bothered with such things. I wrote back and explained that Mr Shouse is very active in the mermaid community, of which I am part, and I was sure he would if asked be willing to verify . I also, in this message, mentioned that I found it odd that they, being a memorabilia business,wouldn' t welcome authentication directly from the man whose hands made the item... I was sent a letter back, where I was told IN ALL CAPS that my " allegations" were harassment. Then they put me on ignore

Firemaid
12-04-2012, 03:15 PM
What ever it is, it's very pretty.
I kinda want it. I wish I know how big it was!

AniaR
12-04-2012, 03:48 PM
Thom is on my friend's list lol

Sirenade
12-05-2012, 12:10 AM
I just sent this message to the new listing:

Just so you know, the tail "artifact" that you are listing is from The Disney Channel movie "The Thirteenth Year" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200208/ and NOT the movie "Splash." Don (Donald) Pennington did the special effects for the movie "The Thirteenth Year" (as listed here http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672168/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2). Thom Shouse, a good friend of mine, did the tail for Splash and I have seen the molds at his house in person. Whoever this Ron Magrid person is claiming this prop tail is from Splash is COMPLETELY WRONG.

Please check your facts before charging astronomical fees for something that is NOT authentic.

NatalieMermaid
12-06-2012, 01:37 AM
I sent a report on eBay filing it as fraudulent material. Maybe if we all do it, it will be taken down and some poor unfortunate soul won't be taken advantage of