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Hi guys,
First off I have to say that I am not related to Sarednab in any way. He did not ask me to write this. I just want to offer other people a chance to read my thoughts on this amazing item. Don't be to harsh on me since this is my first review.
History:
As an Indiana Jones fan I've started to collect the 1/6 series. I've really enjoyed this and as some of you know I've also modded my Indy's with the help of some of the board members (Mike Fisher, Rorywan, Guyver1, Murderofcrows71: thnx guys
)
As my display case started to fill up I wanted more than just the 1/6 scale and that's how my interest in Replica's came about. I own a plated Idol (not sideshow, sorry to say, this one is better), the Grail, sideshow's dvd skull and the hasbro ark. I've recently bought the Grail Diary Hero Prop.
Obtaining the diary:
When I saw the prices I have to be honest, I lost my interest at first. But when I watched all the movies again I wanted to own a grail diary. I started reading all sorts of boards on the internet and I stumbled across Sarednab's replica website. According to many this is the best out there, but since I'ts a lot of money I wasn't convinced. I started comparing them to others. Then I decided to take a chance and sent him an email. Within the hour he responded and we agreed on the price. I am not going to mention the price, because I'd like to think I had a good deal
, but It's around the price on ebay. He is a great guy to deal with. If you have specific request he honors them as well. I did not have requests myself, but I read a lot of boardmembers were very happy. He always answers his email and a true Indy fan . I contacted him on website. I paid through paypal.
Within 3 weeks I got my package. It arrived in a bubbled wrapped envelope and when I opened the package, inside was a package addressed to Prof. Indiana Jones of Barnett College. It has the brown paper of the film and it even has stamps. I opened it up inside was the grail diary.
First Impression:
Out of everything I own, including other franchises I collect this is the best replica I have. You look at it and I't just a small book. But when you start to read it in detail you are starting to realize two things. First: I am reading the freaking Henry Jones grail diary and it even smells old! Second: This IS worth the money I paid for it. I could imagine all the hard work that was put into it. The leather cover is aged, but not overdone. The paper has also been aged and although it is printed you hardly notice it due to the wonderfull work that has been put into it. It's overall quality is really high!
Detail:
I went for the Hero prop, because this is the most movie accurate version. There is also a story prop available which has Henry's story in it. In my version the handwriting seemed real although it was printed (Sarednab also mentions this himself). It is very dark for a print and that alone convinced me that this could have been written. The print is a 100 percent dark and a normal printer wouldn't do that. It takes a lot of skill to convince me on this, because I am a graphic designer myself (noted: upon very close inspection I can tell it's printed, but like I said it's my work to notice these things). It has all the things you would expect from the grail diary with all the maps, inserts etc. Each separate page is aged by itself so no page is the same. Again the aging skill is amazing. Even the inserts are aged in very high detail.
Overall it feels like a real diary. The binding itself is also amazing.
I have taken one picture of the diary in my display case. Here it is:
Detailed pictured (mine almost looks the same) can be found here:
https://www.sarednabworldprops.com/eng/hero_graal.html
A movie of the diary can be seen here:
https://www.sarednabworldprops.com/eng/index.html
Sarednab's ebay:
https://feedback.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sarednab_tj&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true
I'd like to recommend this prop to any Indy fan. Although the price is high, it's worth every penny. My girlfriend first responded to the high pricemad until she actually saw the diary and even she thinks it's a great piece. She even thought it was handwritten 
.
Best,
Robert
First off I have to say that I am not related to Sarednab in any way. He did not ask me to write this. I just want to offer other people a chance to read my thoughts on this amazing item. Don't be to harsh on me since this is my first review.
History:
As an Indiana Jones fan I've started to collect the 1/6 series. I've really enjoyed this and as some of you know I've also modded my Indy's with the help of some of the board members (Mike Fisher, Rorywan, Guyver1, Murderofcrows71: thnx guys
)As my display case started to fill up I wanted more than just the 1/6 scale and that's how my interest in Replica's came about. I own a plated Idol (not sideshow, sorry to say, this one is better), the Grail, sideshow's dvd skull and the hasbro ark. I've recently bought the Grail Diary Hero Prop.
Obtaining the diary:
When I saw the prices I have to be honest, I lost my interest at first. But when I watched all the movies again I wanted to own a grail diary. I started reading all sorts of boards on the internet and I stumbled across Sarednab's replica website. According to many this is the best out there, but since I'ts a lot of money I wasn't convinced. I started comparing them to others. Then I decided to take a chance and sent him an email. Within the hour he responded and we agreed on the price. I am not going to mention the price, because I'd like to think I had a good deal
, but It's around the price on ebay. He is a great guy to deal with. If you have specific request he honors them as well. I did not have requests myself, but I read a lot of boardmembers were very happy. He always answers his email and a true Indy fan . I contacted him on website. I paid through paypal.Within 3 weeks I got my package. It arrived in a bubbled wrapped envelope and when I opened the package, inside was a package addressed to Prof. Indiana Jones of Barnett College. It has the brown paper of the film and it even has stamps. I opened it up inside was the grail diary.
First Impression:
Out of everything I own, including other franchises I collect this is the best replica I have. You look at it and I't just a small book. But when you start to read it in detail you are starting to realize two things. First: I am reading the freaking Henry Jones grail diary and it even smells old! Second: This IS worth the money I paid for it. I could imagine all the hard work that was put into it. The leather cover is aged, but not overdone. The paper has also been aged and although it is printed you hardly notice it due to the wonderfull work that has been put into it. It's overall quality is really high!
Detail:
I went for the Hero prop, because this is the most movie accurate version. There is also a story prop available which has Henry's story in it. In my version the handwriting seemed real although it was printed (Sarednab also mentions this himself). It is very dark for a print and that alone convinced me that this could have been written. The print is a 100 percent dark and a normal printer wouldn't do that. It takes a lot of skill to convince me on this, because I am a graphic designer myself (noted: upon very close inspection I can tell it's printed, but like I said it's my work to notice these things). It has all the things you would expect from the grail diary with all the maps, inserts etc. Each separate page is aged by itself so no page is the same. Again the aging skill is amazing. Even the inserts are aged in very high detail.
Overall it feels like a real diary. The binding itself is also amazing.
I have taken one picture of the diary in my display case. Here it is:
Detailed pictured (mine almost looks the same) can be found here:
https://www.sarednabworldprops.com/eng/hero_graal.html
A movie of the diary can be seen here:
https://www.sarednabworldprops.com/eng/index.html
Sarednab's ebay:
https://feedback.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sarednab_tj&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true
I'd like to recommend this prop to any Indy fan. Although the price is high, it's worth every penny. My girlfriend first responded to the high price
mad until she actually saw the diary and even she thinks it's a great piece. She even thought it was handwritten .Best,
Robert
