George Reiger is also known as The Disney Guy and has had over 1900 Disney tattoos. Due to the hardcore approach of Disney towards copyright, he has had to have them done by a private artist rather than a studio, and Disney has banned him from appearing in tattoo magazines. He is apparently the only man in the world to be given express permission to copy Disney images as tattoos.
He appears to have made himself someone through all of this. His website features a gallery of him with celebrities.
Not surprisingly, George Reiger is also the only person in the world with a custom-built Disney house, complete with over 26,000 Disney items.
But hey, it makes him happy, and he gets to go to Disney World once a month. What I really want to know is if they make him pay…
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