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I went through and looked at it, and changed a few things I thought looked a tad awkward. I don't know if it sounds better or not. Anyways, they were just small re-wordings.

Good Thanks GK, that's exactly what I wanted
Well, I'll wait a bit to see how everyone is reacting to this petition, and if everything's ok, I'll make the petition.

hey my post isn't here?

Err...which post are you talking about?
Does anyone else has an opinion?

I made a post on which ones i liked and it was the 2nd post here, ohwell i might oh deleted it by mistake . well my opinion on this is.... i argee that we should definetly do the 3,4,5 ones, and about the 1,2 im so,so.

It is the problem, some will like some of the ideas and not the others, and other people will like exactly all the contrary...
I'm pretty much for everything though...As anything Balto-related would be a big step from Universal and something to help it getting more popular.

Looks great. I can't think of anything else to add. Just as a safety precation you should see if you can find someone who has lots of experiance with petitions and see if they have any advice. Otherwise it looks great

Steet i think it's a fantastic idea and it looks great! i'll email my friends and ask if they would like to sign it too, it would be so awesome if Universal replied *sighs*

i want stuff for the us such as cards t-shirts video games you know the works

Here's a new version :

Title :

Balto : A call from the fans


Text in front page :

Balto is an animated film that never got the recognition it should have.
From year to year, the Balto community of fans has grown, at the speed of people who get to know of its existence.

We (Balto fans) feel that Universal never realized the potential of this license. We wish for the Balto license to have a better future, rather than just making sequel after sequel as has been done with the "Land Before Time" series.
We want to let Universal know that there are a lot of Balto fans out there, especially in comparison to the (still small) number of people who got the chance to see it.

As such, this animated film should be recognized the way it should be: as a great classic, which had great potential and yet never became well known due to a lack of advertising, weak efforts and wrong marketing choices (releasing the film at the same time as Toy Story was probably the biggest error possible...)
But, we feel that it's not too late, and there are a few things Universal could do to exploit their license in a good way.

A list of things Universal Pictures could do includes:

- Release a special edition of the Balto DVD, with widescreen, deleted scenes, commentaries, a good cover,...and the same for the sequels,
- Making a Balto video game,
- Restart making Balto merchandises (plushies, books, t-shirts...),
- Release the soundtracks of the sequels on a CD,
- A TV series,
- Reshow the original film in theaters,
- Build a Balto ride in one of Universal theme parks
- Make a box set with the three Balto films,
- Better distribution (for example, Wings of Change was difficult to find at its release, even in the USA,
And the original Balto is still difficult to find...)

We would be glad if Universal would realize just one of these "fan wishes", because it would say that even big companies like Universal can understand the fans. We also think that both Universal and us (fans and customers) would win if such things were to happen.

Of course, you don't have to be interested in everything previously listed to sign this petition. It is mostly here to let Universal know that there are more Balto fans than they think, and for that reason they should sometimes listen to us.

So, if you like Balto and think that it deserves to be more popular,
sign the petition!

And the additional questions asked in the form :

Would you buy some of the products previously listed if they were released? Yes/No
What are your feelings about the Balto films?
Any other comments?

Yes, but I don't know of anyone...Does some of you know of someone who already made petitions?

I fully agree and I'm backing this 110% but please do not ask for the game unless you ask that it be in limited stock so they make money.


Go balto!!

Don't worry, everything Universal make Balto-related is always in limited stocks...

Can someone tell me if there are no errors? It needs to have no spelling or grammatical error at all!

Again, I changed just a few of the awkward things here and there, and one place the word should was used twice in the sentence and it just sounded strange so I changed it to ought.
I don't know if this pertains to petitions or not, but I've always been told not to write in the 2nd person (we, us, etc). So would it be better to use the fans instead of we? You also wouldn't have to put (the fans) after the we if you changed it.