Talk:The Seven Crystal Balls

Not a continuity error…
The article talks of a “signficant continuity error” by the translators; that’s a very twisted representation, as it’s a change, not an error. The continuity of the English books is not the same as the French, as like in many countries, the books did not appear in original publication order in Britain. Hergé habitually changed books and altered them in French, introducing all sorts of anachronisms (Black Island, even in French, is now set decades after the books which surround it because it was re-drawn) so saw no problem in this, and agreed to the changes made by the translators. So comments such as Tintin’s about Castafiore are not errneous, they are deliberate: what they are are differences. Jock123 (talk) 13:52, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Inspiration ?
Toriyama's dragon ball's inspiration ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.219.87.234 (talk) 14:42, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You mean if Toriyama was inspired by this book? It seems unlikely, since the Tintin books aren't widely available in Japan, 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 11:35, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

German Wikipedia has an image of the house which inspired Tarragon's home.
I have discovered that the German-language Wikipedia has an image of the Brussels house that Hergé and E.P. Jacobs used as a basis for their illustration of Professor Tarragon's home:. I have tried transferring it on this English-language article but there seems to be a technical problem preventing me from doing so. If anyone here knows how to circumvent this then their assistance would be appreciated. Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 00:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I was just re-watching the 1992 animated version of this adventure last week, which also features this house, and was just mentioning it in conversation. Here it is also, on Google Maps. This is the path Hergé took when he walked across the street from his home to this house (I believe he remembered to bring his sketchpad).
 * Since the file has the Creative Commons 3.0 license I was about to transfer it to Commons and credit the photographer, but I halted when I spotted the warning at the bottom of the page: "This file is copyrighted imposed by the country. According to the Copyright Rules of the German language Wikipedia ... do not transfer this file to Wikimedia Commons." Drat. Prhartcom (talk) 01:02, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I realized recently that the warning you mentioned was actually added by a bot and has since been removed by the photographer who uploaded the image. So there shouldn't be any copyright concerns. I've moved the photo to the English Commons and have added it to this article, although I may not have done so correctly; feel free to address any lingering issues. --Jpcase (talk) 18:33, 5 December 2018 (UTC)