RobotWolf
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Thank you very much!
I hadn't known that she made it out of the TNM fire "alive." They can always re-animate her some day.
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Animatronics: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Thank you very much!
I hadn't known that she made it out of the TNM fire "alive." They can always re-animate her some day.
danyoung56
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That would be the goddess Uh-Oa.
vgersix
Member
Oh wow. Thanks so much for sharing this. I vaguely remember seeing this on my first trip to Disney, way back in 1989. (I was this many: *holds up five fingers*) lol
Such a weird and yet endearing show.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
It does definitely give you more time to see him than the Yeti and it is amazing. You also get a slight glimpse through some rockwork on the right before you actually see him.
I agree with others that the Yeti, while impressive was visible for WAAAAAY to short of time. You can put together the most incredible AA on the planet, but if you see him for 2 seconds, a lot of it goes unnoticed
Goofyernmost
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And you have just hit on the reason why it hasn't been repaired. It was a great design that not only didn't work, it was hardly even seen. It made no difference in ridership with or without it so that pretty much tells you just how much of a waste of time, money and engineering that whole thing was. You need time to be awed by anything. Most just plain never had the time, so, it is currently and will probably remain forever... Disco Yeti.
RobotWolf
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Not totally relevant, but does anyone have any good shots of SIR's eyes? I'm trying to get an idea of what the basic shapes were.
The easiest answer would be "human," of course. But his were slightly sinister somehow. An actual artist could describe it better than I could.
Please and Thank you!
The easiest answer would be "human," of course. But his were slightly sinister somehow. An actual artist could describe it better than I could.
Please and Thank you!
danyoung56
Well-Known Member
As I recall, S.I.R.'s eyes were rectangular screens, and they displayed video of eyes, changing shape depending on how cranky he was.
ajkraz
Member
Best: T-Rex in Dinosaur or the one with the other dinosaur in the mouth
Worst: Ulysses Grant, Hall of Presidents, this is a conditional one, the last time I went he kept blinking and opening his mouth like he was gonna talk but didn't :/
Ugliest: Ellen, Ellen's energy adventure, I read on here that it was originally from another ride but it's just bad
Honorable mentions:
C3PO
Captain Jack Sparrow
Brer Rabbit
Yeti
Buzz Lightyear (Not really anymore but when it came out it was ahead of its time)
Worst: Ulysses Grant, Hall of Presidents, this is a conditional one, the last time I went he kept blinking and opening his mouth like he was gonna talk but didn't :/
Ugliest: Ellen, Ellen's energy adventure, I read on here that it was originally from another ride but it's just bad
Honorable mentions:
C3PO
Captain Jack Sparrow
Brer Rabbit
Yeti
Buzz Lightyear (Not really anymore but when it came out it was ahead of its time)
SyracuseDisneyFan
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I find the Ursula animatronic kind of creepy.
KBLovedDisney
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In my opinion:
The Best: S.I.R., Skippy, Nine-Eye & Timekeeper
The "Ok": All of the Country Bear Jamboree Bears
The "Not so Great": Flik, Ariel, Buzz Lightyear
The "OMG, what is that thing??": CoP characters (Seriously, you can hear the air noises and most of the time the flesh on the neck pieces don't meet with their bodies)
The Best: S.I.R., Skippy, Nine-Eye & Timekeeper
The "Ok": All of the Country Bear Jamboree Bears
The "Not so Great": Flik, Ariel, Buzz Lightyear
The "OMG, what is that thing??": CoP characters (Seriously, you can hear the air noises and most of the time the flesh on the neck pieces don't meet with their bodies)
Goofyernmost
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Hope you can live with that because when you are almost 60 years old, the exact same thing is going to be happening to you.
KBLovedDisney
Well-Known Member
Haha! The air noises I could live with, but if my skin ever came off my neck not meeting my body...well, I'd have fun at Halloween!Hope you can live with that because when you are almost 60 years old, the exact same thing is going to be happening to you.
Goofyernmost
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No one ever said that aging is pretty! It is exciting because every morning you get up and try and figure out if that new pain requires a Doctors visit or just walk it off. Never a dull moment.
Musicman20
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I still think Buzz during the queue of BLSS is cool!
Wicked Witch on TGMR is fantastic.
Impressed by the sheer amount on Hall of Presidents.
Yeti looks fantastic on EE but my of my do I want to see it move.
C3PO on ST is fantastic.
Highlight of Little Mermaid is Ursula. That is one of the best IMO.
I don't really think I've ever seen one and thought 'my word that is bad' as I usually judge it by how old the ride is etc.
Wicked Witch on TGMR is fantastic.
Impressed by the sheer amount on Hall of Presidents.
Yeti looks fantastic on EE but my of my do I want to see it move.
C3PO on ST is fantastic.
Highlight of Little Mermaid is Ursula. That is one of the best IMO.
I don't really think I've ever seen one and thought 'my word that is bad' as I usually judge it by how old the ride is etc.
Cmdr_Crimson
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How's This?
There was this version of the Action figure shown on Parkeology's site...
SyracuseDisneyFan
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I do like the Buzz Lightyear animatronic.
RobotWolf
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Those were way better images than I found on Google, Thank you!
Plus! I never knew he was reading an instruction manual before!
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
How's This?
There was this version of the Action figure shown on Parkeology's site...
I'd always thought that S.I.R.'s eyes ere laser-based somehow. There was a "grainy" quality to them, as older laser projection often has, and they definitely had a perceptible on/off pulse to them, like they were flickering several dozen times a second.
I hadn't noticed before, but that the Phil Hartman version of the character "T.O.M. 2000" had a bow-tie. It must have been removed for the final Tim Curry version of S.I.R.
Captain Barbossa
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The Good - TIE Timekeeper & Starnac
The Bad.......The adding and Plot Change of Jack Sparrow & Barbosa to PoTC Aye that looks nothing like me. And why do I have an overgrown dagger in my hand and not a sword?!
The Ugly....Hate to say it...But.....The Yeti...Only until there is some fractal of a chance he'd be back to his original movement...But, not likely for a long time...So, enjoy the beauty and grace of this Picture before he went Ugly...
Captain Barbossa
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The Jack Sparrow in the treasure room doesn't look to good. He barely moves his mouth when he's talking and singing. I like the Ariel AA in the Little Mermaid ride. The seven dwarfs look pretty good as well. The Country Bears are also amoung my favorites. My least favorite has to be a tie between the obama AA and the chick with the afro on the right towards the end of Spaceship Earth.