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Creations Shop opening this summer
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James Alucobond
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Indeed. This shop is a massive step up, and even though they've been pounding on the Mickey theming in social media postings, it's ultimately not terribly overwhelming and there's way more EPCOT detailing throughout the space than there was before. I'd like it if the two large murals were a bit different, but it's not going to spoil it for me.
TestTrack99
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It's beautiful, as Epcot should be.
Disney Analyst
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May they step on lego.
Is there 'no-limit' as of how many of the same items people can purchase?
Karakasa
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Imo they need to reduce it to two of only one item at this point, no other duplicates except for maybe foodstuffs. Scalpers are going bonkers.
It's 2 of a given item per customer. But if they only have so much of a given product for the day/week/w/e and there are dozens of scalpers........Is there 'no-limit' as of how many of the same items people can purchase?
Cmdr_Crimson
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I thought the 2 limit was in effect?
philly97flyer
Active Member
The open concept and the floor to ceiling glass, providing all of that natural light, is great to see. Really a shame they couldn’t preserve the west building to do the same. This is how you evolve Epcot without changing the overall idea. Sucks they couldn’t carry that over to the rest of the park
M:SpilotISTC12
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The fact that Disney hasn't made most of this stuff available on line to prevent these morons from scalping is surprising. Of all the ways disney can cash in they are dropping the ball on that one.
VJ
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completely disney's fault, and completely avoidable.
don't hype up a store in thousands of twitter posts then say "oh, oops" when things like this happen
you want people to know about it, they know about it alright
and handing over their wallet, just as walt wanted
VJ
Well-Known Member
figment is only a merchandising character. the days of him being a character in anything but merchandise is long, long over.
people saying they hate the new epcot will be the first in line to buy anything with that purple dragon on it because it represents what epcot center was. this is why figment is being utilized here, "we know you hate the new epcot but c'mon, spare a few bucks for a t-shirt?"
999th Happy Haunt
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The real problem is that people are willing to pay scalper prices on eBay. Really? Could you not wait until you got to the park?
VJ
Well-Known Member
they're only utilizing a loophole that disney has no desire to close
if disney was much more strict with purchasing limits, this wouldn't be an issue at all
but money trumps everything else
Regarding Figment
Did you all know that Figment is *not* the EPCOT mascot? It's true!! Figment is thematically out of place in "Future World" (yes, I know of the mental gymnastics taken to justify that you can't build a world of tomorrow without a 'figment of imagination' -- you can't do it, either without math, and where's our Math Icon?).
Figment is out of place in "World Showcase." Figment is out of place in "a permanent World's Fair."
Figment is just one character from one thematically ill-fitting pavilion.
So, if one is incredulous that the mascot of a central shop isn't Figment, then one created in one's mind an imagined role for Figment that Figment never had.
Remember, one of our trusted insiders once said that one of the competing plans for an Imagination overhaul was to get rid of Figment altogether.
I also want to go on record that I'm not for getting rid of Figment. I just want people to realize this isn't FIGCOT. Especially since his current incarnation is an annoying git.
Did you all know that Figment is *not* the EPCOT mascot? It's true!! Figment is thematically out of place in "Future World" (yes, I know of the mental gymnastics taken to justify that you can't build a world of tomorrow without a 'figment of imagination' -- you can't do it, either without math, and where's our Math Icon?).
Figment is out of place in "World Showcase." Figment is out of place in "a permanent World's Fair."
Figment is just one character from one thematically ill-fitting pavilion.
So, if one is incredulous that the mascot of a central shop isn't Figment, then one created in one's mind an imagined role for Figment that Figment never had.
Remember, one of our trusted insiders once said that one of the competing plans for an Imagination overhaul was to get rid of Figment altogether.
I also want to go on record that I'm not for getting rid of Figment. I just want people to realize this isn't FIGCOT. Especially since his current incarnation is an annoying git.
Regarding Mickey
It is ironic that at one time Imagineering was dead set against any Mickey in EPCOT, and now, imagineers are stuffing the place (well, just this one shop, not all of EPCOT) with their own handcrafted Mickeys.
But I firmly believe this doubling down on Mickey is because of copyright protections about to expire. Disney will need to make a case to Congress to extend the protection or create carve-outs for characters still being used in novel and profitable ways. That is why we have new Mickey shorts and series and attractions and shops and novel uses of the character.
It is ironic that at one time Imagineering was dead set against any Mickey in EPCOT, and now, imagineers are stuffing the place (well, just this one shop, not all of EPCOT) with their own handcrafted Mickeys.
But I firmly believe this doubling down on Mickey is because of copyright protections about to expire. Disney will need to make a case to Congress to extend the protection or create carve-outs for characters still being used in novel and profitable ways. That is why we have new Mickey shorts and series and attractions and shops and novel uses of the character.