Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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JohnD said:
Gee, because a there was a post about how much the Figment skin was going for in an auction. So replying to that. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a reason. Not sure why you couldn't figure that out. But okay.
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Oh, it's okay🙂.It just looked like a random post in a wrong section..Like talking about the Disney Movie "So Dear To My Heart" in a post about Rock n Roller Coaster...😆
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

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Dragonman said:
Look who popped up
propstoreauction.com

Lot #114 - WALT DISNEY WORLD - Figment Animatronic Character Skin from EPCOT's Journey Into Imagination

Lot #114 - WALT DISNEY WORLD - Figment Animatronic Character Skin from EPCOT's Journey Into Imagination
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So this is more then likely a leftover spare piece of one of the finale scene puppets, not an Attraction animatronic figure skin.
The giveaways are the (poorly) mounted eyes , thick short neck, and the cut away sections around the arms.

Original animatronic figures from the Original Attraction had different proportions (very slender and serpentine ) and a skin would not have pre-mounted eyes.
Heads were also a separate piece from the body, unlike what is shown here.

One of the finale puppet skins, for sure.
Still a cool item…but fix those eyes, man!

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Rodj

Rodj

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Figments Friend said:
So this is more then likely a leftover spare piece of one of the finale scene puppets, not an Attraction animatronic figure skin.
The giveaways are the (poorly) mounted eyes , thick short neck, and the cut away sections around the arms.

Original animatronic figures from the Original Attraction had different proportions (very slender and serpentine ) and a skin would not have pre-mounted eyes.
Heads were also a separate piece from the body, unlike what is shown here.

One of the finale puppet skins, for sure.
Still a cool item…but fix those eyes, man!

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There was also the puppet used in the Magic Palette demo video, though the eye lids were not as open:
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Dragonman

Dragonman

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Figments Friend said:
So this is more then likely a leftover spare piece of one of the finale scene puppets, not an Attraction animatronic figure skin.
The giveaways are the (poorly) mounted eyes , thick short neck, and the cut away sections around the arms.

Original animatronic figures from the Original Attraction had different proportions (very slender and serpentine ) and a skin would not have pre-mounted eyes.
Heads were also a separate piece from the body, unlike what is shown here.

One of the finale puppet skins, for sure.
Still a cool item…but fix those eyes, man!

-
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The rest of the finale puppets were auctioned off on eBay back in 2008, maybe you can match it up with one:
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WARNING: Graphic Photos of Figment Ahead

By Keith MahneWhat I’m about to show you is extremely graphic (not really unless you consider mishandled auto-animatronics graphic). Continue after the page break for some horrifying decayed …
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Inspired Figment

Inspired Figment

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Homemade Imagineering said:
Haven’t seen many people discuss the dedication of Your Imagination, but this was a tough watch nonetheless. This video feels like it was ripped straight out of a bad 90s Houghton Mifflin textbook
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Ohhh yeah. There’s ‘def’ a reason we don’t discuss this. It’s bad on every level, truth be told. And yeah, the ride renovation/retheme isn’t much different.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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Inspired Figment said:
Ohhh yeah. There’s ‘def’ a reason we don’t discuss this. It’s bad on every level, truth be told. And yeah, the ride renovation/retheme isn’t much different.
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The only thing remaining from "that" version is the exterior loop (played out of order) here. You can tell as the connecting the dots segment is used in the loop.


I am curious tho...Why is the other versions of the attraction source audio so difficult to find? Yet, the only source piece is the finale of One Little spark.
 
Rodj

Rodj

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Cmdr_Crimson said:
I am curious tho...Why is the other versions of the attraction source audio so difficult to find? Yet, the only source piece is the finale of One Little spark.
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Disney is protective about more "modern" attractions source audio. DHS's Tower of Terror source audio was yet to be found until 2020.
 
Inspired Figment

Inspired Figment

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Cmdr_Crimson said:
The only thing remaining from "that" version is the exterior loop (played out of order) here. You can tell as the connecting the dots segment is used in the loop.


I am curious tho...Why is the other versions of the attraction source audio so difficult to find? Yet, the only source piece is the finale of One Little spark.
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Probably cause nobody wants it due to how bad of a “fix” the 02-current one is and how totally non-loved it is compared to the original? That’s my best guess, but who knows.
In truth though, that sadly isn’t the only thing left of the version in between. Most of the building & theming is intact. Will never understand why they felt the need to keep that & Dr. Channing when they were so unpopular.. I get there were budget constraints but seriously? Double down on the Honey I Shrunk/Imagination Institute tie-in? The only other reasoning I can possibly think of is sadly a pretty ugly one. But I digress…
 
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Gran Fiesta

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So being that I am fairly young and never got to experience anything other than the current ride, why did they change the original ride? I have watched videos of it and it looks absolutely amazing and vastly superior to what we have now. The grand building seems to warrant an attraction like the original and not the current version. Were there problems with the animatronics or what was the final reason for changing it??
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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Gran Fiesta said:
So being that I am fairly young and never got to experience anything other than the current ride, why did they change the original ride? I have watched videos of it and it looks absolutely amazing and vastly superior to what we have now. The grand building seems to warrant an attraction like the original and not the current version. Were there problems with the animatronics or what was the final reason for changing it??
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I believe it was that the sponsorship agreement with Kodak required the ride to be refreshed every so many years (similar to the Test Track situation, I think). This was just the change they decided to make. I don't think they fully realized the massive misstep it would be.
 
Dragonman

Dragonman

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Also apparently Kodak could only fork over half the bill which is why the upstairs Imageworks got shuddered and the ride was extremely simplistic and minimal.
 

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