They’re pneumatic cylinders, which can have problems if the internal O Rings in the cylinders start to disintegrate from wear and age. General leakage from the figure can also happen, and there is typically a set psi for those figures to operate. Flow controls have a big impact on how fast he will move around, if the flow controls are closed the cylinders won’t be able to fully extend/retract, at least at the proper speed they’re meant to
I would have thought they would of switched to electric servos for 2002. This isn't as issue where it isn't extending/retracting fully, it's just not following the proper sequence. Back before they did work on the AA's back in October 2023, the upper torso and head of the dock AA would twist/turn "somewhat" properly(still a bit janky/jerky), but afterwards, suddenly the head hardly turned left/right(I would say it is actually turns a bit in the wrong directions now) and the upper torso now drifts to the fully twisted position and stays in that position until towards the end. It's a bit hard to explain, but here is a video earlier in 2023 to compare with the video posted earlier from 2024:
Perhaps during the dialog between Channing and Figment happen??? There are times where your in the sound lab and it sounds like an audio delay when Figment appears..
Both are new but reusing older molds. I can't seem to find the post now, but there were some posts/images before that confirmed that all of the old ones were sold off or in storage somewhere.
I know off the top of my head that WDI has Theatre Arts and Literature Figment, and that astronaut figment is with a private collector iirc.
There was the one that was auctioned off a while back..
There was the one that was auctioned off a while back..
Then there is the Figment puppets from the finale room
No they’re not, not fully that is. Sound Lab Figment has the same mold & movements as the OG Figment wearing an artist’s beret & bow tie opening and closing a pot of rainbows figure. But he’s been retrofitted onto one of the Dream Mobile mechs so he’s able to lift up and down and turn left & back to center as that figure did.
That one is definitely a recreation as this is the original one:
The only defense I have against this is that the original did not seem like it had as smooth of movement(especially the arms) compared to the current one when looking at the 2003 POV video.
Truth be told.. the original figure also had alot more range of movement/smoothness initially. As can be seen in this 1983 POV from its month of opening (March ‘83). But yeah.. shows just how much maintenance can make a difference on these figures and what neglect or lowering of the hydraulic pressure from their original specs can do to them. And truth be told, judging by this video, pretty sure the current detour figure is ‘infact’ the original film finale mech. :
I was there also!
Shame I didn’t run into ya. Lol! I have a hunch though about that “maintenance zipper”. I don’t think those were on the OG figures, see how there isn’t any usual patterns of a zipper fastener being there at any point, I genuinely think they were initially just sewn up using thread like that until someone got the bright idea to add a zipper to the newer cosmetics/skins they made for these figures, to not just make it easier for those not sewing inclined to do maintenance but to prevent any more damage that could be done to the skin/cosmetics itself.
The Figment with the pot of marbles there is Infact just a static/solid non-animatronic figure, reusing the same mold as the OG artist Figment holding the pot of rainbows, but of course wearing the film finale sweater/shirt. He was initially used in the Centorium & Kodak Camera Shops. There’s another one that’s constantly used still to this day that reuses the same mold as the Flight/Opening Scene figure and (again) wears an identical shirt/sweater to the film finale figure which used to be displayed in the Kodak camera shop within the pavilion.
