Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[Starship824]

Pretty sure its been stated here all that is gone now

I’m pretty sure it’s all totally gone. You can find videos and images of the empty simulator pits, and that was before they gutted the entire building.

That's what I thought. Just wasn't entirely sure. Thanks!

 

[Bocabear]

EXACTLY! There is an empty pavilion waiting for an attraction.... Meanwhile the Imagination Pavilion just needs a complete overhaul... Why move a new IP into a space designed for something else? Have the Inside Out characters as the hosts for the supercharged Wonders Of Life pavilion... New rides, new shows, new food. If we have to have IP let it be relevant to their own pavilion...Could Insode out and Baymax team up? That would be great too. A Baymax Dark ride, an Inside Out Ride and show, a couple smaller spinner attractions....

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Also quick question, is all the old Body Wars infrastructure still in there, if it is they could have simulator but I bet it's probably too old to do anything with at this point.

Simulators are all gone and most of the control equipment has been gutted, but the rest is intact. It would be easier to reinstall a simulator attraction than do anything else with that building at the moment (not that they will).

 

[Streetway]

What current voice of figment do you prefer? A.J. Locasio, His speedstorm voice actor, or Dave goelz from the current ride? I’m in the Dave goelz camp

 

[Inspired Figment]

What current voice of figment do you prefer? A.J. Locasio, His speedstorm voice actor, or Dave goelz from the current ride? I’m in the Dave goelz camp

Corey Burton (Journey Into YOUR Imagination appearances) camp. Sounds almost indistinguishable to Billy Barty’s OG performance, especially when mixed with Billy’s laughter, “yeahs”, and tiny bits of dialogue here & there. If he can still do it, I say go with him.

 

[Streetway]

Corey Burton (Journey Into YOUR Imagination appearances) camp. Sounds almost indistinguishable to Billy Barty’s OG performance, especially when mixed with Billy’s laughter, “yeahs”, and tiny bits of dialogue here & there. If he can still do it, I say go with him.

Can I see a clip?

 

[Inspired Figment]

Can I see a clip?

6:18 one of the appearances he makes at the very end of the ride. That’s Corey doing his voice there:

 

[Streetway]

6:18 one of the appearances he makes at the very end of the ride. That’s Corey doing his voice there:

THATS Corey Burton?

 

[Inspired Figment]

THATS Corey Burton?

YUP! Don’t understand why they didn’t get him back for the 02 redo or any other works featuring Figment afterwards.. but yeah.

 

[Streetway]

YUP! Don’t understand why they didn’t get him back for the 02 redo.. but yeah, I dunno.

Maybe he didn’t want to? Schedule don’t work out?

 

[Inspired Figment]

Maybe he didn’t want to? Schedule don’t work out?

Possibly. Honestly don’t know the answer to that question.

 

[Streetway]

Possibly. Honestly don’t know the answer to that question.

I think atp Dave IS figment. Which I’m fine with. I like his voice.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I think atp Dave IS figment. Which I’m fine with. I like his voice.

I don’t know if Dave returns for Imagination 4.0 or not. He doesn’t seem to have much attachment to the character, but since Muppets are under WDI he’d be really easy to bring back if they wanted to.

 

[Streetway]

I don’t know if Dave returns for Imagination 4.0 or not. He doesn’t seem to have much attachment to the character, but since Muppets are under WDI he’d be really easy to bring back if they wanted to.

Yeah, and they keep bringing him out, especially at d23

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I don’t know if Dave returns for Imagination 4.0 or not. He doesn’t seem to have much attachment to the character, but since Muppets are under WDI he’d be really easy to bring back if they wanted to.

I hope not. A return to form for Journey into Imagination should mean a return to form for Figment's character as well. Something closer to his original voice would really do a lot for that.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Yeah, and they keep bringing him out, especially at d23

And they did this..

 

[Brer Panther]

Personally, I prefer Dave as Figment, though I thought what little of Corey's I've heard sounded pretty good as well.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

At this juncture if ai voices can be used to make Walt Disney talk in the 100 exhibition. They can easily bring back Billy Barty back just like this guy did...

 

[Brer Panther]

AI voices are a bad idea. I'd rather they find an actual voice actor - Dave or Corey or somebody else - do Figment's voice.

 

[Inspired Figment]

At this juncture if ai voices can be used to make Walt Disney talk in the 100 exhibition. They can easily bring back Billy Barty back just like this guy did...

Still doesn’t sound right… the vocal delivery doesn’t sound natural. On top of it, really poor choice IMO to use Billy’s voice (let alone it being an ‘artificial’ recreation) for that totally out of character portrayal of Figment since 02 as a mischevious nuisance that farts in your face.. let alone that acronym ‘IFARTS’.. really?? Should be ‘IFOTA’ (I Photograph, for short), fits both the imagination theme, you’re making your own photographs with imagination and the OG sponsor/Kodak reference of photography and it’s association with expressing creative ideas.
Had they been accurate to the disrespectful ‘02 source material they’re referencing, they would’ve used an artificial recreation of Dave Goelz’s voice.. but even in that regard.. that’s completely disrespectful to Dave Goelz as a performer. (Breaks my heart still that they cast him in such a disrespectful “screw you Figment fans for interfering with our admittedly ill-conceived ‘99 Honey, I Shrunk IP-themed revamp” proxy ride basically when he is so great as Gonzo and other Henson characters)
Over reliance on AI & casting human imagination as an annoying nuisance or interference to the creative process is the ‘antithesis’, not a celebration of it.