Would you be for or against the classic EPCOT references?
He's a friendly dragon. Show an 8 year old a dragon and they are hooked. I'm still hooked at my age.What separates Figment and Dreamfinder so much from the other EPCOT Center characters?
Ignoring they're the focal point of their attraction.
What separates Figment and Dreamfinder so much from the other EPCOT Center characters?
Ignoring they're the focal point of their attraction.
UoE- Correct. That's never really had a mascot.He's a friendly dragon. Show an 8 year old a dragon and they are hooked. I'm still hooked at my age.
Also, Future World doesn't really have any other characters.
UoE - The tigers? Dinosaurs? Neither were characters.
Horizons - None, that I recall
M:S - None
WoL - Goofy playing sports? White blood cells?
WoM/TT - None
SE - None
Seas - Nemo is new and doesn't really matter for the pavilion.
Land - LK is not even the main attraction
I would say Figment is the only character. The only one you want to take home, and buy merch. He is the unofficial mascot. EPCOT is the realization of an imagination.UoE- Correct. That's never really had a mascot.
Horizons- Technically the family, but also the Butler has become a 'mascot', but the narrator/family is never given names and the Butler is the mascot after the ride closed.
M:S- Correct
WoL- Buzzy feels pretty clear cut here.
WoM- Test Dummies? Bird and Robot? Water Machine Freak? Grasping for straws. These feel more "marketable scrimblo" versus an actual character which brings me to...
For JII, you ride alongside Figment and Dreamfinder, even for 3.0 you ride alongside and get to know Figment. They feel like, actual characters that have a story and everything behind them, especially since JII is very much a "fantasyland" style ride in ways the others aren't.
Dreamfinder and figment were the only official characters outside of the fab five back in the day. All the others were given character status after their respective rides closed to sell merch as "representatives" for their respective pavilion.What separates Figment and Dreamfinder so much from the other EPCOT Center characters?
Ignoring they're the focal point of their attraction.
Kitchen Kabaret had a pretty strong merchandising presence from Day One though. Helps that it was actually there on opening day versus Imagination being pushed back to March '83.Dreamfinder and figment were the only official characters outside of the fab five back in the day. All the others were given character status after their respective rides closed to sell merch as "representatives" for their respective pavilion.
Oh yes, that is correct. I would bring them back to more prominence as well, maybe even with a revived Kitchen Kabaret show in the current Awesome Planet theater.Kitchen Kabaret had a pretty strong merchandising presence from Day One though. Helps that it was actually there on opening day versus Imagination being pushed back to March '83.
I feel like you're forgetting a solid handful of characters here but one big one does come to mindWoL - Goofy playing sports? White blood cells?
Buzzy, of course, but I wouldn't put him in the same category as Figment.I feel like you're forgetting a solid handful of characters here but one big one does come to mind
I think a big part is that they had walk around characters that got people more connected because they got to actually play with them.What separates Figment and Dreamfinder so much from the other EPCOT Center characters?
Ignoring they're the focal point of their attraction.
There was also concept art for walk around M&G’s for some characters from KK.Kitchen Kabaret had a pretty strong merchandising presence from Day One though. Helps that it was actually there on opening day versus Imagination being pushed back to March '83.
WoM/TT - None
While WoM didn't really any a mascot, my mind always goes to this when I try to think of one-WoM- Test Dummies? Bird and Robot? Water Machine Freak? Grasping for straws. These feel more "marketable scrimblo" versus an actual character which brings me to...
Kimballum Horriblus has always been the “mascot” of World of Motion in my book. I’m desperate for a cameo or easter egg in the new Test TrackWhile WoM didn't really any a mascot, my mind always goes to this when I try to think of one-
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This is the first I've heard of it having a canon name and "Kimballum Horriblus" is such an incredible oneKimballum Horriblus has always been the “mascot” of World of Motion in my book. I’m desperate for a cameo or easter egg in the new Test Track
Isn’t it?! I always tell people he sorta has a name now lolThis is the first I've heard of it having a canon name and "Kimballum Horriblus" is such an incredible one
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