Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[OptimusPrime]

How do people still think Disney removing Figment is a realistic idea? Is cynicism this strong?

If this were 2013, they’d have reason to be scared.


In a post-popcorn bucket world, we will never lose him.

 

[Streetway]

If this were 2013, they’d have reason to be scared.


In a post-popcorn bucket world, we will never lose him.

Why, what happened in 2013?

 

[Haymarket2008]

I would argue that, if they give Figment the deluxe treatment, there is zero chance Dreamfinder isn’t included.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

I would argue that, if they give Figment the deluxe treatment, there is zero chance Dreamfinder isn’t included.

Even so I’m not sure Figment alone is enough to anchor an entire E Ticket. You’d at least need one other character(s) in the mix. After all, he is quite literally the figment of someone’s imagination, whether that’s Dreamfinder or Eric Idle

 

[OptimusPrime]

Why, what happened in 2013?

Random year I picked lol

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Even so I’m not sure Figment alone is enough to anchor an entire E Ticket. You’d at least need one other character(s) in the mix. After all, he is quite literally the figment of someone’s imagination, whether that’s Dreamfinder or Eric Idle

Technically there is 3 Figments...Dreamfinder's naturally, Nigel Channing does create one within the queue of 2.0 which is rare footage now...Luckily @marni1971 has blessed us with footage of it..It's timestamped to said part of the queue line..


And in the 3.0 version he was just a "Latest Discovery" so we don't know who's Figment he is?

 

[FigmentJedi]

Technically there is 3 Figments...Dreamfinder's naturally, Nigel Channing does create one within the queue of 2.0 which is rare footage now...Luckily @marni1971 has blessed us with footage of it..It's timestamped to said part of the queue line..


And in the 3.0 version he was just a "Latest Discovery" so we don't know who's Figment he is?

Given the Throne of Lies poster of Figment and Nigel alongside Szalinski and Brainard and their inventions, 3.0 is still Nigel's.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Given the Throne of Lies poster of Figment and Nigel alongside Szalinski and Brainard and their inventions, 3.0 is still Nigel's.

Why to do we assume it isn't the one he created in the queue? That one wasn't acting rude..

 

[FigmentJedi]

Why to do we assume it isn't the one he created in the queue? That one wasn't acting rude..

The 2.0 one obviously learned that Nigel was a huge joyless buzzkill by the time 3.0 rolled around.

 

[Moth]

The 2.0 one obviously learned that Nigel was a huge joyless buzzkill by the time 3.0 rolled around.

Figment was in his brat era by 3.0.

 

[Streetway]

Figment was in his brat era by 3.0.

we may have lost the dreamfinder, but we won one scent.

 

[rle4lunch]

Right!? Disney's most lucrative character in EPCOT. If there's one thing Disney understands it's milking nostalgia for all it's worth. Plus he's replacing Mickey as the official mascot. (OK that one was just for lulz) But I mean, Come on! He's not going anywhere...

Maybe they should've used the popcorn bucket profits to refurbish the ride? Because it's been crystal clear that they don't give a hoot about the ride, at all.

They also know the first time visitor people will waste an LL on it, even though the standby line is usually shorter...

They need to to it justice with a full on redo, or just tear it down and plop figment as an Easter egg on IASW

 

[Bocabear]

Maybe they should've used the popcorn bucket profits to refurbish the ride? Because it's been crystal clear that they don't give a hoot about the ride, at all.

They also know the first time visitor people will waste an LL on it, even though the standby line is usually shorter...

They need to to it justice with a full on redo, or just tear it down and plop figment as an Easter egg on IASW

Don't give them any ideas.... Imagination could and should be the most amazing attraction and pavilion in any theme park anywhere on the planet... Seriously....and they are already starting with a beloved character and existing IP... This should be a "knock it out of the park" moment for Disney....

 

[Streetway]

Do you think expectations are impossible to achieve for this project?

 

[bwr827]

....and they are already starting with a beloved character and existing IP... This should be a "knock it out of the park" moment for Disney....

Beloved mostly to Florida locals and older Epcot fans?

I would name 100+ Disney characters before remembering “the purple dinosaur/dragon” thing as I’ve heard him described.

That said - I’m very interested in the possibility of an awesome new attraction. I just think Figment is at best a neutral aspect of the possibility, vs an established strength.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Do you think expectations are impossible to achieve for this project?

If the expectation is "meet or surpass the original attraction", then yeah that's an almost certain impossibility (prove me wrong Disney! haha, prove me wrong...). If the expectation is "better than what's there currently" I think it would take genuine talent to not meet that. The bar isn't even on the floor anymore, it's underground with the old Imagination track pits.

 

[Streetway]

If the expectation is "meet or surpass the original attraction", then yeah that's an almost certain impossibility (prove me wrong Disney! haha, prove me wrong...). If the expectation is "better than what's there currently" I think it would take genuine talent to not meet that. The bar isn't even on the floor anymore, it's underground with the old Imagination track pits.

The bar is currently in hell with Mr toad.
(Bring it back. I don’t care, stick it in the old Snow White layout and remove PFT or something. Do it for wdw’s 60th. I am not a crackpot.)

 

[Streetway]

The bar is currently in hell with Mr toad.
(Bring it back. I don’t care, stick it in the old Snow White layout and remove PFT or something. Do it for wdw’s 60th. I am not a crackpot.)

Genuinely, if it isn’t for a while, wai to redo figment for epcots 50th. Ik that’s a rumor rn, but make it a part of a larger wdw 60th. Bring back something from the past at MK Too. TDS 20k leauges?

 

[Rhinocerous]

I had an idea for a sort of Imagineering pavilion/exhibit in that space. Like a permanent version of the parks exhibit at D23. Could be continuously updated with new projects and models of things coming to all the resorts around the world. But could also show things from Imagineering’s history. And of course it would focus on the creative process behind how they come up with all of it, and could show some behind the scenes of how effects or animatronics work.

Basically showing how imagination has been harnessed to create the Disney parks.

Yes. Dreamfinder shows Figment how all of the wondrous marvels around us have been created by Imagineers, using limitless amounts of imagination to redefine what is possible. At the end, he reveals that both of them only exist in the realm of imagination. Figment... doesn't take it well.

BOOM! Figment Minus One

 

[Big_Shakalaka]

Figment was in his brat era by 3.0.

I heard Figment 3.0 described as ADHD Figment, and it fits perfectly.