brb1006
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But Zoboo's been dead for over a decade.
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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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Inspired Figment
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Absolutely! It’d be the most ideal Infact. (Heck, he’s come back twice for D23 Expo events before.) Especially if the original were to return w enhancements as we’d like to see it. I have no doubt it’d be a massive hit w guests just like it was from ‘83-98.
Figments Friend
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Happy Birthday to Figment’s Dad,
Disney Legend Tony Baxter!
( Artwork by yours truly )
Anyone visiting Epcot THIS WEEKEND has a chance to meet the Birthday Boy himself!
What a rare opportunity to meet the man at the Park where one of his greatest creations was made…
Meet Tony at Communicore Hall TODAY (Feb 1st ) and TOMMORROW ( Feb 2nd ) at the Disney Fine Art display.
Tony will be there from 12 to 2, and then 3 to 5 both days doing a artist signing and meeting Park fans!
Get yourself there, and wish the man a very happy birthday!
Disney Legend Tony Baxter!
( Artwork by yours truly )
Anyone visiting Epcot THIS WEEKEND has a chance to meet the Birthday Boy himself!
What a rare opportunity to meet the man at the Park where one of his greatest creations was made…
Meet Tony at Communicore Hall TODAY (Feb 1st ) and TOMMORROW ( Feb 2nd ) at the Disney Fine Art display.
Tony will be there from 12 to 2, and then 3 to 5 both days doing a artist signing and meeting Park fans!
Get yourself there, and wish the man a very happy birthday!
Zak and Wheezie
Active Member
I won't be there to see him sadly, but happy birthday nonetheless!
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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I wouldn't say so, but Disney doesn't seem to agree. The Muppets are very popular with people, and on the internet they're really second to SpongeBob in terms of how often they're featured in memes. But I guess some focus group or research data or something showed that Monsters Inc would sell more Lightning Lanes/merchandise/etc etc and they decided to axe one of the few things in the park you don't need LL for. Ugh.
muddyrivers
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That is indeed Tom Bricker who was (is?) a WDWMagic Forum member!
Agent H
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Thank you
Zak and Wheezie
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Do you think they'll add a Figment ride in Disneyland/California Adventure? If they're promoting Figment outside the US, i'm almost certain that Figment will come to the West Coast one day.
Moth
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It would've happened by now I feel.
Jayspency
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- In the Parks
- No
Where would they put him??
Zak and Wheezie
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I mean, they might've planned to with WESTCOT but that was cancelled.
They may have not wanted to bring him over to LA but now that a movie might be in the works and they're releasing Figment merch overseas, it's hard not to think of it as them wanting to give Figment a wider audience.
Inspired Figment
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Theoretically, they could still bring him to DCA, considering he ‘does’ have a cameo appearance in the queue to Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout!. But hey, ya never know.
Heck, if Disney wanted to expand and built a park in California (not even neccesarily in Anaheim, but elsewhere in California). They could always build a WestCOT, there, that way. But yeah.
Granted, it’s funny, the last time I was at Disneyland (thanks to a cousin of mine’s invitation, she was paying for my ticket. lol) which was a couple weeks ago, I found 2 Figment pins there at the pin shop on Main St., themed to the original ride. The Artist (from the Realm of Art) and Stage Performer (from the Realm of Performing Arts/Theatre), I of course bought them, since I didn’t own them prior, they were themed to the original 83-98 ride (my favorite) and figured they were worthy souvineers after returning after a good while (a couple years back), so yeah
Zak and Wheezie
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Funny thing about that, there's actually a huge Figment fan on YouTube that... has never been to Disney World, because he's in California and WDW is in Florida (he explained that traveling is "too expensive", he grew to love Figment after watching videos and seeing fanart and all kinds of stuff). It's really impressive if even someone who's never been in person loves your character, it kind of reminds me of people like, well, me, who've never ridden the 1983 ride.Theoretically, they could still bring him to DCA, considering he ‘does’ have a cameo appearance in the queue to Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout!. But hey, ya never know.
Heck, if Disney wanted to expand and built a park in California (not even neccesarily in Anaheim, but elsewhere in California). They could always build a WestCOT, there, that way. But yeah.
Granted, it’s funny, the last time I was at Disneyland (thanks to a cousin of mine’s invitation, she was paying for my ticket. lol) which was a couple weeks ago, I found 2 Figment pins there at the pin shop on Main St., themed to the original ride. The Artist (from the Realm of Art) and Stage Performer (from the Realm of Performing Arts/Theatre), I of course bought them, since I didn’t own them prior, they were themed to the original 83-98 ride (my favorite) and figured they were worthy souvineers after returning after a good while (a couple years back), so yeahView attachment 841944
Inspired Figment
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I know & have spoken to the guy you’re talking about aswell, sweet guy, but yeah, me three when it comes to that, as someone else who’s located in Cali that became a huge fan & collector similarly, my coming across videos of the original 83-98 attraction and my love growing there. As I’ve stated before, our demographic is actually much larger than I think some folks tend to give credit to. We are a BIG reason Figment, Dreamfinder, and Journey Into Imagination still get lots of love & attention.
Inspired Figment
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Even with like.. say, RetroMagic events that happen via RetroWDW every couple-few years. A good chunk of those attendees are folks just like us, that genuinely love & wanna learn more about the attractions (OG Journey Into Imagination included) we’ve fallen in love with through old home recordings, photos, etc.
Zak and Wheezie
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To this day, I have never been to Disneyland/California Adventure; i'm on the opposite side of the country (Georgia). While Disney World is also quite far from where I live (7 hour drive), the road trip isn't long enough that we would ever wanted to fly. I only flew once in my April 2024 visit; however I was terrified during takeoff and decided "yeah, that's the last time i'm flying!"
There are quite a few attractions I wish I could see from Disneyland, but not really any that made me want to go to Disneyland over WDW.
Zak and Wheezie
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Figment didn't really exist in 1976. EPCOT didn't open until 1982 and JII didn't until March 3, 1983 (or March 5, not sure which)
Zak and Wheezie
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Figment is really more of a Gen X/first-half Millennial thing really. At least the original ride; I do love the original, but I obviously never rode it as it closed four years before I was born.