WondersOfLife
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Figment in his current form could easily replace Waldo in Muppets.
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Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
- Thread starter Walrus from Paris
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Considering the animation was done by Rival Company Pacific Data Images or PDI OR..What it's now called...Dreamworks Animation....
aladdin2007
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epcot would get a giant bar with a purple figment drink.
Kman101
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No it won't stay as is forever, lol.
It's also always one of the ones they seem to push back, so who knows?
But since it's usually walk on and pulls in crowds when the park is packed I could see why they keep putting off doing something there. But eventually it needs to get some attention of some kind. The vehicles are aging, the ride is aging. It gets very little attention from what I can tell, not that it's in awful shape per say but I also don't ride it very often ... common sense says they have to address it at some point. But I imagine a lot of things are off the table right now and pushed back.
I absolutely hate that this idea keeps coming up. Waldo is perfect in that annoying animated creation role in Muppets.
Figment is not meant to be annoying or animated.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I didnt say figment wasn’t meant to be annoying. But if he’s gonna stay annoying, he might as well be adopted by the muppets where his annoyingness would make more sense/be useful and constructive.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Figment was animated well before this...In the former science section of the original version there was a fish eye lens that had Figment morphing and floating around..The animation was reused in the 3rd version in Figments house in the living room tv..
Plus in 1988 they made a bunch of Educational films with Figment..
Figment was animated well before this...In the former science section of the original version there was a fish eye lens that had Figment morphing and floating around..The animation was reused in the 3rd version in Figments house in the living room tv..
Plus in 1988 they made a bunch of Educational films with Figment..
Good point. I stand corrected on the animation part. His pre-Channing animation was actually very cute. Thanks for pointing that out.
I stand by the rest of my statement. I would hate to have Figment as the annoying animated creature in Muppets.
I really would hate to see Figment in Muppets in Waldo’s role.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Coolio my dude.
No Name
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Doc McStuffins has a toy that looks a bit like Figment and is apparently partially based on him.
Not sure why I know that.
ImperfectPixie
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RobWDW1971
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Bulldoze and start over. Once you lost the rotating scene section, this jury rigged mess was doomed from the start. Trying to tweak and bolt things on is the problem.
Cmdr_Crimson
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No Name
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That would be Stuffy...Voiced by Robbie Rist who did Michelangelo in the TMNT live action films and for you old schoolers Brady Bunch's Cousin Oliver...
I Had thought he was inspired by The Reluctant Dragon due to his ears or horns.
The first time I saw him I thought he looked like Figment, so naturally, I scoured the internet for a single source that fit my viewpoint and rejected all sources that went against it. The wonder of the internet! Yes, you can find things that say he is based on The Reluctant Dragon too.
EPCOTCenterLover
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If they'd just UPDATED the original with new effects, that would have been perfect. But they had to go screw up a classic...
Brer Oswald
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I think that’s a little drastic coming from someone who’s is younger than the current incarnation of the attraction.
DreamfinderGuy
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Brer Oswald
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You said “we’ll never see a worthwhile successor”. That implies time. Average lifespan is roughly 78 years. Provided nothing goes wrong and you hit somewhere close to that age, that’s around 60 or so years for them to make a worthwhile successor.
DoleWhipDrea
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Semantics aside, the crux of DFG’s point is that the leadership at Disney hasn’t prioritized this attraction with any sensibility since the original attraction’s creation. WDI was careless when they made the first change. The current iteration was a desperate temporary appeasement that the pavilion ended up getting stuck with for far too long. With the focus on IP being the only things management will greenlight, and recurring surveys asking EPCOT guests if they know who Figment is, makes one question if anyone working at Disney actually understands what gold they’re just sitting on.
The silver lining is that someone new is going to eventually be named head of Parks and Resorts (and, uh, merchandise...) now that Bob Chapek has gotten his promotion. Who will it be? When will it happen? If it’s someone who has been a part of the Disney Parks for some time, and has any love for EPCOT’s history, we may just get lucky.
Whoever gets the job will be thrust into quite a situation with the park closures, plans on or off the table, WDW’s 50th, etc. It will be interesting to see who gets the role and what their priorities will be.
The silver lining is that someone new is going to eventually be named head of Parks and Resorts (and, uh, merchandise...) now that Bob Chapek has gotten his promotion. Who will it be? When will it happen? If it’s someone who has been a part of the Disney Parks for some time, and has any love for EPCOT’s history, we may just get lucky.
Whoever gets the job will be thrust into quite a situation with the park closures, plans on or off the table, WDW’s 50th, etc. It will be interesting to see who gets the role and what their priorities will be.