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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
- Thread starter Walrus from Paris
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Cmdr_Crimson
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What's weird is that there are only 3 AA's in the entire ride...
All the other Figments are either Screen based or Static Store statues...So, why is it so much more important if a screen goes down or statue fell over and not fix these AA's when they use to move decently over 20 years ago?
Indy_UK
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They probably just got lost trying to leave the park
Cmdr_Crimson
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Shut Up and Take my Money Figment!
peter11435
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Yeah, but some people here believe everything they read.
Rodj
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You'd be surprised by how many people believed the Mouse Trap News piece on Figment replacing Mickey Mouse as the main mascot, even Reuters had to make an article fact checking it.
peter11435
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Yep. Or the story about Moana
V_L_Raptor
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I don't know if this has come up (read: I'm not reading through 193 pages to find a reference to this that might not exist), but there's now a Little Golden Book themed to Figment, and it's surprisingly full of classic EPCOT Center references and scenes from the original ride. (Dreamfinder is fairly cartoonized, but I suppose that's expected for this style.) I found this at a FLBS rather than at Disney, and it just came out with a 2024 copyright date.
While a lot of current Epcot doesn't make sense to me (natch), it definitely doesn't make sense to have something like this propagating without a plan to do something with it. It may be a tiny test balloon for TDO, but I'd still definitely recommend picking it up if you'd like a quick poke in the feels for EPCOT Center.
While a lot of current Epcot doesn't make sense to me (natch), it definitely doesn't make sense to have something like this propagating without a plan to do something with it. It may be a tiny test balloon for TDO, but I'd still definitely recommend picking it up if you'd like a quick poke in the feels for EPCOT Center.
aladdin2007
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That beautiful little golden book makes the current ride look even worse, they ought to be outright embarrassed at the state of things but they don't care. Merch and TDO or other powers that be never correlate hardly.
V_L_Raptor
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That beautiful Little Golden Book makes the whole park look worse. They even fit in Tony Baxter and Walt Peregoy, fer cryin' out loud.
(I wasn't crying out loud, but I had to take a moment when I found it, because I wasn't ready for it when I was already Having A Day.)
trainplane3
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Can't imagine how bad it would be to see a closing date when they aren't moving at all ..Which seems to be a pattern now a days..
Rodj
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It first started at the end of January, at that time there was no movement at all, just frozen in place.
Haymarket2008
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This needs to close. It’s time.
It’s in disrepair and it’s a below the quality standard. In years past, it was able to shuffle on, but it has reached the end of the line.
I do think this may be the year an announcement comes. The figurative smoke is bigger than it has ever been. Fingers crossed.
It’s in disrepair and it’s a below the quality standard. In years past, it was able to shuffle on, but it has reached the end of the line.
I do think this may be the year an announcement comes. The figurative smoke is bigger than it has ever been. Fingers crossed.
SpectreJordan
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If they're serious about making this Figment movie then they really need to remake this ride. The amount of people who remember the original JII are dwindling, most people know this crappy current version. Who's going to see a Figment movie if their knowledge of Figment is entirely of the new one?
This!!
I’m an older millennial who was blessed enough to visit WDW annually as a kid/tween/teen. So I have vivid core memories of EPCOT Center.
Most people 30 and under probably never experienced the original, or weren’t old enough to really remember it.
Epcot82Guy
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I just bought a copy of the book at Epcot. It's really lovely to re-experience.
Mickeynerd17
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Exactly. For most of my upbringing (2000s / 2010s), I was always confused why people liked figment because the ride was nothing to write home about. It wasn't until I randomly stumbled on the original attraction through Google that I understood. Most people never understand.
I've had multiple friends who visited epcot over the years who never realized the pyramids had an actual ride in it, and if they actually do get on the ride they're left confused. It's a real shame.
