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.
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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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Moth
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It would've happened by now I feel.
Jayspency
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- In the Parks
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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.
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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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
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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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.
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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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.
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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March 3rd was possibly an early cast preview opening date, but it officially opened to the public on the 5th.
DreamfinderGuy
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We're on year four of them releasing Figment popcorn buckets, and even though this year's is kinda boring imo it's still popular enough to warrant a virtual queue with long waits even after you're called to pickup. Figment has been on pretty much all of the festival merchandise for at least five years now. I don't know that the ride is particularly popular, but the character sure is.
Nobody nobody
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Figment definitely is popular again. He’s probably on the road to being “a part” of wdw to the gp like some of the other famous rides or things there. (Though I may be biased). Most people in the gp I’ve asked about figments meteoric rise in popularity these past few years have just said to me “oh he’s figment, he’s always been there”
But with how much merch he moves, it’s funny how Disney tried to assasinate him
In the 90s
But with how much merch he moves, it’s funny how Disney tried to assasinate him
In the 90s
Cmdr_Crimson
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And you'd think they would have utilized using the Kitchen Kabaret or Food Rocks characters during the Food And Wine Festival..And the only time they did was in 2003 for a small carnival section for families.
The other closest time was a few years back they had these toon looking food on the entry sign but I don't think there was a bunch of merch..
Zak and Wheezie
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I think it's Disney who kept pressuring them to do that; Kodak were forced to despite not being in the right financial situation to fund the refurb.
Nobody nobody
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Whoever it was, they failed miserably. He rose again.