Guess the 50 Golden Statues

UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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We may be getting Ariel. That other site's list included her, and although they haven't been 100% accurate, they've hit a lot of characters most people wouldn't have guessed like Abu and Bruni.
 
Fear

Fear

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I honestly do believe these are 1:1 scale statues, so it makes sense there aren't any princesses; they'd be huge. Joe Gardner cheats this by being seated, and Edna Mode is very, very short canonically.

Even if Ariel were one, she wouldn't be standing, she'd be seated on a rock.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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Fear said:
I honestly do believe these are 1:1 scale statues, so it makes sense there aren't any princesses; they'd be huge. Joe Gardner cheats this by being seated, and Edna Mode is very, very short canonically.

Even if Ariel were one, she wouldn't be standing, she'd be seated on a rock.
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What about Goofy?
 
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drizgirl

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Fear said:
I honestly do believe these are 1:1 scale statues, so it makes sense there aren't any princesses; they'd be huge. Joe Gardner cheats this by being seated, and Edna Mode is very, very short canonically.

Even if Ariel were one, she wouldn't be standing, she'd be seated on a rock.
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What? Many of these won’t even be close to 1:1.
 
Fear

Fear

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MisterPenguin said:
What about Goofy?
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Concept art again, down in the lower left:

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The Goofy statue is pretty large, appropriately larger than the Mice on the right side. Costumed characters are not scale, obviously, but since Goofy towers over the Mice usually his costumed CM has to be larger than they are.

Then there's this:




R2 and Dante have a person next to them for scale, and they're pretty close to being life-sized. Dante in particular is very Dog-sized. The Mad Hatter is cartoonishly small compared to Alice.

Them being 1:1 (or close to it) informs their decision making behind the choices, in my opinion. Having a dozen princesses in ball gowns would take up a lot of space, but a small monkey like Abu or a shorter popular character like Edna Mode is easier to fabricate and easier to place down.
 
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Fear

Fear

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After skipping yesterday, Pluto was announced today:




22 in Magic Kingdom:
  • The "Earidescent Eight" in front of the castle (as seen in concept art):
    • Mickey & Minnie
    • Donald & Daisy
    • Goofy & Pluto
    • Chip 'n Dale
  • Lumiere / Cogsworth (Fantasyland) [Near Gastons?]
  • Pooh / Piglet (Fantasyland) [Near Pooh?]
  • Cheshire Cat (Fantasyland) [Cheshire Cafe?]
  • Mad Hatter (Fantasyland) [Mad Tea Party?]
  • Orange Bird (Adventureland) [Sunshine Tree Terrace?]
  • Dumbo & Timothy (Storybook Circus)
  • Stitch (Tomorrowland)
  • Abu (Adventureland)
  • Gus / Jaq (Fantasyland? On the Castle?)
  • Pinocchio (Fantasyland)

4 in Epcot:
  • Dante (Mexico)
  • Figment (Imagination)
  • Olaf / Bruni (Norway)

7 in Hollywood Studios:
  • Edna Mode (Municiberg?)
  • Joe Gardner (Rock n Rollercoaster?)
  • R2-D2 (Star Tours)
  • Woody / Bo Peep (Toy Story Land)
  • Flounder / Sebastian (Animation Courtyard)

5 in Animal Kingdom:
  • Timon / Pumbaa (Africa)
  • Nemo / Dory (Theater in the Wild)
  • Simba (Africa)

This concludes all "soft confirmed" statues, bringing the number to 38. We have a dozen left to go!
 
Fear

Fear

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Seeing as this is a guessing thread I'll give a shot for the final 12

1) Tinkerbell (Magic Kingdom) [??]
2) Remy (Epcot) [France]
3) Kermit (Hollywood Studios) [Grand Avenue]
4/5) Meeko and Flit (Animal Kingdom) [Oasis]
6/7) Rocket and Baby Groot (Epcot) [Future World: East]
8) Zero (Magic Kingdom) [Liberty Square]
9) BB-8 (Hollywood Studios) [Grand Avenue]
10) Rafiki (Animal Kingdom) [Rafiki's Planet Watch]
11) Buzz Lightyear (Hollywood Studios) [Toy Story Land]
12) Kaa (Animal Kingdom) [Asia]

I have spoken.
 
Fear

Fear

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BB-8 was just announced for Hollywood Studios. Here's the list:


22 in Magic Kingdom:
  • The "Earidescent Eight" in front of the castle (as seen in concept art):
    • Mickey & Minnie
    • Donald & Daisy
    • Goofy & Pluto
    • Chip 'n Dale
  • Lumiere / Cogsworth (Fantasyland) [Near Gastons?]
  • Pooh / Piglet (Fantasyland) [Near Pooh?]
  • Cheshire Cat (Fantasyland) [Cheshire Cafe?]
  • Mad Hatter (Fantasyland) [Mad Tea Party?]
  • Orange Bird (Adventureland) [Sunshine Tree Terrace?]
  • Dumbo & Timothy (Storybook Circus)
  • Stitch (Tomorrowland)
  • Abu (Adventureland)
  • Gus / Jaq (Fantasyland? On the Castle?)
  • Pinocchio (Fantasyland)

4 in Epcot:
  • Dante (Mexico)
  • Figment (Imagination)
  • Olaf / Bruni (Norway)

8 in Hollywood Studios:
  • Edna Mode (Municiberg?)
  • Joe Gardner (Rock n Rollercoaster?)
  • R2-D2 (Star Tours)
  • Woody / Bo Peep (Toy Story Land)
  • Flounder / Sebastian (Animation Courtyard)
  • BB-8 (Star Wars Galaxy's Edge)

5 in Animal Kingdom:
  • Timon / Pumbaa (Africa)
  • Nemo / Dory (Theater in the Wild)
  • Simba (Africa)
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11 Remain.
 
Fear

Fear

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Frozone in HS.



He was kind of an "out there" prediction on the Other Site. He was also the Arm I was trying to figure out from the behind the scenes footage. From that video, we can reasonably assume he's fairly big:

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22 in Magic Kingdom:
  • The "Earidescent Eight" in front of the castle (as seen in concept art):
    • Mickey & Minnie
    • Donald & Daisy
    • Goofy & Pluto
    • Chip 'n Dale
  • Lumiere / Cogsworth (Fantasyland) [Near Gastons?]
  • Pooh / Piglet (Fantasyland) [Near Pooh?]
  • Cheshire Cat (Fantasyland) [Cheshire Cafe?]
  • Mad Hatter (Fantasyland) [Mad Tea Party?]
  • Orange Bird (Adventureland) [Sunshine Tree Terrace?]
  • Dumbo & Timothy (Storybook Circus)
  • Stitch (Tomorrowland)
  • Abu (Adventureland)
  • Gus / Jaq (Fantasyland? On the Castle?)
  • Pinocchio (Fantasyland)

4 in Epcot:
  • Dante (Mexico)
  • Figment (Imagination)
  • Olaf / Bruni (Norway)

9 in Hollywood Studios:
  • Edna Mode (Municiberg?)
  • Joe Gardner (Rock n Rollercoaster?)
  • R2-D2 (Star Tours)
  • Woody / Bo Peep (Toy Story Land)
  • Flounder / Sebastian (Animation Courtyard)
  • BB-8 (Star Wars Galaxy's Edge)
  • Frozone (Echo Lake?)

5 in Animal Kingdom:
  • Timon / Pumbaa (Africa)
  • Nemo / Dory (Theater in the Wild)
  • Simba (Africa)
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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Sir_Cliff said:
Another kind of "meh" choice that doubles up on a film already represented.

I would be interested to know what the logic was behind which characters were selected.
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Marketing.

It's always marketing.

When fans argue about who should or shouldn't be a "Disney Princess" using distinctions between hand-drawn or 3D, Disney Animation or Pixar, protagonist or supporting cast, born into royalty or married into it or not at all royal (o, hai, Mulan!)... it comes down to one thing: Marketing. Self-admitted by Disney when creating the brand.

There's merch and a brand image that Disney is marketing. There's the 'logic' of it.
 
Fear

Fear

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Brer Panther said:
Frozone's cool (no pun intended), but has he ever been a particularly marketable character? I don't recall seeing a lot of Frozone merchandise while at Disney World.
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Sam Jackson is marketable in and of himself. And Frozone has one of, if not the most iconic line in the movie over any other character.
 
ppete1975

ppete1975

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looking at this list of characters that mostly are B level characters it hurts my heart we arent getting walle and eve, i could understand if it was all Alist. I can also understand if it was all recency bias (so no fox and the hound). But Walle and eve would a) have been great statues b) kind of fit the level of character they picked c) are fairly recent
I mean walle and eve in epcot would have been a match made in heaven.... in front of space 220 or the land
 

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