iCan Robot; Out of Place?

[WEDwaydatamover]

iCan isn't lame he just isn't Disney. With that logic if he can survive the summer Iger may just name him a Disney Legend.

 

[Bairstow]

I think that the ultra low tech PUSH had more charm any day of the week. Even Francis the inanimate Epcot robot had WOW! factor.

iCan, not so much... I think he would be more at place in a mall or at a fair on display.

I hope a canopy tent awaits iCan in the future Tomorrowland.

Maybe Imagineering can get to work on a roaming Timekeeper and 9 eyes.

Some of it may just be iCan's actor getting his bearing in the park. He's been doing the character in that suit for a couple years now but I'm sure there's some things he'll adjust as he settles into it.

Also, who knows how long his engagement with Disney is. This may just be a month-long trial, like that walk-around raptor suit guy in Dinoland last year

 

[HMF]

May be referring to the Buzz Lightyear ride the Incredibles dance party.

Although, why these should be more out of place than the Stitch ride, I couldn't say.

Stitch is an alien so he fits.( at least in the 94 aesthetic) It's just the attraction is horrible.

 

[Clamman73]

Ok. Looking at it again...definetly '94 Tomorrowland...

 

[NormC]

I prefer an actual robot.

 

[WDWTank]

If he were any more stuck in the 90's, he'd be sponsored by the Burger King Kids' Club and handing out free AOL CDs.

Actually, a lot of things trending now are/were from the 90s. Like virtual reality and overalls, etc. Also there is a growing demand for a retro market, look up things such as the pinball resurgence, even though pinball was not really big in the 90s.

 

[Eckert]

I think he seems out of place because there aren't any roaming entertainment characters anywhere else apart from him and Main Street.

 

[bethymouse]

Well, he might be "out of place" for some, but it made my Mom's day. She's 76 years old,, and in a scooter. He asked her to dance, and it was the sweetest thing.

 

[MinnieM123]

Just returned from a vacation in WDW. I hadn't seen iCan in TomorrowLand before, but I can share that he had quite a crowd around him. There was a lot of laughter, and I noticed that children really enjoyed interacting with him. So, even if he isn't the most modern robot character, he still appears to be popular with the guests.

 

[NearTheEars]

Ok. Looking at it again...definetly '94 Tomorrowland...
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I'm thinking the OP is looking more for a robot that looks like the Newspaper box by the TTA

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

I don't think iCan is a bad fit for Tomorrowland do to technology. In my opinion there just simply isn't anything charming or magical about the experience.

A roaming trash can was however...

TDO should pick a different robot from the Radio Shack catalog if they are out of in-house design ideas.

It is what it is.