Once inside the booth, you will:
-Select your helmet, body design and color.
-Take 3 different face photos, there is a guide to tell you what faces they need you to make for each one.
-Select 6 of 10 pre-written lines to record. You must speak the phrases selected or they will not make the figure for you.
I believe the 10 phrases are: “Greetings, User”, “I’m not your average program”, “End of Line”, “Race you to the games”, “Assemble the team”, “Beware the Recognizer”, “See you on the grid”, “Initiate Lightcycle Run”, “I fight for the Users” and “Unidentified Users detected”.
I imagine you’d be allowed to give any voice or inflection to these that you’d want to, but it must be 6 of these phrases.
Once you return to pick up your figure (takes about an hour or so), you’re treated to a magic moment where your program transports itself off the grid and into the store. Sort of like what happens at the end of Savi’s Lightsaber builders.
The experience seems really cool but I can’t speak to the actual quality of the figures. I haven’t seen enough examples of them online, yet. But the themed display they arrive in looks really cool with a nice bit of detail (clickable buttons and moveable joystick). I was worried it was going to be a cheap paper stock of some kind but it seems like a nice plastic and it locks shut to prevent the figure from falling out.
I imagine the voice lines come from the figure itself in the same way the old Tron Legacy action figures did (those toys also incorporated the same “facial movement” tech).
One last note, two folks I saw streaming the experience today said that the booth where you record your lines and take your photos was very hot/humid. I can’t imagine you’d be in there too long but it’s something to keep in mind since you’re taking photos and recording dialogue.
Hope that all helps!
