Ayla
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It's supposed to be popcorn...I guess.
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News Magic Kingdom's Main Street Confectionery closing for refurbishment
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Disney Analyst
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It looks like the mushroom popcorn varietal to me. Not sure if they use that kind in the parks though.
After the 2 hour popcorn bucket line, popcorn is going to be the most prevalent IP in the parks!
UNCgolf
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Regardless of how the sculpture itself looks, that's such a bizarre location for it. It doesn't fit in there at all; it's completely incongruous with its surroundings.
The only way it would sort of work is if they add more sculptures around it of other food items.
The only way it would sort of work is if they add more sculptures around it of other food items.
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Centauri Space Station
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It’s Carmel corn
LittleBuford
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Thank you—that’s very helpful. I eat a lot of popcorn, but never the caramel variety, which is why I didn’t recognise it. The sign makes much more sense now, though I can’t pretend I love it (which may have to do with my disappointment with the refurb more generally).
marymarypoppins
Active Member
I wish they would bring back the red hots in the cute little clear boxes from the 80's. The soap figures as well from Disney Marketplace as well if I was given 3 Disney wishes.
ImperfectPixie
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A poor execution of caramel corn. The color is very wrong...perhaps it's supposed to be chocolate covered popcorn?
The color? It's a rubbed bronze sculpture - that is the color.
MagicHappens1971
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Then why do the M&Ms look pretty alright? This was a terrible execution
Because it's Mars Candy and they want their product to stand out.
I don't care about the sculpture one way or the other, but to criticize the color of the caramel corn when it's actually just the color of the material used in making the sculpture...
ImperfectPixie
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I don't recall ever having seen red or blue bronze before...
It's a bronze sculpture of a scoop containing (supposed) caramel popcorn and m&m mix. They chose to color the m&ms most likely because they produce the candy.
You don't have to like the sculpture, but I understand the color choice.
ToTBellHop
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The Partners statue didn’t get Walt’s skin tone right, either! It’s an outrage!
ImperfectPixie
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It's very poorly executed.
1) Guests should know in an instant what it is they're looking at - ESPECIALLY when it comes to signage, which this is, even if it is in sculpture form.
2) Popcorn doesn't have a consistent shape like that - even when caramel covered.
3) Caramel corn isn't "bronze" colored.
4) You can achieve an antique and non-plastic look without defaulting to "bronze" colored.
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Okay.
I think they did a cracker jack job of it!!
Stupido
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If they wanted to make an argument that it’s caramel corn, they should have made the scoop a different color. Right now, it looks like it’s all made out of the same colors, so that the only thing that people take in are the m&ms. Such a sad day, product promo should never be this obvious in the parks.
LittleBuford
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It’s supposed to look that way, though: like a bronze sculpture interspersed with contrasting pops of colour. That aspect of the sculpture actually works for me.
Your last sentence suggests that this kind of product placement is new, but I would argue that this sign is much less extreme than some of those from back in the day (see my earlier post in this thread).