Man Accused of Stealing Buzzy's Clothing from Disney World Arrested

[larryz]

I remember the night when Patrick decided to make comments on this thread in real time! Alongside posting legit pictures himself as proof. I will never forget that day on this site.

Hopefully, neither will the court.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Bruh. stole a street sign?! Lmao.

There’s literally one on eBay right now. It’s kinda difficult to steal a massive street sign without being noticed. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-Authe...-/184703140959?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

 

[ImperfectPixie]

There’s literally one on eBay right now. It’s kinda difficult to steal a massive street sign without being noticed. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-Authe...-/184703140959?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

I disagree.

 

[marni1971]

I remember the night when Patrick decided to make comments on this thread in real time! Alongside posting legit pictures himself as proof. I will never forget that day on this site.

Quite a few of his (ex) work colleagues were reading too.

Apparently.

 

[brb1006]

Quite a few of his (ex) work colleagues were reading too.

Apparently.

I didn't know that until now. Did someone tell you about that info?

 

[marni1971]

I didn't know that until now. Did someone tell you about that info?

It was an unfolding story a lot of people had an interest in.

 

[brb1006]

He’s the poster boy for Stupid Criminals.

Not to mention he continued making posting making stupid excuses while smugly taunting us.

 

[Kt4447]

Has anyone seen this posted back in January? Lessons never learned I suppose. I just stumbled across it now so it could be old news.....There are soooooooo many things I can say about this.

Also a Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride devil.

 

[JoeCamel]

It was an unfolding story a lot of people had an interest in.

Not to mention he continued making posting make stupid excuses while smugly taunting us.

It is a chapter in theme park history that will live forever

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I disagree.

You disagree that it’s hard to steal a street sign off the side of an active highway in one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world? I can’t imagine how it could be considered easy at the minimum.

 

[trainplane3]

You disagree that it’s hard to steal a street sign off the side of an active highway in one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world? I can’t imagine how it could be considered easy at the minimum.

I'm not so sure it was even stolen. There's a good chance it was replaced with a new sign that added Riviera and this specific sign was taken from scrap.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I'm not so sure it was even stolen. There's a good chance it was replaced with a new sign that added Riviera and this specific sign was taken from scrap.

That's what I'm assuming too. Released officially though? That's debatable. I think someone would notice pretty fast that it was gone if by some chance someone managed to get away with it off the highway entirely.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You disagree that it’s hard to steal a street sign off the side of an active highway in one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world? I can’t imagine how it could be considered easy at the minimum.

This is where @ImperfectPixie lives...

 

[wdisney9000]

Wouldn't Buzzy's hat have been sewn/stitched on? If so, wouldn't there be some obvious fraying or damage if it was removed? Of course they could have removed it carefully and not damaged it, but that also brings up the question of why do it in the first place? Why steal the animatronic only to destroy or damage it?

Or is possible that hat was just resting on Buzzy's head and not secured?

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Wouldn't Buzzy's hat have been sewn/stitched on? If so, wouldn't there be some obvious fraying or damage if it was removed? Of course they could have removed it carefully and not damaged it, but that also brings up the question of why do it in the first place? Why steal the animatronic only to destroy or damage it?

Or is possible that hat was just resting on Buzzy's head and not secured?

It was very likely secured with Large Snaps, so that it could be easily removable for maintenance but unlikely to be pulled free by the animatronics movements.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Or is possible that hat was just resting on Buzzy's head and not secured?

I would say you're onto something there.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

It was very likely secured with Large Snaps, so that it could be easily removable for maintenance but unlikely to be pulled free by the animatronics movements.

Or it could just have been held in place by his headphones.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Or it could just have been held in place by his headphones.

Unlikely, since you'd risk that the hat start to slump too far forward or backward on his head. It would have been secured in place just where they wanted it on his head, with the built in ability to remove it when necessary.

All this stuff is designed to be optimal for constant repeated use, consistent show, and maintenance access. Large Snaps (think Whopper Poppers) are popular because they're hard to undo by accident but easy to undo on purpose, don't wear out like Velcro, and can be placed precisely and integrated into a wide variety of textiles and skins. They're also easy to replace and can launder with costumes.

Magnets are now used too in some cases, but I doubt they would have been back in Buzzy's day, at least not for his hat.

 

[marni1971]

It wouldn’t be the first time part of a figures costume wasn’t secured but you’d hope a figure that had the movement like Buzzy on his arm was secured.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

Unlikely, since you'd risk that the hat start to slump too far forward or backward on his head. It would have been secured in place just where they wanted it on his head, with the built in ability to remove it when necessary.

All this stuff is designed to be optimal for constant repeated use, consistent show, and maintenance access. Large Snaps (think Whopper Poppers) are popular because they're hard to undo by accident but easy to undo on purpose, don't wear out like Velcro, and can be placed precisely and integrated into a wide variety of textiles and skins. They're also easy to replace and can launder with costumes.

Magnets are now used too in some cases, but I doubt they would have been back in Buzzy's day, at least not for his hat.

All good points and most likely true. You just can never be sure with consistency with Disney though. Specially in a rushed redressing turning Captain Cortex into Buzzy.