New Character Costumes

[DLP Fan]

The Legend of The Lion King show in DLP uses this technology. If you go to http://www.videovault.chrismedia.co.uk/ and click on The Lion King video you see Timon talking near the beginning. It is very effective when you experience it live and hope to see more of it soon!

 

[Captain Chaos]

The Legend of The Lion King show in DLP uses this technology. If you go to http://www.videovault.chrismedia.co.uk/ and click on The Lion King video you see Timon talking near the beginning. It is very effective when you experience it live and hope to see more of it soon!

Thanks for that link.. That is pretty awesome...

 

[LSUxStitch]

I do agree, that looks different than I imagined...which is a good thing lol.

 

[unkadug]

"Not the Momma!"

I miss that show.

I really didn't put 2 and 2 together about this technology and that show though.

 

[WDWKat26]

If that does occur, then kids will ask questions like, "Mommy, why did Mickey's face move during the parade and when he signed my autograph all he did was smile and not move?" which will leave parents to answer that question ... and hopefully the answer will not be "Honey, those are just costumes with regular sweaty people in them."

I can just see consequences from using one and then the other, and not one universal one.

Kids already ask "Mickey, how come you could talk in the show and now you can't?"

I think it's a good idea. And it wouldn't be like on Dinosaur as someone mentioned b/c they won't be animatronic heads, it's going to be like a moving mouth...I don't know how to describe it...

 

[unkadug]

Kids already ask "Mickey, how come you could talk in the show and now you can't?"

I think it's a good idea. And it wouldn't be like on Dinosaur as someone mentioned b/c they won't be animatronic heads, it's going to be like a moving mouth...I don't know how to describe it...

OK, now I'm really confused...

Is the moving mouth animatronically (is that a word) controlled ?

 

[mkepcotmgmak]

Remember Rafiki in Legend of the Lion King in the Fantasyland Theater? He had this same type of technology...

 

[LSUxStitch]

OK, now I'm really confused...

Is the moving mouth animatronically (is that a word) controlled ?

Watch the video above, and you will get an idea on what it is.

 

[Mecha Figment]

Well let me chime in on this topic

I have not seen the costumes per say but I work with a few people who have used the technology. For example the Rafiki in Legend of the lion king.
And one co-worker assisted in testing the Goofy technology


In a sence these characters are puppets. there is a laser connection inbetween two fingers on either the left or right hand. when the connection is broken it causes the mouth to move or the eyes to blink.

Rabbit from the last tour of Disney Live was this technology.

OH and durring the early stages and runs of Festival of the Lion king at Animal Kingdom, he too was this design, but it was an equity role as a result and Disney designated it to expensive so it went to a regular costume, which is non equity.

 

[Mecha Figment]

off topic, but festival is getting a new batch of puppets soon and a new Pumba that can turn in a 360.