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New Dragon Animatronic

dkosdros

dkosdros

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I don't know if anyone has seen this yet. Looks to be something that was developed by a private company overseas. But man is it impressive and what I wouldn't give to see this somewhere in WDW. Imagine you look up and see the dragon flying overhead. You head over to Dragons Cove and enter the dragons lair where you pass skulls and bones of other unfortunate souls. Then you enter the dragons chamber and have a face to face interaction with the beast.


 
dkosdros

dkosdros

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found a little more info on it and the company and a little longer English version of the video. Take a key note they have a site in California.. What are the odds of them teaming up with WDI. or WDI taking a stab at this on their own?!?!

Zollner Elektronik AG developed and constructed the world's largest four-legged walking robot.
„Tradinno" is a remote-controlled, outdoor-capable walking robot with dimensions never seen before. Tradinno -- its name is a mashup of "tradition" and "innovation" -- is a mechatronic system starring in Germany's oldest folk play "Further Drachenstich", performed each August in the Bavarian town of Furth im Wald.
The 11-ton dragon, 51 feet long, with a 40 foot wingspan, is driven by a 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine. It is listed in the newly released "Guinness World Records 2014" as the world's largest walking robot.
Zollner Elektronik AG, founded in 1965 in Zandt, Germany, has 17 international sites, including one in Milpitas, California.

 
dkosdros

dkosdros

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@Disneyhead'71 I don't believe I have ever seen a dragon at Uni. I know they had the ride dueling dragons but sadly it is was never really themed well IMO. The only dragon to speak of there would be in the Shrek 4D attraction, but that is all screen technology. Disney has had an actual dragon fly over their park as well has many dragons embedded in some of their classic movies. To me it would make sense for Disney to combine the flying dragon with an actual dragon you can see up close and in person. If they build a land similar to beastly kingdom or even had this somewhere in or near new fantasy land then I think it would be a great fit. This would be an E ticket and it wouldn't even be an attraction. they could change up the show as well since it could all be programmed so they could have several different preset shows. Could have him interact with other characters like Gaston, Flynn Ryder, or even better Sorcerer Mickey, set pieces could explode and catch fire when the flames hit it, I see smoke, feel heat, hear a tremendous roaaaar that you can feel inside your body like a loud firework, they could have a loud speaker outside and every once in a while you hear a loud roar throughout the park from that direction helping build up the excitement of seeing the beast.
 
Disneyhead'71

Disneyhead'71

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Universal has 2 dragons (the trains) in Dragon Challenge, there is a large "fire" breathing AA Dragon in Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, there is the Dragon in Shrek, and there will be at least one MASSIVE real fire breathing Dragon AA in Gringott's Bank.
 

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