Roger Rabbit

[celestia]

Originally posted by mccaulej
I'm pretty sure that the steamroller is still back there, though Remember, the one that you can get your picture with running someone over:lol: That's a great picture!!

I think the dip truck and the weasles car are both on the backlot tour in the car graveyard. as for the steamroller in the store, i don't remember if it was from the movie or not. (but yes, it makes for a great photo! hehe)

 

[Jusjuice]

Yea, the store has a steamroller, but I'm not sure if it's from the film. The store is the one across from the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playset, and near the exit of the tram tour. It used to be themed to roger rabbit (similar to the ACME wharehouse from the movie) then it was changed to a goosebumps theme, now it is sort of a cross between the two, with leftovers. Too bad a real Roger Rabbit attraction never made it to the Studios!

Lately, Roger (but mostly Jessica) has been making a comeback at DL in merchandise, but I haven't seen much of anything at WDW. They have made several pins of Jessica in the past year. The world of Disney at WDW has a 15th anniversary watch with a figurine of Jessica, Roger, and Benny. I also found a Roger Rabbit stuffed animal at Disneyland this summer, as well as a pullback car, but that was it. Disneyland also released one of those Toontown Holiday Houses of the Ride building from DL. I also think Jessica and Benny WDCC figurines are coming out this year.

 

[NowInc]

Sadly, thanks to the creation of dreamworks, you wont be seeing much of roger rabbit anywhere new.

 

[Sketch105]

Lets get our jargon right, you Disney illiterate people..it's not a steamroller, it's the DIPMOBILE!

 

[ThreeCircles]

Originally posted by mkt
Roger's actually wholly owned by Amblin, with Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros entitled to licensing rights.

This is incorrect. According to the U.S. Copyright Office, Roger Rabbit is jointly owned by the Walt Disney Company and Amblin.

From the U.S. Copyright website:

4. Registration Number: VAu-115-247
Title: Roger Rabbit.
Description: art original : drawings on model sheet.
Claimant: the acWalt Disney Company & acAmblin' Entertainment, Inc.
Created: 1987

Registered: 6Jul87

Special Codes: 5/S

 

[luvorlando]

I believe the steamroller by the HISTK playground is from the Roger Rabbit movie. I distinctly remember it and all of the Acme boxes that would make silly noises when you opened them from my very first WDW trip in May '89, and information about the movie all around that area. Isn't the body outline still on the floor?

Picture of steamroller

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by ThreeCircles
This is incorrect. According to the U.S. Copyright Office, Roger Rabbit is jointly owned by the Walt Disney Company and Amblin.

From the U.S. Copyright website:

4. Registration Number: VAu-115-247
Title: Roger Rabbit.
Description: art original : drawings on model sheet.
Claimant: the acWalt Disney Company & acAmblin' Entertainment, Inc.
Created: 1987

Registered: 6Jul87

Special Codes: 5/S

well this goes entirely against what I was taught working for WDE..

 

[JLW11Hi]

The deal in the beginning was for Roger to be owned 50/50 between Spielberg and Disney. I'm not sure if that has changed at all, but thats what I read anyways.

The steamroller was defenetly in the movie! There was the dipmobile, but there was also a steamroller in the final scenes of the movie that runs over Judge Doom.

 

[Bill]

Just look for Acme. Anything in Disney that references Acme is from Roger Rabbit. Acme is purely a Warner Brothers false company name. Ajax is Disney's.

 

[xfkirsten]

Originally posted by mkt
well this goes entirely against what I was taught working for WDE..

(gasp) You mean they lied? Now there's a surprise. :lol:

-Kirsten

 

[celestia]

Originally posted by Sketch105
Lets get our jargon right, you Disney illiterate people..it's not a steamroller, it's the DIPMOBILE!

if i remember correctly (i could be wrong) it *is* just a steamroller, and that the dipmobile was on the backlot tour, not in the store... but i don't know for sure.

 

[Jusjuice]

The DIPMOBILE is along the tram tour, along with the Trolley (red car) and some cars. They are still there, even though they have been moved.
The STEAMROLLER is in the area in front of the HISTA playstet.

 

[matt88mph]

Just to make sure everyone knows for the 1,988th time:

Yes, in the original plans for the Disney-MGM Studios Roger Rabbit was planned to share a ride with his good trash-talking, horserace-betting, cigar-smoking friend Baby Herman. It was planned to be a simulator ride, like Star Tours and Body Wars. And I believe the talks with Steven Speilberg fell through, so there was no Roger Rabbit Ride. But he did make appearances in the Easter Parade, and once had his own float.