Really, I disagree with your explanation so I am a brand advocate? You guys need a better comeback. One that at least makes sense. I don't know for sure why they turned him around and faced him the other way. I must have missed that memo, you must have gotten a different one. They could have lost him completely without any real difference. They get away with silhouettes in the window, we don't have a problem with that. There was expense and labor involved with moving him. You may be right or I may be right. In the long haul it doesn't matter. It fits the story line to have him turned around and I am going with the idea that no one really gave a thought to the time travel aspect until a light went on someplace and they said... why is that kid trying to sell newspapers to not only an invisible audience, but, a moving train? So rather, since they had to choose to spend money to fix him or move him, why not go with something that actually fits the storyline.
And it looks fake as he ll and there is no paper back there. Sorry, I don't buy the explanation or the illusion. It feels cheap.
I can't say I disagree. It wasn't planned that way and it doesn't have the necessary remaining detail to not seem odd to all of us that saw it before. However, I cannot shake the idea that there were many other ways to solve the problem other then what they did. Losing him completely would have been a more frugal and "end of it" way to go.
Oddly it's a 2007 upgrade. The previous version was much clearer.
Yes he has a face and it is damaged. I have seen it first hand many times as i was trainer and tour guide for that building. He has a cut above his mouth. There are several reasons why he was turned around. To open up the scene a bit by putting him further from the ride track, his face was messed up, and apparently they are in shortage of animatronic parts for that size. The last one according to one of the maintenance guys at the attraction. One other fun fact, the middle telephone operator lady has a lazy eye.
I've heard "opening up the scene" from a few people, but it's not correct. Shortage of parts maybe, but that could be fixed - I wonder why they aren't ordering or refabricating parts. A cut on the figure isn't a reason to turn him either - that can be repaired. It was just a creative decision to move him, in addition to Ops requesting that he be moved farther away from people trying to reach out and touch him.
Do they really think that peoples arms have grown longer in 25 years?
I don't think arms have gotten longer so much as respect for other people's property has gotten lower.
In the old days they would remove effects or parts that didn't work rather than merely hiding it by turning it away from guests.
