You are correct, he used to face the time rovers
Ahh yes...Time Machine. How could I forget? Anyways does anyone know why they moved him?
I'm not sure why, but the paperboy facing the wall sort of creeps me out. It's like I feel if I could go look at him, he wouldn't have a face!:lookaroun
I know-that's weird. But I wish he'd face the cars again.
He got that daft voice in 1994. Previous to that he had a voice that matched his age.I remember before this refurb he was facing the vehicles and had a deep teenage boy voice.
Since we're talking about the paperboy anyway, mind if I ask a little bit about his history? My dad loves SSE, and the paperboy is his favorite animatronic, so I'd love to know a little more about some of the changes that have been made to him over the years. This seems like the perfect place to ask.
Anyway, main thing I'm interested in learning about is the change in his dialogue from "Extra, extra, New York Daily!" to the more generic "Extra, extra, read all about it!" Does anyone know why this change was made (I know this was done long ago, not with the last refurb but with earlier ones, but I'm still interested if anyone knows why it was done)? I also remember some talk on here about there being quite a lot of change in the deepness of his voice over the years.
My poor dad is still a bit sad about the paperboy being moved to face the wall since the last refurb. It figures that the one thing he always talks about in that attraction would be something that would be changed around rather dramatically. But, we're quite thankful that our favorite paperboy is at least still present and accounted for.
I'm not sure why, but the paperboy facing the wall sort of creeps me out. It's like I feel if I could go look at him, he wouldn't have a face!:lookaroun
I know-that's weird. But I wish he'd face the cars again.
I'm not sure why, but the paperboy facing the wall sort of creeps me out. It's like I feel if I could go look at him, he wouldn't have a face!:lookaroun
I know-that's weird. But I wish he'd face the cars again.
The paperboy facing the wall is just another example of the bizarre things the imagineers changed during the last refurb that make no sense.
The rumor/theory was that the AA was damaged in some way during the refurb, hence his static stance when he returned. Eventually he was fixed and put into motion where he still stands now, facing away from the cars.
I've always hoped that they'd go back in and move him back to his rightful place, but I presume they haven't had the budget/manpower to do it.
He got that daft voice in 1994. Previous to that he had a voice that matched his age.
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