The Yeti & Stuntshow update

[Stitchfan712]

I directly asked the question about size of the Yeti to a show designer Imagineer last Sept. when I did Dine with. He actually is responsible for the conversion of New York Street into Big Cities Streets but one of his Imagineer buddies in Glendale is on the Mt. Everest team and worked on the Yeti character. He said they "borrowed" a lot of organic part features of other animals, (claws, teeth, nose), from nature to come up with the design. According to him the final height would fall between 18 to 20 feet tall. The scary factor for the Yeti at the time was pretty high.

That would make it smaller than the dragon in Fantastmic! but I would think the Yeti would be a true animatronic while the dragon is more of a puppet.

Ah, so still not quite as big as Michael Eisner's ego. :hammer:

 

[Tim G]

I directly asked the question about size of the Yeti to a show designer Imagineer last Sept. when I did Dine with. He actually is responsible for the conversion of New York Street into Big Cities Streets

But one of his Imagineer buddies in Glendale is on the Mt. Everest team and worked on the Yeti character.
He said they "borrowed" a lot of organic part features of other animals, (claws, teeth, nose), from nature to come up with the design. According to him the final height would fall between 18 to 20 feet tall. The scary factor for the Yeti at the time was pretty high...

Errr... "Borrowing" from real nature is nothing new...
They always use natural examples, alas nothing from a Yeti (of course not)

And the naked machine is actually 19 feet tall without the skin and fur, you could add at least 2 feet for the skin and hairy part.... and the for "scary factor"... it's a HUGE thing but absolutely not scary, the real scary part will be done with special sound effects and lighting...

That would make it smaller than the dragon in Fantastmic! but I would think the Yeti would be a true animatronic while the dragon is more of a puppet

You can't compare "The Beast" with anything else... The design is totally new...
For the rest...:zipit:

 

[1disneydood]

Errr... "Borrowing" from real nature is nothing new...
They always use natural examples, alas nothing from a Yeti (of course not)

And the naked machine is actually 19 feet tall without the skin and fur, you could add at least 2 feet for the skin and hairy part.... and the for "scary factor"... it's a HUGE thing but absolutely not scary, the real scary part will be done with special sound effects and lighting... You can't compare "The Beast" with anything else... The design is totally new...
For the rest...:zipit:

I wish I was Psychic so I could read your mind across country. You seem to know all the cool stuff.

Anyway I can't wait to see the Yeti. I wonder if pics will somehow leak out like they did at ROTM. :lookaroun

 

[Slipknot]

Until I see what the yeti looks like, I'll always think of the Pop Tarts yeti. :lol: Somehow, I think EEs yeti will kick Pop Tarts yeti's butt.