TOT Special Effects

[Rayray]

Does anyone have a video or picture of the lightning bolt effect outside TOT in Tokyo. I hear that a flash travels from the top of the hotel tower down to the broken elevators before they plummet.

Also, does anyone know how the evil statue disappears in the preshow room?

 

[Madison]

This is the first I've heard of the former effect, but for the latter, I imagine the idol and the wall behind it are on a turntable, not unlike how the gangster/cowboy vanishes in The Great Movie Ride.

 

[dolbyman]

some ir nightshot would solve this .. but also spoil the magic :lookaroun

 

[TDRFAN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XidHgxuEFP4

This is the video of the lightning effect that strikes the elevators as they plummet.

 

[marni1971]

Miceage have a review, including a still as the Idol is dissappearing. The photo asks more questions than it answers (you can see what appears to be a solid wall behind it - not a rotating one) - and dosn`t answer the starfield effect; peppers ghost would have to be in the preshow room!

 

[Madison]

Miceage have a review, including a still as the Idol is dissappearing. The photo asks more questions than it answers (you can see what appears to be a solid wall behind it - not a rotating one) - and dosn`t answer the starfield effect; peppers ghost would have to be in the preshow room!

As it turns out, the idol is on a pedestal and not even near the wall. Fancy stuff.

 

[Rayray]

Sound like the FX on this attraction are top shelf.

 

[Rayray]

Is it possible that the statue is just being camouflauged? Maybe with a saturation of fiber optics in the statue. Maybe it's just Pepper's (though that statue sure looks solid).

 

[darthjohnny]

I think it is hidden by an invisible screen that can conceal the idol with appropriate light levels or repositioning of the point of view, not unlike the disappearing package that is "teleported" in the post-show walk way of Space Mountain in WDW.