Disney wants more 'Star Wars' in its theme parks
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third3ye
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Not just Sideshow, but also a couple Hot Toys and the Anovos costumes, the latter of which I assume are available for pre-order there. Pretty neat assortment for adult collectors, guess they want to differentiate that gift shop from the one next to Star Tours which is geared more for kids.
Btw does anyone know if those scaled models in the exhibit are licensed replicas (i.e. eFX) or screen used models?
Btw does anyone know if those scaled models in the exhibit are licensed replicas (i.e. eFX) or screen used models?
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Wow what a cool Exhibit! wish I could have made it for the opening.
Thanks for the link Willie
Thanks for the link Willie
Was it just me or the lighting said:I beg to disagree hdtheater, I think the color of the Slave-1 is spot on, just he quality of the video is not so good.
Here are some other Youtube previews:
-the first has some nice close-ups of some of the miniatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66CEX3eb10
-This one is better quality and runs thru the Models, Props & Costumes really quick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuV_g29j9Yk
And there seems to be several Studio Scale Size Ships unless I miss my guess that's the 6 footer Blockade Runner, that X-1 TIE and TIE-Interceptor are definitely 1/24 scale with 5-1/4 inch Balls. If they aren't original screen used filming miniatures , then they are damn good facsimiles!
Looks like a lot of work went into this exhibit....
They must of had "Top men working on it."
... "Top Men!"
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Riceball
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On the subject of Season of the Force, here's another video showing the inside the Star Wars Launch Bay along with some of the other things going on in Tomorrowland. As a bit of a warning, there is a potential spoiler in this video from inside the Star Wars Launch Bay dealing with a certain someone's lightsaber so be warned. For those of you wanting to avoid this potential spoiler here are some of the highlights, in addition to being able to meet Vader & Chewbaca, Boba Fett also puts in an appearance in the cantina area and he actually speaks, no miming and gesturing like Mickey & friends. Outside there's BB8 shaped sippers and First Order TIE fighter popcorn buckets, and the really cool thing I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere, special custom Star Wars/Star Tours themed nametags with a special design exclusive to Annual Pass holders.
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Zombie_61
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It almost looks like Disney had their people do some restoration work on it to make it more presentable for the display, and they just painted the whole thing the same color when they were done.
Its like what they did to all the droids at Star Tours.
JD
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I was at WDW on Wednesday and while there was a huge Star Wars presence throughout the Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios - I am green with envy over what I am seeing over in the California side of things.
I can only hope that when Star Wars Land is finally finished that my now 11 year-old nephew will still want to go with his dear, aging uncle.
I can only hope that when Star Wars Land is finally finished that my now 11 year-old nephew will still want to go with his dear, aging uncle.
What exactly is wrong with the Star destroyer?
I've seen the original "4+" footer (made for ANH) several times; this looks nearly identical except it does not have the large camera mount hardware coming out of the side of the hull.
FYI , Zombie_61 the original miniature was painted all the same color. The subtle shading and multi-color people attribute too the paint job --all came from how they light and filmed the miniature back in 76-77
It does make me a bit sad, that this is in the old space that housed the "Carousel of Progress" and "America Sings" :cry
They were great exhibits and good family entertainment.
I grew up in El Segundo, Marina Del Rey so, had been to the Park many times over the years (40 +)
It would be quite education for young people born in this century to saw how the typical home has changed in the last 100 years; too bad they couldn't add a current home of today, ( the then contemporary home of 1973 is now "historic" :lol --but you'd need to change the diameter of the building, for the way the Carousel worked
The animatronics would still hold up to scrutiniy today
I last visited there in 2008, I forget what they called it... but what ever they did with the exhibit space was horrible! :sleep
I go to trade shows like E3,Siggraph and CES every year - It was like attending one of those.. the whole thing was a big sales pitch to: "buy our stuff"
Disney has had trouble with Tomorrow Land for over 10 years now ...it's been more like "So Five minutes ago Land" the last big over-haul was just a over-hyped paint-job , -literally.
I have to say Launchbay is a big improvement.
I wish it was a bit more like the "making of"... and "behind the scenes" of the movies, much like the traveling exhibit. but then I''ve always loved hear how things are made especially Prop & SFX stuff.
guess I'm in the minority. :facepalm
They were great exhibits and good family entertainment.
I grew up in El Segundo, Marina Del Rey so, had been to the Park many times over the years (40 +)
It would be quite education for young people born in this century to saw how the typical home has changed in the last 100 years; too bad they couldn't add a current home of today, ( the then contemporary home of 1973 is now "historic" :lol --but you'd need to change the diameter of the building, for the way the Carousel worked
The animatronics would still hold up to scrutiniy today
I last visited there in 2008, I forget what they called it... but what ever they did with the exhibit space was horrible! :sleep
I go to trade shows like E3,Siggraph and CES every year - It was like attending one of those.. the whole thing was a big sales pitch to: "buy our stuff"
Disney has had trouble with Tomorrow Land for over 10 years now ...it's been more like "So Five minutes ago Land" the last big over-haul was just a over-hyped paint-job , -literally.
I have to say Launchbay is a big improvement.
I wish it was a bit more like the "making of"... and "behind the scenes" of the movies, much like the traveling exhibit. but then I''ve always loved hear how things are made especially Prop & SFX stuff.
guess I'm in the minority. :facepalm
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Riceball
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That building hasn't been Carousel of Progress or America Sings in ages, it was last Innoventions and went through a few minor changes during its time as that. In the end it was sort of like the old House of Tomorrow attraction from back in the parks earliest days. It wasn't too bad back before they closed it to make it into Star War Launch Bay and Superhero HQ, they had a nice little section on the first floor showcasing various new and/or upcoming house tech, and upstairs they had an area showing off the XBox One and an area for an Iron Man exhibit where you could virtually don a suit of Iron Man's armor and then there was an exhibit of some Thor props which led to a meet and greet with Thor.
Zombie_61
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Was it? I saw one at a Star Wars prop/costume display here in Los Angeles several years ago, and it definitely had some shading/highlighting paint work on the sidewalls. Of course, it's always possible that the one I saw was "restored" for the exhibit and that the extra paint work was just to "jazz it up" a bit.
