Disney's "Tom Morrow 2.0" Animatronic Replica Build

[EdsJunk]

Good evening RPF! I have been sitting on a project for awhile and I want to tackle it. Many of you may remember my work on Weebo from the movie Flubber. I had a full build log on here and I felt like that animatronic came out very well and the amount of help you guys gave me was priceless.

So this leads me to my new project. I want to build Tom Morrow 2.0 from Disney's Epcot and also "Imagineer That" from The Disney Channel. This was a not so well known little robot that was part of my childhood. He is pretty basic in his design, which is what gave him his character, but unfortunately he was from a time when HD wasn't really a thing so getting detailed grabs is next to impossible. I have some photos that were taken of him over the years along with some detailed pictures from when "Theme Park Connection" had him listed for sale for only a couple weeks for around 60k! When they listed him years ago, I asked if I could come look at him and take photos and measurements (since I lived close) but they ended up refusing even after saying Id pay for their time.

So this make me want to finish this project even more. So this leads me to you guys.. I need help with some of the parts, measurement theories, heck anything that can help the project come to life. He seems to be built with a lot of off the shelf parts, and If we can identify them it would help with sourcing parts of course, but also correct measurements. I already started designing him in CAD, but I want to get some basic sizes down before I continue. I'd love to get him done, with sourced parts and 3D files so anyone could build Tom.

Here are some photos and video links. Let me know your thoughts, even if its just reminiscing with me! But for now Id ask the big question.. Does anybody have any information on Tom Morrow? Did anyone work on him back in the day by any chance? Have any reference material?

Also looking to see if anyone recognizes any off the shelf parts (like his wrist hinges ext).

And any ideas on his possible size when you see him next to people in the video.

 

[theguitarman]

Hello!

Just found this, what a great project! I do not have any information about Mr. Morrow, but I will try and ask around and see if I can help you find anything. Have you had any luck thus far?

Looking forward to seeing some updates!

 

[KESandrick]

Hey there! I’m with you on this one. I’ve wanted to attempt my own Tom 2.0 replica but didn’t find much online for reference info.

In this particular episode of Imagineer This, Imagineer Doug Griffith mentions that Tom was built using parts of arrows for his arms along with some model airplane parts:

 

[KESandrick]

And here’s a bit more info on Doug:

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www.anthrobotcreative.com

 

[Moviefreak]

The original poster hasn’t been on here for over a year and a half, so he might not be responding any time soon,

 

[KESandrick]

The original poster hasn’t been on here for over a year and a half, so he might not be responding any time soon,

Oh, yep! I see what you mean. That’s ok! Then the cumulative info will be here in case someone else comes looking for info for their own Tom Morrow 2.0.

 

[madderhatter]

So he's essentially just waldos, no motors on his structure...they're all in his base, this is something like I imagine the first animatronic they made for Disney, "project little man" to be like....are they pneumatics then in the base running him? Anyone think any of these parts are off the shelf, like bike parts or something? These photos are sadly so bad any attempt at remaking him would be guesswork and approximation I would think, but at least we could figure out his animatronics maybe?
His core seems to be a big spring compressed spring or two of them....would have to find that first I would think cause there's no way to even 3d print or make that. Maybe it could lead to his other parts even?