LP Lotion: Programming Toy Story Mania's Mr. Potato Head
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Publicity pictures of Imagineers programming the Mr. Potato Head interactive Audio Animatornic at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
John Cutry, Principal Show Animator for Walt Disney Imagineering (foreground, right) and Eric Swapp, Principal Show Programmer for Walt Disney Imagineering (background), team up to program the Mr. Potato Head Audio-Animatronics figure at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The five-foot-tall Audio-Animatronics figure of the famous Hasbro toy, which features the voice of Don Rickles, portrays a "carnival barker" in the soon-to-open "Toy Story Mania!" attraction at the Walt Disney World theme park.
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Eric Swapp, Principal Show Programmer for Walt Disney Imagineering, is "watched" closely by an Audio-Animatronics figure of Mr. Potato Head as he makes adjustments to the figure April 4, 2008 at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The five-foot-tall figure of the famous Hasbro toy, which features the voice of Don Rickles, portrays a "carnival barker" in the soon-to-open "Toy Story Mania!" attraction at the Walt Disney World theme park. "Toy Story Mania!" is an interactive ride-through attraction that combines elements of a video game, "4-D" technology and interaction with stars from the Disney-Pixar film "Toy Story."
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Eric Swapp, Principal Show Programmer for Walt Disney Imagineering, is "watched" closely by an Audio-Animatronics figure of Mr. Potato Head as he makes adjustments to the figure April 4, 2008 at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The five-foot-tall figure of the famous Hasbro toy, which features the voice of Don Rickles, portrays a "carnival barker" in the soon-to-open "Toy Story Mania!" attraction at the Walt Disney World theme park. "Toy Story Mania!" is an interactive ride-through attraction that combines elements of a video game, "4-D" technology and interaction with stars from the Disney-Pixar film "Toy Story."
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-- Posted April 8, 2008
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