Photos of Imagineering programming the Mr Potato Head animatronic figure

Apr 05, 2008 in "Toy Story Mania"

Posted: Saturday April 5, 2008 by WDWMAGIC Staff
Below left: 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.

Below right: 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.

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