Originally Posted By POTCHMC33 So I was talking with my friends about disneyland and we got on the subject of pirates. So anyway, one of my friends mentions that his cousin is making parts of the Johnny Depp animatronics for the ridein his garage. I think he said he was making the face and the rest of the head. Apearently, his cousin also did work for the Lord of the rings making props. So I just thought I might share this interesting fact with the LP community. : )
Originally Posted By trollinda What a fun job! Thanks for sharing. I read it initially wrong. I read it as the animatronic Johnny Depp would be appearing in your friend's ride that he has in his garage! lol!
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Why would WDI have someone making theme park props in their garage when they have extensive facilities for that? Sounds suspect to me.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Why would WDI have someone making theme park props in their garage when they have extensive facilities for that? Sounds suspect to me.<< It is the age of outsourcing.
Originally Posted By Nobody >>Why would WDI have someone making theme park props in their garage when they have extensive facilities for that? Sounds suspect to me.<< It certainly does, but........ I was just watching some of the supplemental material that came with the DVD for "Batman Begins". Some pretty amazing things were created in the director's garage. Shere a sub-contractor does something is not as necessairly as important as what he delivers.
Originally Posted By Nobody ^^Sorry about the typos. I was actually spell-checking when I submitted this time...
