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Audio-Animatronics
By Ron Yost

Hi all!

I've been reading with interest the thread re: Audio-Animatronics (tm)(c) etc., WED Enterprises :) (in case any Disney lawyers are reading this!!)

By coincidence, there's a new book being published today, Oct. 1, titled:

"Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic"

by Wendy Lefkon (Editor)

Published by Hyperion
ISBN: 0786862467
Publication Date: Oct. 1, 1996
List: $55.00

Wendy Lefkon writes most of the 'official' guides to the Disney Parks, so this will be an official book as well. It remains to be seen how informative it will be, since it will probably highlight all the bright aspects of the Imagineering craft and reveal only what WED wants us to know.

Also, there's a Web site which has quite a lot on the early days of Disney\WED Audio-Animatronics and the technical side of how it was done in the beginning:

    http://www.aros.net/~pov/issue06-7/aa.html

^^^^ That's 'aros' .. not 'eros' =)

This is provided by a publication called "Persistence of Vision", which documents the Disney parks and culture.

There are several other Usenet groups of interest to Disney fans ...

rec.arts.disney.parks
alt.disney.secrets
alt.disney.disneyland

The 'alt' groups cover opinions\facts\rumors about Disney and Disney Culture .. the good and the bad .. so don't visit unless you like to know it all! By reading these groups you will discover many links to Web sites all over the globe concerning more about Disney than you ever wanted to know!

Take Care!

Ron Yost <musik@tcsn.net>

(Message sent Tue 1 Oct 1996, 21:17:37 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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