A New Inception Trailer

I think its amazing. What do you think:

4 New Challengers Approach

Click the picture for a closer look. This is taken straight from the video game and the 4 new characters apparently being announced are Felicia, Captain America, Dante and Deadpool. Feel free to Marvel at their presence. I totally went for it. More in game pics seen here.

Disneyland's Evolution

For a while now I've been closely following some people who seem to work with Disneyland through twitter. Mostly to listen in on whats going on with the Disney parks since I've been wanting to work there. After a few posts I noticed something really new is going to take place soon. And it involves the Disney meet and greet characters as well as probably the musical shows. Here is some amateur footage of a testing event taking place:

Pretty amazing stuff. The second video shows Mickey even refers to a girl by name. Apparently couple of years ago they tested the characters for a musical show at World of Disney. It seems to work well and makes one wonder why they didn't continue on after that. Well here's the other video:

Think that's how far back this goes? Back then in the year 1994 Disney made a patent for the technology seen in the videos above. Crazy stuff no? Disney as it seems has been trying to perfect the technology for years.The picture to the right is the patent in question that was made in 1994. Click on the picture for a bigger view. It is not known if that the finished product is what we see in the videos above, but it is very well possible. And because of this may be why its taken so long to perfect it.I wonder with the voice altering technology being worn like a backpack inside the suit would get hot and make the wearer more uncomfortable. More questions could arise from this. It also shows that the Mickey Mouse voice actor isn’t working overtime. Or probably was to get all the words and noises in as well. Either way its a welcome start to the evolving Disneyland. The technology probably won’t be open to others since it is a patent and well it would be quite dangerous if you could speak someone else’s voice. Though it would be cool. Here’s an official talking Mickey from Disney themselves:

And their words on all of this evolution:

“Mickey, who usually saves his voice for shows and parades, talked with guests and interacted with them in never-before-seen ways! This was part of a process we call “playtesting” as it gives us a chance to develop new concepts with our guests long before they end up in the Parks. “We’re always looking for innovative ways to let guests interact with our beloved characters,” says Disney Imagineer and head of Advanced Development Scott Trowbridge. “And we have many more surprises up our sleeves.””

Can’t wait to talk to Scrooge McDuck on all his DuckTales adventures!

Edit: By the way, don't let the kids read this if they still believe the Disney characters aren't being moved around by people.

Retro Japan

While I'm trying to sort out a few kinks on the blog; here's a new feature:

During a time in the 80's Japan was super crazy about robots. While they always have been, they were obsessed with transforming robots at the time. While your probably thinking about Transformers, there was another transforming toy Japan was going all out with, which were the Gobots. You've probably don't remember these or even heard of them because Transformers was busy filling in that spotlight here in America. During this craze in Japan, Nintendo decided to release these Famicom transforming cartridges.

Toy compared to the actual cartridge.

These were released by the Gobot company at the time and were called "Kasseto Sentai" or Cartridge Corps. These toys came in small boxes and resembles a Famicom cartridge. Or a Nintendo cartridge. Most Nintendo fans should know by now that the Famicom cartridges were made bigger in Japan when first introduced. And was made smaller in America.

Well back to the cartridges. The cartridges were made to transform into the character the game represented. The toys also came with a bonus item. Nothing too fancy, it just came with an item that was featured in the game. In example with the Mario toy it came with a mushroom. Below will be more pictures, including an instruction guide and even a game you can play with the toys, which looks like a Battle Bots game. More transforming cartridges are shown below, which include Bowser, Dig Dug, and Ghosts ‘N Goblins.