Walking Animatronic Dinosaur At Disney Park

Dan Howland writes "Shades of Jurassic Park: Disney's first walk-around, interactive animatronic character, Lucky the dinosaur, is now strolling around Disney's California Adventure, but will probably move to Disney's Animal Kingdom in the coming weeks. It kinda walks on two legs, just as the rumors promised, but actually pulls a cart for additional balance (and to hide the computers). Videos can be found on the link above. More photos, and a video of Lucky blowing his nose here."

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They walk among us now

[mao che minh]

"Lucky stands about eight feet tall, and his head and neck can lift almost straight up. He walks on his two back legs and pulls a very large cart of silk flowers. Lucky and Chandler interact, but Chandler does not operate the character. Lucky is controlled by two discreet operators on the sidelines. Lucky grunts, groans and whines in reaction to Chandler's comments and events around him. He can blow his nose, wink, smile, and look around."

Basically, it's a big remote controlled Robie Robot Jr that looks like a dinosaur. By the way, does anyone else remember the Radio Shack Robie Robot Jr, or was I the only person to get one as a kid when I was 6?

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[Anonymous Coward]

Here's a mirror in case the site is slow.

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[OneIsNotPrime]

Google cache here

Slashdotted, but here are direct links

[NaDrew]

Hi, I work for MousePlanet. Sorry our bandwidth was unable to withstand a severe slashdotting. While we scrape up the remains of our main server, here are direct links to the photos and videos:

• Lucky peeks out before his show.
• Chandler leads the way to "Dinosaurin' Over California."
• Lucky's basket is filled with flowers?and quite a lot of electronic equipment.
• Between shows, Lucky heads home to the former Hollywood and Dine location.
• Chandler helps Lucky blow his nose.
• Lucky holds a pen between his teeth to sign autographs.
• Chandler holds an authograph book for Lucky.
• Lucky's signature is a four-leaf clover.
• Lucky smiles for the crowd.
• Lucky heads down Hollywood Blvd towards a balloon vendor.
• See-and hear-how Lucky walks (1.3MB MPG, 15 seconds).
• In an amazing show of spontaneity and interactivity, Chandler breaks from the script to point out a flying pteradactyl (a helicopter) to Lucky, who then lifts his head and gazes up into the sky (1.3MB MPG, 15 seconds).
• The gentle dinosaur welcomes a child, who approaches him for a visit (1.3MB MPG, 15 seconds).
• "Now don't eat the balloon, it'll give you gas," Chandler says, as he offers a balloon to Lucky. Lucky shows surprising dexterity as he grasps the string with his mouth, only to cry out in sadness as he loses his grip and the balloon begins to float away (1.3MB MPG, 15 seconds).