At 101 years old, Helen Macura can’t have a real dog, but her animatronic pet, Friendly, gives her all of the companionship with none of the responsibility. “I’m not alone. There's somebody in the ...
Crafting the creatures of Frankenstein is no easy task. Director Guillermo del Toro remains one of the most demanding artisans of all time, and to create his worlds, he needs a strong crew to back up ...
Mechanical birds, bears and princesses have chirped, growled and sung in Orlando’s theme parks for more than 50 years. The animatronic trend shows no signs of fading, as new figures arrive in new ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Halloween is on the horizon — the scariest day of the year — and with it comes plenty of ghosts and goblins, and spooky, scary, skeletons and creepy characters. And what about ...
When it comes to building the practical nightmares of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, director Emma Tammi says one animatronic in particular pushed the team further than ever before. “More puppeteers,” ...
An animatronic version of Walt Disney will be incorporated into the Carousel of Progress attraction at Magic Kingdom theme park, Imagineer Chris Beatty announced Saturday at the Destination D23 event ...
Shane Romanchick is a TV and Movie News author for Collider. He also runs his own blog Entershanement Reviews where he writes about and reviews the latest movies. He graduated from Regis College in ...
The Home Depot is well on its way to becoming a Spirit Halloween that also sells weed whackers. Here we are in July, and the retailer is already rolling out its Halloween product lineup. The ...
When Walt Disney introduced his Audio-Animatronic model of Abraham Lincoln at the 1964 World's Fair audiences were left spellbound by the way the life-sized robot could stand up from a seated position ...
Disneyland kicked off its year-long 70th Anniversary Celebration back in May — but today, on July 17, 2025, the park’s actual 70th birthday, it unveils two of its most significant and emotional ...
Walt Disney, is that really you? I know it's not. And yet, inside "Walt Disney – A Magical Life" at Disneyland, I can't help but suspend my disbelief as I watch the first-ever audio-animatronic figure ...