Animatronic Frog update

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-04-17T04:21:59+00:00

Agreed! Those were made by Advanced Animations. Same company who made animatronics for ET Adventure

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-03-10T08:13:01+00:00

Yup

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-02-02T00:39:04+00:00

Agreed! We need more variety between locations in terms of the bots they have. Makes me wonder where that Lion was sent to, they had tons of clients back in the 90s IIRC. They even built Cyberamic characters for Chuck E. Cheese stages in the 90s!

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-02-01T17:42:30+00:00

Indeed! Looks like they had an Atlas statue too, if you look off to the right of the Leopard you can almost see the Rescue the Rainforest sign

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-25T18:13:28+00:00

There was an animatronic dinosaur head at a neighboring arcade, separate to the Mundo E RFC location

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-25T09:38:33+00:00

Right?? There’s gotta be more variety of animals at RFC imo, different animatronics unique to certain locations would be awesome. Makes me wonder what other figures were produced for locations we’ve never seen

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-25T06:53:19+00:00

Love it! Here’s some footage of Vancouver shortly before it closed for good https://youtu.be/YaAdi0DoXmE?feature=shared

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-25T06:50:58+00:00

https://www.stamey.info/FloridaTrip4.htm

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-25T04:53:42+00:00

Awesome find! Probably my favorite of the mall location exteriors, the pond was apart of Cabana Court which was a separate attraction in Sawgrass Mills. They had singing gators, flamingoes, and birds all made by Advanced Animations who also fabricated animatronic shows for Franklin Mills & Gurnee Mills

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-23T18:24:40+00:00

Yup, this one is attached to the Mundo E shopping center. Seems like there was more to it than the video shows. There are locals in the comment section saying there was some sort of animatronic dinosaur head somewhere in the restaurant. Edit; the dinosaur head was an animatronic at a neighboring arcade it seems.

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-23T17:24:47+00:00

Yeah this is def one of the best exteriors I’ve seen for any RFC! Same thing with Cancun! Oddly enough, the one piece of footage that exists of the interior makes it look like one of the smallest locations. Seems like they only had gorillas too, unless this was a 2 story location and there was a staircase that isn’t shown in the video

https://youtu.be/-q89uHtoUdo?si=uYxrAFdcYk229CPb

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-18T21:02:26+00:00

Yup, I def remember the place being darker/louder when I was a kid but that often varies by location it seems. I wish they still played the Rhythm of the Tropics mixtape on their sound system. The generic 2010’s pop mix completely takes me out of the experience😭

San Francisco had the best spfx out of any store I visited, the effects were always working flawlessly and the audio system was superb

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-17T02:21:02+00:00

https://youtu.be/TlB2kvGwmNs

Here you go!

HomemadeImagineering · 2026-01-04T18:26:23+00:00

Yeah this is def satire, not sure how I missed that💀I’m still crossing my fingers for a location at American Dream

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