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A deep, deep dive into the history of Disney's animatronics

Ruben Bolling
Dec 26, 2024
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The Defunctland YouTube channel has just released a video documentary on the history of Disney animatronics, and as usual for creator Kevin Perjurer, it is a deeper dive into the subject than you'd ever suspect. It starts in Ancient Egypt, lingers in the 18th and 19th century Europe for quite a while, and exhaustively covers Walt Disney's early interest…

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