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Post by kaylathehedgehog on Mar 12, 2012 9:10:18 GMT -7
Understandable.
Kingdom Hearts came out in 2002. Disney didn't reacquire Oswald until 2006. I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up in a later game, though.
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Post by TRO Admin on Mar 12, 2012 15:47:51 GMT -7
Not sure which version he worked on but I know he did work on the theme park ride. Didn't realize there was more than one version. I'm not versed in the depths of Disney history. I do believe though that he had long since moved on from Disney by the time Welcome To Pooh Corner came around. By this time he was working independently as the President of Alchemy Communications. Alchemy came slightly before Teddy did. Ken may have worked two stints for Disney though. I will have to ask him about that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2012 16:08:16 GMT -7
The rides get updated every once in a while. And I believe "It's a Small World" was updated in the '80s. When exactly did Mr. Forsse work for Disney? And what exactly did he do? If I understand you correctly, he worked on Welcome to Pooh Corner for Disney, but wasn't working at Disney at the time? That makes sense, considering, he was also finishing up development work for Teddy Ruxpin at that time.
I've actually seen screenshots of both Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey and both look really good. I hope Oswald the Rabbit is featured or has a cameo in the upcoming Mickey Mouse feature film. That would be fantastic.
Speaking of Oswald, I'm sure Mr. Disney was frustrated when his character and his employees were taken away from him at the same time. If Mickey Mouse hadn't been successful, that probably would've been the end of Walt Disney Studios, and none of us would've grown up seeing all those wonderful movies, and listening to the wonderful songs written by the Sherman Brothers and other composers/writers that've graced pretty much every Disney film since the Three Little Pigs cartoon short in the '30s.
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Post by TRO Admin on Mar 15, 2012 20:51:46 GMT -7
No - Ken owned Alchemy Communications by then (as it was called then) which provided the live action 'costumes' (too tired to remember the actual word) and the technology to Welcome to Pooh Corner. Ken was the chief engineer of those along with Larry Larsen and others who would later help him with Teddy as well, and they formed the company that would later be the parent company for Teddy to work on these kind of projects. I'm not sure when Ken last worked for Disney but I believe it was long before the Reagan administration.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2012 5:57:47 GMT -7
I see. That's interesting. Funny how some former Disney employees left the company and founded their own studios, and companies, or went to another studio, using what they learned while working at Disney.
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