Thursday, June 19, 2008

Disney Plans to Outsource Robotic Figures

Chalk another one up for outsourcing. Disney plans to outsource the production of most of their animatronics.

The memo states that after review, manufacturing all Audio-Animatronics figures in-house is not feasible in terms of cost and staffing. Instead, Imagineering's Manufacturing and Prototype Operations group, based in North Hollywood, Calif., will "build some select, highly complex" figures in-house.


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