firefly

As far as animation of Tinkerbell:

Her wings, transparent, would flutter rapidly, and her legs would
occasionally pump like she's on a bicycle. No one would doubt that she's
alive.

---firefly

"firefly" <fireflyguy@> wrote in message
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> Obviously, Tinkerbell would appear the greatest if she were only 12" high,
> and a trail of great effervescent sparkles trailing behind.
>
> Her flight over the castle, before the upturned faces of the astonished
> thousands would be the most cherished event in the history of Disneyland.
>
> ---firefly
>
>
> "firefly" <fireflyguy@> wrote in message
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>> When I originally conceived this, Tinkerbell was 4 feet tall, with a
>> train of sparkles 15 feet long. The best length would, of course, also
>> be cut in half to a 7 foot train.
>>
>> I think the train could be made from a mesh of netting, with golden
>> lights reflecting on golden metallic pieces.
>>
>> ---firefly
>>
>> "firefly" <fireflyguy@> wrote in message
>> news:55SSj.2071$J16.1473@newssvr23.news.prodigy.ne t...
>>> Nighttime comes over Disneyland.
>>>
>>> A flat black crane silently rises to a great height from off stage above
>>> Sleeping Beauty Castle.
>>>
>>> Hanging from the crane from 100 feet is a powerful 3 foot fan rotary
>>> propulsion fan.
>>>
>>> As power to the fan is applied, the fan swings in a huge area randomly.
>>> This is how my patented new firefly works.
>>>
>>> When the fan goes into it's largest swing, the illumination comes on to
>>> a spectacular 2-foot model of Tinkerbell suspended far under the fan,
>>> with a fifteen foot long train of golden sparkles trailing around behind
>>> her, graduating from large to smaller sparkles at the end.
>>>
>>> On one of the arcs that come closest to the Castle, the
>>> self-illuminating Tinkerbell's light is extinguished, sparks shoot out
>>> in all directions from the Castle, as if she had hit it with her wand.
>>>
>>> An public address introduction uses the time to reel Tinkerbell in, and
>>> lower the crane back down, and the fireworks begin.
>>>
>>> Let's share our imagineering ideas here for fun.
>>>
>>> ---firefly
>>>
>>>
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