Recommended music: Bruce Broughton – Le Visionarium Main Theme
Oh yeah, on this #WhateverWednesday post from the archives, we’ve got another Pit Droid! From the Hasbro The Phantom Menace toy line, and then the Power of the Jedi line, and then The Vintage Collection, it’s the Otoga 222 pit droid!
I might have missed a release, but the figure was packed in with at least Ody Mandrell, Anakin, and Ben Quadrinaros. This seems repetitive for a droid with limited screen time in The Phantom Menace, but the model was due for a return in Attack of the Clones to drive a rickshaw until a unique design was created for the rickshaw droid.
Otoga 222 recently accompanied me to Elitch Gardens theme park in Denver and wanted its picture taken with this robot guy in the queue of the Meow Wolf ride. I’m still not sure what the meaning of this attraction was, but you got to shoot lasers at stuff with black lights all around, so that was fun. The robot pictured here definitely reminds me of the former Disney attraction Le Visionarium, more commonly known as The Timekeeper at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. The character was voiced by Robin Williams, whose passing 10 years ago this week [as of the original post] still feels too soon…
The Phantom Menace turned 25 years old last year, and I “figure” there’ll be a new Episode I figure to share here for the rest of the year. Happy 25+ years of The Phantom Menace!
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