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Showing posts with label Pixar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pixar. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Disney California Adventure park expands with a Cars Land (Radiator Springs from the Pixar/Disney Cars movies)









above is a photo from http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/ below are from the Disney website 




 Disney California Adventure park guests will be racing through Ornament Valley and cruising down Route 66 when Cars Land opens. 
 Cars Land at the north end of Route 66 will feature Mater’s Junkyard JamboreeLuigi’s Flying TiresFlo’s V8 CafeRadiator Springs Racers and so much more!
the Disney Parks Blog will have a live webcast of the Grand Opening of Cars Land, and during the webcast, they’ll be answering your questions about Cars Land. So comment at their blog post    http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/06/ten-days-to-cars-land-at-disney-california-adventure-park-submit-your-cars-land-questions-now/  – what do you want to know about Cars Land?


Dennis O’Brien from O’Brien Truckers created the Low n Slow car plaque 
 “The plaque is made of pure aluminum ingot material from a chemically engraved pattern. Each plaque is made using the time-honored sand-casting process, just like plaques made back in the 1950s,” said Dennis. “First we start by pressing sand against the pattern. Next, we pour molten aluminum into the sand model. Once it solidifies, the mold is broken apart, the casting is cut off and the piece is finished off in ‘Ramone’ purple.”

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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Eddie Paul, maker and fabricator of Hollywood movie vehicles

 above image from http://www.epindustries.com

The photos here show the Cars 1 tour vehicles, and the blue bikes are from "Leathernecks" a George Clooney movie, and Eddie's company has also made the vehicles for Fast and Furious 1 and 2, a van in ET, and the vehicles in XXX, plus the Mercury for Stallone in Cobra http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/01/from-stallone-movie-cobra-my-love-for.html

below images thanks to Neil Larson


proof that learning never stops

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Friday, 27 January 2012

Tow Mater's disguises... and with all the monster truck posts I've had lately, here is his "Monster" truck disguise




Cars, and Cars 2... great movies. I've enjoyed all the full length movies I've seen from Pixar, and most of the short pre movie cartoons... the people at Pixar set a new standard for animation, and did an incredible job on how a world would look from the viewpoint of personable automobiles if people didn't exist

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"Cars 2" movie from Pixar/Disney had a few natural stone formations converted to automotive looking themes




The Mater Horn... witty

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"Cars 2" movie from Pixar/Disney had a lot of small details of conversion to automotive looking architecture



 they call it Big Bentley in the movie

 They were right smart to label it Holden
 Leave Spring under the above bridge, and replacing the cables in the London Bridge below





 through out the movie you'll see statues of cars instead of people




 I totally dig the wire wheel in the Eiffel tower, could be based on Kelsey Hayes, but who knows

 the side of the Notre Dame looks like an exhaust header

 A valve cover topping the Arc De Triumphe
 a piston for an elevator
 A Boyce Motormeter in the above building
 the light shade looks like an type of engine

I didn't see all of these the first time or the second time I watched the movie... but I saw a lot of them, and found the rest when looking for them specifically for this post

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Friday, 17 June 2011

A "Planes" movie in the "Cars2" world by Disney - Pixar






Found on the incredible http://stipistop.com/ where they are always surprising us with great things they find!

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