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Cute Animatronic WALL-E Spotted in LA [Video] watch!

slashfilm.com — Disney/Pixar has developed a mobile animatronic version of WALL-E to roam the Disney amusement parks. /Film Twitter friend Jeremy C spotted the robot in the streets of Los Angeles and was able to capture this video footage of the droid in action.

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  • yumlum, on 05/16/2008, -3/+51really cool
    • DAG333, on 05/16/2008, -2/+4WALL-EEEEEE
    • specialK16, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2I love wall-e!!!!!
    • cyrix, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3DO WANT!!!! I think they'll hit another goldmine with this movie. I can't wait for the next two projects they're working on either.
    • tyywebb, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Hooray! I'm going to Disney World soon, I hope I see him!
      Also pay attention to the guy in the pink shirt with his hand behind his back. He's the one controlling it.
    • NextGenXbox, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Imagine the number of chicks one could get with this!!!!!

      What? Chicks don't like guys with robots? But.. but...
  • kjames00, on 05/16/2008, -1/+65Where is the countdown for how long it will take for one to show up on Ebay?
    • sockpuppets, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8That thing looks extremely expensive to make.
      • specialK16, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5It's LA. It's probably going to be stolen and then sold on ebay.
      • Disease, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Someone will buy it.
        • imdwalrus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2That would require Disney selling it, and since the article says they made it for the theme parks that won't happen.
      • b0rna, on 05/16/2008, -14/+1its just cgi. chill. there aren't any real ones that are functional.
        • imdwalrus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1You didn't watch the video, did you?
      • Monkeydew06, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2See you at Disney World!
        Bring money.
  • simpletwist, on 05/16/2008, -11/+2Or until it gets jacked by some gangbangers.
    • MavRevMatt, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5I dunno what kinda fetish you have but that's ***** weird.
    • DarkoKun, on 05/16/2008, -4/+1Why would gang bangers still it?
    • cramming, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3You know nothing about Los Angeles.
    • simpletwist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2You're right. I've never been to LA, and I dont have any friends who live there, and also I dont have Internet access that lets me read news from LA.
  • faceless323, on 05/16/2008, -0/+46that's awesome!!!!

    it's huge though...
  • HafizD, on 05/16/2008, -10/+4cute?
  • CassandraCruise, on 05/16/2008, -18/+1dugg it! :)
  • redrighthand, on 05/16/2008, -4/+4kinda creepy, I didn't realize his size till he rolled forward
  • strobelite33, on 05/16/2008, -3/+14That thing would scare the ***** out of me if I was a kid.
    • Culero, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4kind of like the chuck-e-cheese mouse....
    • CerpinTaxt101, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0more like chuck e's big purple friend, i went there recently for a child's birthday party and it still scared me.
  • Wayms, on 05/16/2008, -1/+79I love how they are able to create expression just by rolling his optic sensors.
  • AngusSteel, on 05/16/2008, -20/+3The next person that says dugg im gonna pistol whip
    • kashk5, on 05/16/2008, -2/+13Dugg!!
    • Dylson, on 05/16/2008, -2/+3DUGG!
    • Jonjonr6, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Cut out the shenanigans
    • BadBosco, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Hey Farva...
    • Monkeydew06, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Hey Farva what's the name of that old arcade game by Namco you like with all the goofy characters in white with the shovels who digg in the ground and have to avoid Pookas and Fygars? Dig...?
  • Rev0lver, on 05/16/2008, -0/+57This movie is going to be amazing.
  • IphtashuFitz, on 05/16/2008, -0/+43I'm so looking forward to this movie. I've enjoyed every Pixar movie I've seen so far.
    • DeWallen, on 05/16/2008, -8/+5really? even Cars?
      • Disease, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Cars was an enjoyable movie. Pixar so far has a perfect track record so I'm looking forward to Wall-E.
      • djm101, on 05/16/2008, -5/+5I agree, Cars was wank.
      • zydeco, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7My three year old would disagree with you. Sure, the plot was Doc Hollywood but guess what? It had cars. Cars that talked.
      • IphtashuFitz, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I said I've enjoyed every Pixar movie I've seen so far. I haven't seen Cars, and don't really have a desire to watch it.
  • chrisbosh123, on 05/16/2008, -11/+1So... is it a guy or a girl?
    • UCFguy56, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3neither, it's a robot genius
    • BestJaxx, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I think it seems more like a male, if it had a gender.
    • badjoke, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Why? Are you interested in buying some new sex robots?
    • woofers07, on 05/16/2008, -0/+10how many girls named "Wally" do you know?
    • CapitalIdea, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Guy cause he falls for a girl robot in the movie.
  • killbert24, on 05/16/2008, -2/+34Aw, he seems lonely. Someone hook him up with R2-D2 pronto!
    • greenlight2001, on 05/16/2008, -0/+24I read that as "R2-D2 porno" and I was like, 'now there's something I've got to see...'
      • specialK16, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2I read your comment and thought, 'now there is something I don't want to see.
        • Dylson, on 05/16/2008, -2/+7I read his comment and then your comment and now I am posting my own pointless comment because I like the new comment system and I have no life.
        • greenlight2001, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Dylson, I dugg you down, then dugg you neutral again so I could digg you up. Because I can now.
        • iSamurai, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4I'm digging you up and down and up and down and down and up I could do this all day!
    • Shootfast, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Rule 34
    • rainydaywoman, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'm sure 3PO wouldn't appreciate having his boyfriend taken away.
    • proghead, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1http://rule34.paheal.net/post/list/r2d2/1 NSFW!
  • MasterGrief, on 05/16/2008, -13/+4Anyone else think he sounds like a Furby?
    • BadBosco, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2
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  • mannymix03, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Disney is really promoting this movie, my theater just received a bench with a wall-e and eve so you can take pictures, and disney mailed us a life size wall-e standee that talks when people pass by. I hope it will live up to the hype
    • DarkoKun, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6You own a theater?
    • h3lx, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3How much for the big ass Hulk.
    • imdwalrus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1It's a Pixar movie, and the director also did Finding Nemo. I don't think we need to worry about it living up to hype.
  • Crath, on 05/16/2008, -3/+17It should have "om nom nom nom" programmed into it...
  • mileswj, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3That is amazing, well done job.
    I totally would have one.
  • br0wnstar, on 05/16/2008, -6/+1I never thought I'd see the word 'cute' paired with 'animatronic'.
    • TheColonel, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1You haven't been paying attention to Pleo then have you :)
  • Takuro, on 05/16/2008, -0/+16Damn, this thing is awesome. The inner child in me lit up when I saw this thing. However, the outer geek in my immediately began to admire it for its engineering value as well.

    I want me one. This bites Disney's "Talking Trashcans" in the shiny metal ass.
    • ciano, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I don't know... When I was six, those talking trashcans made me think twice before I ever threw anything away again. I checked every trashcan I came across in the park after seeing one of those.
  • mimigins, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4I want one!
  • webkinz1980, on 05/16/2008, -5/+0This is indeed amazing !!!!
  • Zaneris, on 05/16/2008, -7/+2Silly robot, tricks are for kids.
  • DansnBear, on 05/16/2008, -1/+16What's with the guy in the background cupping his balls the whole time?
  • fazik93, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5*Add to Christmas list*
  • MavRevMatt, on 05/16/2008, -1/+20Great promotion. But how long 'till someone reports it as a terrorist bomb like that other promotion?
    • Alegoo92, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3as soon as it starts appearing everywhere people don't expect it and flipping us off :)
    • imdwalrus, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Disney's done a few things like this in the past (like a Bunsen and Beaker that rolled around the theme parks), and they've always kept close watch over them. If you notice, there's somebody there asking WALL-E questions - that's a Disney employee.

      I don't think there'd be a chance to report him as a bomb.
  • Colt4cm, on 05/16/2008, -1/+16I for one welcome our new animatronic overlords
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+1Uh, no flash photography, please.
  • sgyoung, on 05/16/2008, -13/+0DIGG LOSER MOVIE!!!!!!
    • Jonjonr6, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0So I guess we'll see you sitting ont he edge of your seat in the front row!
  • jeremyadam, on 05/16/2008, -3/+4that. is. awesome.
  • rdubya44, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Figures they'd come out with all the cool new stuff, a week after I was there!!
  • vasireddy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3If it is a lil smaller, it would have been even more cute :)
  • maddla, on 05/16/2008, -2/+9They can't fool me! I know WALL.E and that's not WALL.E that just some man with a remote control. I call *****!
    • yellowswan, on 05/16/2008, -1/+0Senator, I served with WALL.E: I knew WALL.E; WALL.E was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no WALL.E.
  • DarkoKun, on 05/16/2008, -2/+4Kumar!
  • OpCzar, on 05/16/2008, -0/+13Gotta love the range of emotions binocular eyes give him/it.
  • ravenf, on 05/16/2008, -2/+3the guy in the pink shirt behind the robot is HOLDING HIS DICK! What's up with that?
    • Dylson, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Glad you noticed.
    • Jonjonr6, on 05/16/2008, -0/+9funny, I didn't notice. One would think you'd paid more attention to the large animatronic robot in the foreground.
      Lay off the porn.
    • ravenf, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I watched it a few times. then I was looking to see if anyone was controlling it. I looked at the hands of buddy and then I noticed. Maybe too much porn; yerright.
  • xKorrix, on 05/16/2008, -2/+6It's so cute!! ^_^ [I am such a girl sometimes. lol]
  • bcamp1973, on 05/16/2008, -0/+10the guys at pixar are true artists. the cgi is spectacular AND the stories are great. too bad Lucas didn't take a few lessons from them before butchering my childhood memories...
  • BrendanSheehan, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4I love the way he has No.5's eyes and personality. Very cute.
  • hethug, on 05/16/2008, -2/+0Hope it can cook and clean too then it would really be amazing.
  • bearythebear, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5awesom-o 5000?
  • TonyLocNE, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Johnny 5!

  • ForwardSlash, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Who do I need to beat up/sleep with/ bribe to take him home with me?

    It's cuter than a pet, and probably takes less effort to keep. Except...I'd have to dust him.
  • stockjones, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4I want one. Thats so dead on.
  • sharkoman, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1This happened at E! Entertainment Television's headquarters just incase anyone was wondering.
  • kungfuboi, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5someone call the bomb squad
  • monkeyrun, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2so cute....
  • darylspong, on 05/16/2008, -4/+8Johnny 5 > Wall-E
    • Princeamor, on 05/16/2008, -3/+3Yes Wal E is just a rippoff of Johny 5, they just made him smaller and cuter.
    • sqeakingkev, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinput.
  • Rozza, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3He built a bridge over the uncanny valley!
    Also, I work at a movie theater and I was lucky enough to score my self a slightly smaller, cardboard WALL•E
    Im in love!
  • whatwhatwhoa, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I'm definitely going to see the movie when it comes out. I always love the Pixar movies, they weren't some corny plot like the Disney movies (in case you didn't know, Disney just publish and pixar writes the book, so to speak). I love how Pixar is about to make so many emotions from just a robot, they're really the most talented animators. Just look at the trailers.
    The robot is cool too.
  • DatoeDakari, on 05/16/2008, -3/+2Thats some pretty good compositing, to think how far we've come since Tron, it's awesome.
    • CrimsonBlur, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Compositing? What? That's not a special effect, it's a real robot. (giant face palm to me if you were joking)
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