Etsy seller WormwoodHollow (AKA William Bezak, Disneyland legacy and eclectic haunter) has created two miniature replicas of the Madame Leota head-in-a-crystal-ball from the Haunted Mansion. Alas, he doesn’t ship to the UK, and there ends my beautiful, short-lived dream of owning one of these. This is one of my favorite theme-park effects; I actually own some of the original, horizontally sprocketed film-strips that used to project the face on the head before it went digital. The latest rendition, with the crystal ball floating in three axes in midair, is nothing short of genius (as is the entire rehab on the Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World).
Madame Leota in her crystal ball (large size)
(via The Disney Blog)
Previously:
- Leota's new animated tombstone – Boing Boing
- Haunted Mansion movie will feature ride details – Boing Boing
- Haunted Mansion-style head as a percussion instrument – Boing Boing
- Haunted Mansion embroidery – Boing Boing
- Origins of the Haunted Mansion tombstones – Boing Boing
- Fan builds 11000 sqft Haunted Mansion replica – Boing Boing
- More Haunted Mansion! Photos of – Boing Boing
- Origin myth of the Haunted Mansion read by Black Widow Bride …
- Haunted Mansion tatt – Boing Boing
- Early review of Haunted Mansion movie – Boing Boing
- Haunted Mansion tombstone auction closes at $37400 – Boing Boing