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Order your pin HERE . This is a special pin. I co-created it with Imagineer Terri Hardin. She used to work for Disney on projects like Captain EO, Muppet Vision 3D, Dragon's Lair (Disneyland Paris), Star Tours, and others. Click HERE to see her bio. This is Big Al from The Country Bear Jamboree which existed in Disneyland's Bear Country from 1972-1986. The land was renamed Critter Country in 1988 and the Country Bear Vacation Hoedown was there from 1986-2001 when it was removed to make way for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction. After it closed, the Big Al animatronics was repurposed for the Oogie Boogie animatronic in the new Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay. You can still see the attraction if you visit the Magic Kingdom in Disney World . Each pin is numbered on the back Each pin has her signature with raised metal on the back. LE 200 The pin is 3" tall and 2" wide. It is hard enamel  Black plated nickel You can see the origina...

The Lifetime Achievements of Imagineer Terri Hardin By Joshua Shaffer www.DisneyGuy.org I want to tell you about one of my favorite Disney Imagineers, Terri Hardin. She is known as one of Walt Disney’s legendary Imagineers. Terri is a sculptor and concept artist for the Disney parks, and also a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company . She has been with Jim Henson since 1989 and with Disney since 1987. The very talented Terri is noted as being one of the top 10 puppeteers in California.  In the mid-80s, she was working at Shafton'sInc . , designing  “walk-around” character costumes when Disney signed her up and put her in Imagineering. Someday, Terri will be added to the Disney Legends program for her Imagineering work for the parks.  SIGN THE PETITION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN The projects she did for Disney parks: ·    The model sculpt for the Br’er Fox on Splash Mountain in three Disney parks. ·    The Br’er Rabbit log figurehead, and the ...