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Animatronic President Obama

Now, we’ve never been to this “Hall of Presidents” at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida (our parents instead taking us to real, disused dungeons and battlefields for family entertainment), but we’re thinking about heading down there today—not because the newest animatronic addition—President Barack Obama—has just been unveiled, but because his likeness is so… unlike him, so incredibly, terrifyingly creepy (and yet still impressive all the same). Yes, we’ll pop all of our closest friends’ children into the van and take a fantastic voyage down to the southern tip of our great nation just to see their reactions to this horrifying robotic educational presentation. What better way to celebrate our nation’s independence? Come to think of it… maybe our parents weren’t so bad after all. Videos of Obamatron and of the President himself recording audio for it after the break.

[Source] [url=http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/03/walt-disney-world-unveils-incredibly-poor-robotic-version-of-pr/]http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/03/walt-disney-world-unveils-incredibly-poor-robotic-version-of-pr/[/url]