Disney’s Imagineers have some amazing attention to detail. I share Jason’s wonderment about the theming of Disney parks. Some theme parks may populate an area with themed buildings and foliage, but Disney goes to a level that boggles the mind. Perhaps this is best illustrated with this engine block prop that Jason found in the line for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. This is clearly a real engine part but dressed up to look like something from outer space. Despite that, there were still enough cues for our investigative commenters to not only figure the puzzle out but point out that it must be an easter egg. There were a lot of good answers to this, including funny ones like “Thundercougarfalconbird” from sentinelT. But after some research, it appears that CSRoad solved this impromptu Parts Bin Puzzle. It’s most likely the cylinder block from a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle but turned over. Check out these ‘Busa blocks from parts listings: This would be cool and obscure enough, but readers pointed out that Hayabusa means falcon, or specifically a Peregrine falcon. Considering all of the engine blocks just sitting in junkyards and on eBay, it seems way too much of a coincidence that the Imagineers chose one from a vehicle that translates to falcon for a ride about the Millennium Falcon. This has to be some super obscure easter egg. CSRoad wins COTD for that awesome sleuthing. Honorable mention goes to A. Barth, for this clever joke about Jason losing to Otto at a game of Dejarik: Our readers are just too good at this. I bet these people could even identify a self-sealing stem bolt. A. Barth got a sensible chuckle out of me, and CSRoad made my mouth drop. Never change, you crazy, lovely people. Let the Otto win. Dads don’t pull peoples’ arms off when they lose. There actually may have been some level of coincidence with using the ‘busa blocks. Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando used busa-powered cars for their car-based stunt show. This show was shut down for the creation of the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in 2016. The show had ~40 cars per the wiki link below, so they would have had an abundance of these blocks sitting around. So it may have been a combination of happy coincidence along with someone realizing that “hey, Hayabusa means falcon!” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights,_Motors,_Action!:_Extreme_Stunt_Show You mean the bolt that when placed within the hydraulic rod mechanism seals the chamber from the gasses without additional rings or casings? That self-sealing stem bolt? Any Andorian kid could rattle this off the top of their head. I need to stop rewatching the “bad” Berman shows… Jeez I almost forgot, thanks to Torch for tossing the target in the air. “She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid.” I. Love. This. 😀 CSRoad definitely rocked it with that identification. \m/ And thank you for the kind words. It’s nice to be around other like-minded people. 🙂
