Here’s the new walkaround meet-n-greet Lotso, coming to the Disney parks. Folks on the disboards are asking if he will [spoil]smell like strawberries![/spoil] 
[url]http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/05/first-video-lots-o-huggin-bear/[/url]
He does exist! Funny vid.
Haha!
I never liked the costumed characters, ever since i was a wee Omar. He looks extra scary. -Omar
I notice he doesn’t have his walking cane. That and the fact he’s six foot plus leads me to feel this is not the real Lotso. lol
Now kids can hug Lotso for real! He should fit right in with the other Disney bears walking around like Baloo.
The head looks spot on. Better than the fairly disturbing Carl from last year…
He looks a bit off to me.
But the Buzz and Woody meet and greets look wrong too.
The bodies are fine except Woddy looks a little fat. Buzz’s body is great. It’s the heads. Woody only has a passing resemblence to the original and Buzz looks really sinister.
And yes that is me in the middle grinning like a nutter! I was even worse when I met the Mouse. I was jumping around. Sooo excited! What’s worse is I was 26 and more excited than the kids in the line.
Wow! Woody looks a little like Al Bundy from married with children.
Great slideshow of where Lotso is stationed: stitchkingdom.com/disney-new … d-studios/
I love the Sunnyside motif. It makes me chuckle. So does the kids’ drawing of the toys.
eggy: Tell me about it! It’s pretty bad in comparison! Always puts me off when I’m in a Disney park. Wish they had spent more time getting the proportionate sizes right… 
It’ll be pretty interesting how this plays out - people being able to interact, hug, etc. with Lotso… a villain. Shall be veeerrrry interesting indeed!
He does not smell like strawberries.
Perhaps they fear triggering someones allergies.
Hehe, funny. So that’s what that camera guy was doing when I was escaping Pixar Studios. 
That might might drive the guy in the costume crazy.
A couple videos I’ve found of Lotso:
[url]Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (Lotso) dances in his first Block Party Bash at Disney's Hollywood Studios - YouTube
[url]Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (Lotso) meet and greet in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World - YouTube
I think it’s pretty laughable that the costume even has a tag in the back. 
Woody looks odd- his head is far too cylindrical. Reminds me of the bubble toy in TS2- push the hat and bubbles come out.
Buzz looks evil, like he’s going to eat me or something- [spoil]maybe its supposed to be Buzz after Lotso and the other daycare toys change him. [/spoil]-Omar
Now I can’t wait for August to come so I can get my hug!
Lotso is probably the best of the toy story characters costume wise. The buzz and woody costumes that disney on ice uses are MUCH MUCH better
I like the Toy Story on Ice costumes better too; and the ones for the Disney Cruise liner musicals. -Omar
I like woody… not so much buzz. The main problem with the current buzz is his face is funky