Walt Disney Magic at the Boatbreakers Yard
Today the Boatbreakers yard was a hive of activity as grown men couldn’t hide their excitement at the arrival of Lightning McQueen. In fact, it was the arrival of three life-size Lightning McQueen’s that had our guys at the yard hurridly texting their kids and grandkids with pictures of the Disney Pixar character.
Sadly the cars do have to be crushed as they were used around the country as props to promote the recent release of the Cars 3 movie. In the meantime, we will make sure we take plenty of photos and have some videos filmed when the sad day comes for the big crunch.
The models are made from fibreglass with a metal and wood framework inside so they won’t take long to scrap. Our team are also hoping that we are eventually sent more promotional movie themed props especially with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie coming soon. Stay tuned we could have an X Wing in for the chop!
Written By: Luke Edney
Luke completed a journalism degree in Brighton University and fortunately for us uses this in his communications, Facebook posts, Tweets and emails to tell all our enquirers and followers what we are up to. Without Luke we would be lost, he runs the office, keeps us organised and is like a terrier and never lets a tricky boat disposal job go un-photographed or Tweeted about.
He also manages all of our enquiries passing them to whoever in the team is the best suited to deal with it. We are teaching Luke how to drive a motorboat or sail a yacht so while he’s learning we suggest you keep out of the Solent!
When he’s not at work he’s a massive football fan (his Dad used to play for Portsmouth FC years ago) and seems to know everything there is to know about any player, anywhere. Next time you ring and he answers, think of a tricky football trivia question and ask him
Date Published: October 3, 2017
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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