Flynn's Arcade

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Neon Art

Name/Title

Flynn's Arcade

Entry/Object ID

2016.16.1

Description

Replica of the Flynn's Arcade sign from the 1982 film "Tron." The sign was made by Disney to promote the 2010 "Tron" film reboot at Comic-Con in San Diego, and later displayed at Disney's California Adventure theme park. Also in MONA's collection is skeletal neon arcade game iconography created by Disney to be displayed along with the Flynn's sign. Text: "FLYNN'S"

Category

Signs

Made/Created

Date made

2010

Dimensions

Height

4 ft

Width

8 ft

Depth

15 in

Exhibition

Hats Off to Hollywood

Interpretative Labels

Label

Flynn’s Arcade 2010 Donated by The Walt Disney Company, with thanks to Buena Vista Special Events and Walt Disney Imagineering The iconic Flynn’s Arcade from the movie "Tron" (1982) was the user-world centerpiece where character Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) lived, worked, and planned his revenge against a man and company that stole the popular video games he had designed: Space Paranoids, Light Cycles, and more. When the story was revisited by Tron: Legacy (2010), the shuttered Flynn’s Arcade was a mysterious puzzle and portal to a digital world. In celebration of the second film, Disney constructed this neon arcade sign for San Diego’s Comic-Con and used it again at Disney’s California Adventure for a year-long ElecTRONica celebration.