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===Development and Construction===
When original designs for EPCOT Center were being drawn up, an Imagination pavilion was nowhere to be found. In fact, the Imagination pavilion was the last pavilion designed for Future World <ref name= "Martin"/>. The structure that would eventually be the Imagination pavilion was a recycled idea for the Mineral and Ecology pavilion that was originally planned for EPCOT Center but never constructed. The large glass pyramids that topped the Imagination pavilion had initially been part of an idea for the cancelled Ecology pavilion. Imagineer Tony Baxter had worked on early plans for that pavilion, and after its cancelation, he turned his attention to the Kodak pavilion. Although Kodak had originally signed on as an EPCOT Center sponsor in 1977 <ref name= "Martin"/>, the company did not have a firm idea of what they wanted their pavilion to focus on <ref name= "E82">http://www.epcotlegacy.com/historical-expositions/2010/6/30/gather-store-re-combine-a-history-of-imagination-part-1.html </ref> . According to Tony Baxter:
{{Quotation| “They wanted something that would be very imaginative.” So we said: “How about doing a pavilion on imagination".<ref name= "E82"/>}}
With a theme now in place, Tony Baxter and his Imagineers began fine tuning their plans for the pavilion. Baxter had initially impressed representatives from Kodak with his models for Captain Marvel and his pet dragon. These characters had initially been designed for an expansion of Disneyland called Discovery Bay. Although the expansion was never constructed, Baxter (as well as Steve Kirk and X Atencio) was able to rework Captain Marvel and his dragon into Dreamfinder and Figment, the stars of the Journey Into Imagination pavilion.