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When looking to create a host for the new attraction, Tony turned to an old idea that he had developed for the unbuilt Discovery Bay expansion of Disneyland. One of the attraction's for this new land was to be the Gallery of Illusion, hosted by Professor Marvel <ref name= "E82"/>. The older gentleman was somewhat based on the Wizard of Oz <ref name= "Korkis"> http://yourfirstvisit.net/2015/08/21/a-friday-visit-with-jim-korkis-figment-and-dreamfinder/ </ref>, and in one of the scenes he was to show he domesticated dragons, even holding a baby one. As the imagination attraction developed, Professor Marvel was transformed into Dreamfinder, who Baxter described as "A Santa Claus-type who is wise and older and knows all the great things, a great thinker. <ref name= "mouse"> https://www.mouseplanet.com/10073/Tony_Baxter_Figment_and_Imagination </ref>" According to Imagineer Steve Kirk:

{{Quotation|Tony (Baxter) was in with the Kodak folks as being potential sponsors for some kind of pavilion. He ran into my office in the middle of this meeting and said, 'Can I borrow Marvel and the dragon?' And he grabbed the model and took it in to them to show it to them <ref name= "allears"> http://allears.net/ae/issue722.htm </ref> .}}