So, I’m looking at the tentacles again and think that if we cut them down so that they are not quite as long and lose some of the width at the back that we’ve got a fair chance of getting them under the skirt.

I also just tried vacuum sealing them into a bag and hot damn they pack down small then. Plus no unpleasant shifting around. We just have to figure out how to extract them onstage if we go that route.

I tried the inflatable tentacle, just to see what would happen. I mocked it up out of 4mil plastic and a hairdryer so it’s a little lackluster. I think it’s a possible if we really can’t come up with any other way to fit the tentacles under that skirt, but we’ll have to go a lot higher tech. Plus, still have to deal with finding a way to diffuse the the El-wire.