 At the time of the ride 's opening , Universal officials described Men in Black : Alien Attack as both the biggest attraction at Universal Studios Florida , and as their most ambitious use of animatronics ever . The 70 @,@ 000 square feet ( 6 @,@ 500 m2 ) show building featured 127 animatronics as interactive targets . Eighty of the animatronics were designed in @-@ house by Universal , with the remaining ones being adapted from the film . The animatronics were manufactured by Advanced <unk> , AVG , and ASI . An average of seven sensors cover each animatronic . Other special effects inside the show building include lighting and 13 fog machines — the latter using 7 @,@ 000 US gallons ( 26 @,@ 000 L ) of liquid nitrogen daily . 
