#animatronics
Here’s some animatronic character heads from Disney’s “Dumbo’s Circus”! Fun fact: the animatronics were designed/built by the creator of Teddy Ruxpin!
Source with more info and photos!
Sent in by @ironlover64.
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Meet Jennie, the prototype Tombot! Isn’t she the cutest? She’s built as a virtual pet for seniors with dementia.
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Animatronics from the elusive Pizza Showtime in Perth, Australia. These guys were said to be better than Disney’s animatronics at the time! Sadly, they were dismantled upon closure.
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I hope it’s okay if I share my gripe here, but I’ve been trying to figure this out for YEARS! We had an animatronic bear in our mall’s Christmas display named Jingles, and it would interact directly with shoppers via a performer on a mic off set. She could move her mouth, blink, and I’m almost certain she could move her head around but my memory is a bit hazy on that. Any info would be great! The figure was around from roughly the late 80’s-to early 00’s. I’ve always been convinced it was too nice of a figure to have been designed locally, and some recent photos I found of other bears similar to ours confirm this. The closest I’ve come to a manufacturer would be The Becker Group…but it’s a bit difficult to find any past history on their work. Any information about these figures would be great! Bonus points for old Catalog pics, or just any pictures for that matter!
Thanks for the submission @reed-fink. How cute! The shopping malls near me used to have quite a few animatronics at Christmas too, in particular I remember a Humpty Dumpty animatronic that sang Christmas songs such as ‘Silent Night’ but I’ve never been able to find any information or even pictures of this Humpty Dumpty and it’s been bothering me for years. So it’s great that you have pictures! and I hope we can find some more information for you.
I’ve had a quick look online and can’t find anything but I’ll keep looking. Anyone remember this bear?or know anything about it? or have any pictures? If you do please let us know!
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Really interesting video essay about the disappearance of the beloved Buzzy animatronic! :)
Thanks for the submission @samsketchbook.
(warning for simulated animal suffering sorry)
Searching underwater animatronics and found this impressive drowning cow animatronic! I wish I knew what it was made for. It’s even engineered for bubbles to come out of the nose.
Thanks for the submission @samsketch.
I found this video on the same youtube channel of a cow and in the description it says it’s for a TV film.
Bird animatronic for sale at the Streetsboro Flea Market in Ohio. He’s still there.
He’s one of those prize egg dispensers, and has no eggs. He clearly needs work. I think he’s a cutie!
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I agree what a cutie. I remember you submitting him before but tumblr seems to have flagged that post and I can’t appeal it.
Here’s hoping he finds a home soon <3
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Oakley’s friend (more or less) was a grumpy worm named Wiggles who lived in his…uh…ear? Bark? Tree-ear? I don’t know.
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Here’s “Oakley” the tree, who demonstrates his speaking abilities.
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This guy was really into his snakes.
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(WARNING – FLASHING LIGHTS!)
A sultry Jack Frost animatronic from the Christmas area.
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Drucillas zoo. Animatronic Lion I made 2 years ago. Real skin treated to make weather proof. Good to see it’s survived 2 years of weather with no effect to the skin. #lion #taxidermy #drucillaszoo #animatronic #weatherproof (at Alfriston, East Sussex)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuH3am3HpAE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uviwqdys1src
Animatronic inspired by Svankmajer’s work.
Inside is a carriage mechanism attached to the zip.
