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Incredibly creepy photoreactive animatronic, um, thing
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From Let’s Make Robots user lefthandsh8k, this truly disturbing light/shadow responsive haunt prop. It’s controlled by a PIC16F84A and has seven servos and several vacuum-formed pops. The rest is “plywood, paper clips, and popsicle sticks.” [Thanks, Matt!]

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4 thoughts on “Incredibly creepy photoreactive animatronic, um, thing

  1. craig says:

    NICE! Kinda like a post-crash BISHOP robot in Alien 3.

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