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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Sand-powered acrobat automaton

Sand-powered acrobat automaton
'ALFRED THE AMAZING' is a sand-powered acrobatic automaton currently available on eBay.

From the eBay description:
When the box is rotated and set down, the sand turns a wheel (axle) and the trapeze guy does his acrobatic wonders, and extremely dangerous feats of daring and thrill, and he doesn't use a net.

Here the eBay listing Alfred the Amazing sand-powered automaton

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 22, 2010 at 12:08 PM

    Hi,
    I am looking for just such a fellow.
    Do you know who made Alfred the Amazing?
    Or someone who makes that sort of thing?
    Ali

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  2. MerlinMay 19, 2010 at 3:03 PM

    I know a little about them and their design and operation as there was a distant relative who invented them. But first I would like to acquire one!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    There's one on eBay now:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330599398313

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