are you fucking serious??? all that hardware,wiring,and control systems just to make that thing open it’s wings/arms and throw it’s head back!!

thats the most wasteful example of overkill i’ve EVER seen.

Posted at 6:36 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by bobob

Wow. Seriously. WOW.

Some folks would have just sufficed with some lumber and carriage bolts and an old windshield wiper motor.
This guy built a big scary space station wrapped in a cloak!

It’s impressive as hell!
Seems wasted on just Halloween though.
That thing should be a permanent display somewhere it’s so well made.

Did I mention wow?

Posted at 6:58 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by strider_mt2k

Guys probably retired and needs a hobby =P Looks bad ass.

Posted at 7:11 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by Mic

He seems like a resource industry technician who went with what he knows, ’tis overkill but he probably just couldn’t be arsed to learn a programming language. Also, that doesn’t look like any PLC I’ve dealt with, it looks like he built it out of pneumatic and relay logic, so he gets props for just being plain hardcore about it, but he could have saved a damn lot of time and money by learning to program a micro-controller instead of throwing industry grade hardware at it (HMI ffs!).

Posted at 7:14 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by Aurora

With all that I was honestly expecting that thing to chase him around the room.

Still…i agree with Mic… it’s cool.

Posted at 7:19 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by Lance Ingle

If you read through the forum posts it says that the control systems he shows also control 20 other animatronics as well as several other props.

Posted at 7:24 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by Urza9814

My opinion is changed, thank you Urza

*Also, black is over-powered in your block* :P

Posted at 7:30 am on Oct 16th, 2009 by Aurora

Hmmm… that’s some heavy duty hardware. Allen Bradley SLC/500 series, looks like 50 I/O with room for 50 more if he’s using 8 bit modules. All 120VAC (pretty common, bad response time though). All output appear to go to 2 and 3 pole relays. Looks like everything’s fused and he’s got a MCR e-stop relay. All in all, fairly solid industrial design, just missing a cabinet. Which also tells me he’s picked these up from system upgrades in the field. That system is probably $15K in hardware, and the AB software to program it all another $5k.

Posted at 5:06 pm on Oct 16th, 2009 by SOI Sentinel

Yeah like Uzra said if you read the haunted forum he is a controls technician & that setup controls 21 animatronics, lights, fog machines, sound and other props. Could have done more action then just extending out and back. Cool though.

Posted at 11:46 am on Oct 17th, 2009 by illpro

over engineered bad ass stuff ftw. i love that music in the background. whats is it?

Posted at 6:55 am on Oct 19th, 2009 by woody

I could actually see my one friend doing this for Halloween, he works with I/Os and automation all day at work, and he actually has most of his house automated. I’m sure his kids would love if dad made something like this ahaha

Posted at 3:50 am on Oct 28th, 2009 by Tony D' Garage Man