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[animatronicappreciation]

A behind-the-scenes look at the INCREDIBLE animatronics built for Alien: Romulus by Legacy Effects! It makes me so happy seeing practical effects used in this day and age when CG dominates the market.

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-Mod Rat

[furbytech]

So how do I remove Furby ear bones anyway?

Did your Furby’s original ears break? Did you make a custom skin and need the ears to be a different shape? Who knows! I’m just here to tell you how to take the old ones off. This will be a little shorter than my usual guides, since the process is quite simple.

To start, let’s take a quick look at how the covers vary depending on where and when your Furby was made.

On the left is a 1999 Furby baby with a red plastic cover. Even though there are three screws on the cover, only the bottom two will need to be removed. On the right is an adult 1998 Furby with a black plastic cover. This is a little hard to photograph clearly, so for the rest of this guide I’ll be using a GE Owl who has a red plastic cover.

You may also notice some variety in the ear bones themselves! Some bones have little pegs that ride in a slot on the ear cover. These keep the ears from overextending while your Furby is shucked, but aren’t really an essential part of the mechanism. Some Furbies have pegs and slots, some have just slots, and some have no slots or pegs. There’s nothing wrong with mixing and matching types if you're using donor parts, but peg ear bones won’t fit in a Furby without slots, so you’ll have to modify them.

To remove the ears, all you need to do is remove the two screws attaching the cover to the base behind Furby’s eyes (circled above)

You can also see that the bundle of wires connected to the light and IR sensors is covering the corner on this Furby. It should be relatively easy to push out of the way.

Removing the screws

Removing the cover. At this point the cam is loose and might become a little unwieldy. Be careful not to break any of the teeth on the gears.

The ear bones should come off with a little force once the cover is out of the way. Sometimes the gear will come off with them, but it shouldn’t be difficult to separate the two and stick the gear back where it goes.

You may notice that Furby’s original ears have a rubbery surface in contact with the gears that drive them, and that the ears can rotate without moving the gears. This is part of the slip mechanism that keeps the gears and motor safe if the ears get grabbed, jammed, or otherwise stuck!

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[shrekrekrek]

the funniest fucking shit is when someone try to say that cec animatronics are scary and use this image of 2nd gen Mitzi

[junkyarddook]

Rock-afire Restoration Part 9

[rolfe-dewolfe]

Fatz and Rolfe play a song while in storage. Video from Connor Leschinsky. Their cosmetic condition is upsetting, but it's cool to see them moving!

[amazing-animatronics]

Animatronic dog made in 2004 for a Wall’s Sausage commercial 

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[spicyfurby]

peeled