I received my package this Saturday from the House Of The Unusual. I still get that same feeling I got as a kid when opening mail-order packages. Here's what I received..........
This was a surprise. A copy of L.E. Young's "25 Lessons in Hypnotism" as seen in hundreds of comic book ads.
Build your own Monster-Mechanical Man Plans from the infamous Abracadabra Magic Shop of New Jersey, U.S.A..
And last but not least, the famous Bartlett Flying Saucer Plans as sold through Boys Life Magazine. Very cool!
I might have a problem with the 120 lb limit given I'm no longer at my mid-century weight. Might have to add a second motor or tweak the fan pitch. The design modifications are unlimited given enough time and money. Thanks "House Of The Unusual" aka Eddie!
WOW! Congratulations, Dr. Sab. As much as we complain and make fun of Eddie ... he's actually a pretty great guy. But please don't tell him I said so. He'd never let me live it down. HA!
I'm guessing the Monster Mechanical Man would be the more "realistic" build over the UFO for skinny people. -- TRM 😎 😎 😎
TRM: Eddie was very generous and it didn't take the customary 4 to 6 weeks. 😄
The Flying Saucer plans are really funny. Your feet are literally between a piece of chicken wire and a 4 HP engine turning a wooden airplane prop at 1500 rpm. Crazy! OSHA standards....none. Riding through your neighbor's tomato garden....priceless. While reviewing the blueprint I kept thinking "I'VE GOT TO BUILD THIS THING!".
Thanks again Eddie! 🙂🙂🙂
Glad you got them Drsab it’s a pleasure. Build a robot man and I’ll buy them off you
Eddie: LOL! Do you want a scaled down version or full size?
Hey you live in Jersey can’t have anything less than full size 7!feet tall. Easy to pick up
It would be worth the 40 year wait
I sent you some information Original ad of what the one I like looks like or at least the one from the ad
If you read the different ads it gives you a glimpse of how it looks like
It has one eye like gort goes side to side
A 15 inch version will be a better start to see what the large look like
Eddie: I see that my comment got you excited so I quickly CAD modeled up the Robot's head. He doesn't have the proper proportions yet but that's easy to adjust. What do you think?
Love the way it looks👍👍👍
The cad drawings would let me create the plans to build it. Along with a finished model EXCITED??? Are you kidding I am shaking 38 years looking for the thing now you offer not only the making of a plan but an actual finished product. WOW!!! I have become obsessed over the years looking for these plans that fell of the face of the Earth. I would love it to accommodate a 6 foot person. In your drawing you have achieved a perfect look better than the ad. This makes it better because the ad always downgrades the actual thing. I want it to look just like the original. It should be 7 feet tall I guess about 20" to 30" wide you know these things better than me. Name the price as you will be getting a load of mail order surprises in the next coming weeks. I just got home from work and was so excited that I could not go to sleep without writing you. I huge THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS! for making these now old dude a kid again. 38 to 40 years??? A very long time.
In the past I tried 3 times to build one. The first was cardboard which the wife Threw out on me one day while I was away and said it broke...did not believe her. The second I built it but fail to get it done...it came out bad..I then sold the head on eBay. the third which I started 15 years or more ago...still have not finished due to space and lack of robot building skills here are a few pictures of the one that sits in my collection uncompleted but falls short of what I really want which you almost mastered at least in the head part for now.