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this is fantastic piersdad.

Great...

He must be great fun to have in your garden. No wonder all the kids love him. It must give you a lot of pleasure working him for them.

How sweet I love that show the best of all the tv movies you are so lucky how did you ever get to have him? I want to know the story. Your garden is great as well have a wonderful day.

he started off as a mannequin for my wife to demonstrate how to dress elderly arthritic people to fellow nurses.(i used myself as a model)
it was originaly made from wood and hard foam.
after my wife had a stroke 8 years ago it lay in the shed for some time and i thought there had to be some way to us it.
so with a wheel chair motor in it bottom and wind screen motors and many other bits as well as the alloy from an old caravan i demolished.
i crafted the tin man over the next few years till now he is truly interactive and greets any visitors as they come up the drive to visit.
as for visiting grand children they run him ragged

i have many other mechanical 'toys' in miniature and once a 10 foot long dragon that the grand kids used to drive about.
but thats another blog

Sounds a lot of fun Piersdad! I enjoyed this blog.

I think he's great! :-)))

hes brilliant....;-))

Fantastic!!

Lol love Pooh bear in his tummy! what fun

How much fun!!! =^..^=

allowed to have fun in old age at 71 have a lot of fun yet to go.
just watching the spark of (i want to do that when i grow up) look in kids eyes is a just reward.
just as some one showed me the workings of a pianola when i was 2 yrs old sparked a lifetime of inventing pleasure

Brilliant..... maybe Tin Man needs a little robot Tin Dog as a friend ???

sold the radio controlled dog to friend to follow her at a fashion parade
it was a corgi on a skate board
and she was dressed as her majesty the queen a sort of wearable art show
however i have a new system that may enable me to make a real trotting dog robot

look forward to the photos...Piersdad

Trotting robot dog for 2010..... ?!?
yes, pleeeeease...
...and maybe a GoY blog competition to name him/her ?
Blog categorised under "Pets" lol. :o)

actually my main focus is on a new set of walking legs for the tin man that will enable him to use a elderly persons walking frame instead of the wheels he has atm.
however under 'pets' i could perhaps blog a few more of my 'pets'
ie dragons, birds , and other mechanical things i have dreamt up.

as a hyperactive kid of 71 and retired have to keep busy all day or die of boredom.

i for one would love to see your pets....

He is great what a nice friend to have.