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Here is my second favorite music box of my lot, tune wise (Though it shares a tune with another). I'm mostly certain it plays Love Story by Andy Williams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtfly9kCzNY - Sorry for the shitty 11 year old video; I could not find a better one with the exact tune.)
It's the sort that will pause if tilted. The governor* is flat and metal. The key is the same plastic as the sides and has an interesting, flat shape. It is entirely a brassy colored metal, save the key and box. There are few marks: "FU(?)JI | JAPAN" on the drum; "WACO | PRODUCT OF JAPAN" on a sticker on it's bottom; "DON'T OVERWIND ->" on the key; "JAPAN" on it's bottom.
An additional piece of hardware is used in the stopping mechanism, a sliding weight which inhibits the governor. It is connected interestingly to the comb's two screws. There's also extra material around the drum's free side. There is also an intentionally cut comb tooth.
It has some damage on the outside plastic but none reaching the box itself, which plays with little extra effort. If jostled, it will often play after stopping. (Might need oil on the governor spot.)
I cannot safely remove it from the container (as I do other boxes), and do not intend to try.
Here is what some of the parts do. You probably know already tho V
1: *Called the Governor. Well, the circle is around the whole assembly, but whatever. It's a sorta fan looking thing which regulates the speed of the music by air resistance. As a sort of 'side effect', it will also pause the music if stopped.
2: Don't think it has a name, because it's different on a lot of boxes, but on this one it's a sliding weight. When you tilt the box, it moves into the way of the governor and stops the music. Tilted back, it frees the governor. It is held in place by the governor's assembly.
3: This is what I called the motor, but it's just the Clockspring. Exactly what it says: inside is a coiled bit of flat metal that powers the box, and is connected directly to the key.
Unlabeled (and much more commonly understood):
Drum, cylinder, etc, which is the big thing with pins on it. That's the music sheet, and will strum the ...
Comb, which is the comb shaped thing with teeth and the only thing that will produce the sound. Fun fact: If you look on the side, you can see varying thicknesses on the teeth. That makes the sound a little deeper, and makes the comb more compact. If they were all the same thickness, the comb would have to be longer. Bonus! If you unscrew it, then you will have a very hard time getting every note to ring the same way as before.
@unknownsoldiers replied to your post: "I volunteer to throw you. Therapist cannot spray you if you did not cause the action yourself."
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Oh Dan~ You always know just what to say.
That sounds romantic.
Old still lives from college and high school.
I wonder if hoarding is genetic because it seems to run in my family? Too much stuff is always the answer... not.
I still keep this sketch as an avatar on forums. Hahah. Anyway, working on lineart skills right now. I have a bad habit of using textures to make drawings look more finished, and I need to steer away from that, I think.
"Antique Door Lock: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Crafted by Frank Koralewsky in the early 20th century. It took Koralewsky seven years to complete and received the gold medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
That moment when people keep telling you that you are just curious, but you know that you are not just curious. There is something bigger than your curiosity, waiting for the right time to come out. People keep saying don't rush things to happen, but what if it is meant to happen right now, and you just keep postponing the truth to come out. You hate holding back. It sucks. It is like there is a huge thing inside of you that knocking on your door to come out, but you just have to keep it locked inside because you are scared of the damage that will cause when you let it all out. So you keep holding back, but you don't know that the thing inside of you is growing bigger and stronger. One day it will just break through the door and come out. And when it happens, perhaps you will be free, and hopefully it will be just in time.
12 Year Old Me Knew How to Cook
12 Year Old Me Knew How to Cook
12 Year Old Me Knew How to Cook
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
old "Trust Me I'm A Ninja" shirt from 2011 (OG listing) (archive) (screenshot). this shirt is no longer for sale.
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
here are images from a listing of the Apptivity Sensei figurine from 2012, produced by Mattel. according to the back of the box found on this listing, this figure would interact with the HD version of the Fruit Ninja app, which, i believe, were exclusive to iPads at the time. there are also other figures that were made for iconic mobile games, such as Angry Birds and Cut The Rope.
(1st listing archive) (2nd listing archive) (2nd listing screenshot)
additionally, there is also a variant of this figure i found on a Verge article (archive) that shows Sensei with an angrier expression, and i believe that this variant is a prototype using an early design because of the different platform, the much shinier finish compared to the final product, the different (and sloppier) paint job, and the fact that i can only find this variant in the form of photos on display, which are always prototypes before the actual toy goes into production. there is also no indication that this is a separately sold variant of the smiling Sensei figure. this is definitely an early concept.
the interesting thing about prototypes is that they can eventually turn up in thrift stores if they are not thrown away or destroyed, so i wonder, where could this figure be now? i hope it still exists, it's a very interesting piece of Fruit Ninja history.
this is also similar to the Fruit Ninja FX figurines which would be sold later, which had a similar element of interactivity to them. the available characters were Sensei, Katsuro and Truffles. i found a listing for the Sensei figure on ebay as well (archive).
(they're kinda similar to Skylanders figures, aren't they?)
finally, i found a musky old photo of a couple of fruit figures from a Spanish website, but unfortunately the listing had already disappeared and wasn't archived. i'll talk more about these if i find another listing for them.
P.S. i realised i forgot to paste the link for the shirt archive in the last reblog lol. here it is.
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
also, remember that old post i made about the Jetpack Joyride promotional button from 2012? here it is again with a couple of extra images :)
i'm surprised there was never much merchandise made for Jetpack Joyride considering how popular it was and still sort of is. there's just shirts, some old cafepress stuff, threadless stuff, this button, an old phone case and a rare figure that another JJ artist has on this site, but nothin much else.
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
continuing this thread on with some neat Halfbrick plushies i found listings for on ebay! let's start off with Fruit Ninja first, since that one has the most plushies made for it.
first off is this jumbo Strawberry plush i found on this listing (archive) (screenshot). unlike the older plushies that were made by Nanco in 2011, this one was made by Toyfoundry and was from 2012, according to the listing title. it has a considerably better quality than the older ones, and the Fruit Ninja logo on its headband appears to be printed on rather than embroidered like the old ones. it has the app icon on its side.
this listing has some photos of the original tag which i think are interesting. apparently there was a QR code you could scan. obviously this one had apparently already been scanned, so i'm not entirely sure what it's supposed to do. i think it's supposed to open the Fruit Ninja app and redeem something.
here are the cotton tags saying this plush was made by Toyfoundry.
these are photos from a listing of a 2011 Orange and Watermelon plush duo (archive). they appear to be made out of lesser materials, lack a strongly defined shape, they headbands look very shaggy and they all have different expressions in their eyes, which i think is very charming. the Fruit Ninja logo is embroidered on their headbands and they lack the app icon that the jumbo Strawberry has.
here are their tags.
i also have photos from a listing of the 2011 Watermelon by itself, though they are quite blurry. (archive)
next up is this Banana plush, whose listing has photos of the cardboard tag up close. i like how the tag includes a little fruit fact about bananas :) (archive)
there's this green Apple plush made by Jazwares that makes sounds. it has an open mouth, Kanji characters on the back of its headband and makes the sounds of fruit getting sliced from the game. the logo on the front is also different, oddly enough. (archive) (screenshot)
there's also a Strawberry one (archive) (screenshot).
(check notes for next reblog, ran out of images lol)
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
ok continuing on from the last reblog: i realised i forgot to show one of the Nanco plushies, and it's this red Apple one. nothin' special about it from the rest of the Nanco plushies, i just want to put it here to finish off my disorganised list of Fruit Ninja plushies.
there's a few more Jazwares Fruit Ninja plushies i want to show. first off, there's this Pineapple plush from this listing (archive) (screenshot).
jumpscare
i believe this is the last plush that makes sound, and it's this little bomb one. the listing says this specific plush doesn't work, unfortunately. (archive) (screenshot)
the next plushies are these little clip-on plushies Jazwares made that i can't really find many listings for. these two images are from an old Amazon listing and a Walmart listing that are both no longer available for purchase anymore.
(Amazon archive) (Walmart archive)
there is also a bomb one (archive) (screenshot).
finally (and i think this is the last Jazwares one), there's this Watermelon plush that has lights, sounds, presumably comes apart and comes with a plastic blade to smack the shit out of it with. very cool. (archive)
also, not sure where to put this one, but while looking for Jazwares plushies, i found this Worthpoint listing with some grainy photos of a Play By Play Watermelon plush, and it's very....... odd looking.
(archive)
if i made a tierlist on the best and worst Fruit Ninja plushies, the Play By Play ones would be in F tier. they look so janky and weird and funny and i kind of love them.
(to be continued in the next reblog)
i was archiving a bunch of stuff on ebay and found this Fruit Ninja handheld that's very Tiger Electronics-like and i thought it was interesting because i've never seen it before, so here's some images from the original listing (archive) (screenshot)
i might start a reblog thread with a bunch of obscure-ish Halfbrick products i find on ebay because the documentation of these old products is important to me and they're just really interesting.
Pre quarantine drawings
