Here I go off to FB Marketplace place to get a skeleton and start another project I don't have time for. 10/10

I have to say, the bungee cord with ball end is exactly what these skeletons need for making the shoulder/arm movements more flexible and "lifelike". The whole video tutorial is great, but that was a real DIY gem! Maybe a tutorial on how to make these pose n stays more pose-able? Thank you for sharing your talents with us!

Thank you, it's good to see a build that doesn't involve laser cut or 3-d printed parts, just stuff that's laying around or is easily available.

Never too soon for another "Must Do" tutorial. He makes it seem soooo easy!👻 Haunt-In-the-Hills, FL

I can picture three of those skeletons swaying together and singing along with a Haunted Mansion tune. And on a side note, it's always nice to see an appearance by the lovely Mrs Van Oaks.

OK the Bungee ball cord is Genius for the arms Thanks for sharing HFL !!

Beautiful. I’m hoping the “something more” is a little bit of head movement. Perhaps weight it so the head stays in a constant plane as the torso sways side to side?

Just animate that jaw and then you’d have a co-host, haha!! Super fun buddy, thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to see what’s next…🎃👍

Great video ! Loved the "Dramatic Recreation" with your wife, lol ! 😆 Looking forward to see what is next ! I am so glad you posted this as I am a beginner & made a super simple skeleton in a black "box" last year. Would love to animate the top half, and you've given me time to get it done by October, lol ! 😆

Great video Derek. This is exactly the kind of prop stuff I want to learn (automation, electronics….the things that give life to a prop). I was just at the Disneyland haunted mansion last week….and I was wondering many of these mechanics at that moment And I love the B roll storyboarding. Very funny and entertaining

Cool and I love the humor at the end

Love the bungee cord and ball discovery!!!

Not going to build it but truly enjoyed watching your skills at creating.

As always top work and very inspiring 👏 looking forward to part two

Love your videos! And love the cliffhanger. Sometimes the mechanics of the animatronics is the easy part compared to figuring out the story we tell with the movement. Can’t wait to see what direction you go.

LOL That Cliffhanger Ending!!!

Awesome! My Halloween switch snapped on this week (and none too soon, only three months of build time left!). I watched this while carving a stencil for gobos for my haunt lights, and sketching a design for a cemetery gate for the driveway. Excited to see the conclusion, I have some props from last year that I’d love to animate!

as a big fan of skulls and skeletons this is def a work of art im so glad I ran across your video

Awesome 🎃👍. I gotta go, gotta rebuild that... 👻

Ohhh Nooooo don’t Taunted him I want to see the update I am very excited about this so damn cool love it signing off from Hollywood California

Wiper blade motor! That's perfect.

Really great!

Great job, this is now on my Halloween must do list 👏🏻👏🏻🎃

Great build! I hope to try and make something like this soon!

Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful and creative ideas!

Thanks for this one Derek. Animatronic builds can be very intimidating. I like the simplicity of this and it makes for a perfect entry level animatronic build. Can't wait to see how you improve it. 🤘💀

Thanks!

That's neat! I've been wanting to make my own animatronics for Halloween 🎃👻🦇

Very cool

Great idea using bungee balls for joints!!!! I've often struggled making those type of joints. Zip ties look terrible and motion leaves much to be desired. Thank you!!!

Your videos are simple and easy to follow! Another great one, thanks!

I absolutely love this guy thank you so much I was so excited when I was alerted you were going to do this I’m watching it now everyone you got a check this out so worth it educational fun fun fun he helps you be the shit For your Halloween needs

I love it. 💀👻🎃😁

It looks great! I love your videos.

awesome video!

Life fuel! This has been a tough year so far, and one way I am staying reasonably sane is to keep my eye on my Happy Time... Spooky Season! I often don't copy your designs directly (though sometimes I do.... looking at you, rocking tombstone!). But The techniques are fantastic, and I often use them to augment my own projects. Big fun! Thanks!

5:05 - I like how your brain works. :)

First of all, let me say that I think as a builder and as a Halloween designer--I think you are awesome and I love how you think. Your videos are great and greatly appreciated. While every project that we endeavor, as builders, is going to be unique to the materials we use and the design decisions that we make, you do a very good job of showing how you got from A to Z. One thing about this project that I had to learn the hard way and if you mentioned it in the video I missed it and that is the adjustment of the position between the center rod and the motor's mechanism is a make-or-break distance. The first few times I tried to run my motor it was getting jammed up and would not move. It would lock-up and I would have to take it apart to adjust the distance of the hinge placement. Ultimately I figured it out through trial and error. I think you may have gone through something similar that you mentioned in trying to get a precise length of the mechanism arms. While I do think you mech arm lengths are very good for the range of motion that your prop has (which is ideal), the one thing that caused me the most pain was this spacing of the hinge to the motor and the height of the connection to the mech arms. I tried to look at your video a number of times to see if I could see where your placements were located and that did give me a starting place. So, please understand that this is not a critic, but a request in your future videos for more 360 video views of the final prop or even stages of the prop. That helps other builders see what you have done as we adapt our version of the prop. Thanks again for your great videos!! tT

You guys had way to much fun with the dramatic re enactment. Lol

dude u are SO damn creative. like geez

Thank you! We’ve been trying to pull off an effect like this!!

Great Video!!!! Cool Prop!!!! BEWARE!!!! 🤔💀👍😎🤣 Thank You!!!!

Thank you for the Dramatic Re-enactment 😂 thanks also for an actual simple build for a WW motor! 🙌

Nice 👍🏻

This is awesome! Are you going to add some more skeleton characters to your graveyard setup? 😀

This was a great tutorial, did you do a follow-up to this? I love the idea of the ball and bungee cord for the arms, that's thinking out of the box!!

I'm really curious to see what else you do with this. Inspired me to start making motorized props, I've done static for so long but its time to take things to the next level.

A skeleton army all swaying hypnotically....

I have never seen such realistic and exciting dramatic reenactments! The stunt work alone is oscar-worthy!

Have you ended up snagging a 12' skelly yet Derek?

This looks great. But I wouldnt know how to power the controller. I saw you listed the part in the desciption. But do you have a video on how to wire this up?

Awesome! What is your nylon spacer from? I don't see it in the materials list.

You have enough information here to make your own DIY book. It will be awesome. Think about it, PLEASE.

What do you do to waterproof a lot of your controllers/outdoor wiring? I typically use reindeer motors due to the simplicity of waterproof by nature and all of my indoor props use wiper motors and relays, but all of the terminals are exposed. Do you put your controllers and power source/connections in a box?

Stop giving me ideas! My list of prop to-dos has reached epic level. It's going to take me at least 10yrs to catch up.

Just loosen his head so it bobbles

Can you help me to understand how you did it with the motor. I cant buy from monsterguts because i live in the wrong country. But if i buy a wiper motor from a old car or just a brand new one. How can i know which ampere on the speed controler i should use and what dc adapter i should buy to get the right one so i dont break the wiper motor. Or is it just buy what ever you want and everything will work just fine? Thanks

The link for the skeleton is not working, do you have an updated link?

where did you get your drilling jig ??

Got an update yet? 😬