October 17, 2006: Clockwork tiger

Skunks catches another one, this time at this gamers forum. It's a clockwork tiger, created by this gent in Belgium, whose "about me" page is a lone image:



But back to the tiger:



The tiger actually does walk, albeit a bit awkwardly. See the creator riding it here:

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It reminds me of the Canard Digérateur and less more so of the Mechanical Turk

Yup, I'd be happy to ride that home from the supermarket. Where do I sign up?

too cool

Yum, I guess chocolate isn't the only thing in Belgium that's yummy...

Oh, and the tiger is pretty sweet.

Sharpe's Tiger, anyone?

LabRat wrote:

Yum, I guess chocolate isn't the only thing in Belgium that's yummy...

Oh, and the tiger is pretty sweet.

Agreed on this one. Damn, UT, you know how to pick IOTD.

Tiger must not mind being ridden, she's purring like a motor.
Is there a clip of him riding the mechanical woman in the center picture?:haha:

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Is there a clip of him riding the mechanical woman in the center picture?:haha:

Sir! what do you take her for?

A buck three eighty? :rolleyes:

Happy Monkey wrote:

Sharpe's Tiger, anyone?

I was hoping that was what it was. Is that Tiger ( in the book) real?

Yes. It's in a London museum.

If this thing ever gets a theme song, I hope its "Eye of the Timex".