Coin Operated Funeral
Although a bit pricey, the Dennison “Undertaker” Coin Operated Automaton is a wonderful creation for the morbidly inclined.
Lugubrious in nature the scene depicted is of a gentleman in his coffin at a funeral parlor setting. When a coin is deposited the mechanism is activated and slowly a skeleton’s head appears behind the coffin. The corpse, a.k.a. John Burn, bolts to an upright position turning his head to view this morbid scene. In a flash the skeleton’s head is gone, but a more ominous persona is to appear…the devil himself! All the while the friendly mortician remains calm.
June 21, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Wow…I’m so impressed with how cool it looks that I can’t think about how ominous it is. I’d like an entire series of coin operated animations, re-enacting everything from movie scenes to little things.