This may have been posted before, but these are some automatons worth seeing. A lot of work went into them, and to me is seems like a worthy endeavor:

http://www.youtube.com/user/haxanthrobo

Wicked!

Those are terrific!

I'm in love. Where can I pick one up?

Haha

Seriously, those are some very inspiring pieces! Nice find!

Time well spent indeed!

Wow!!!

Art meets machine....A beautiful marriage!!!

Thanks Todd!!

That was great. I am thoroughly creeped out!

Thomas Kuntz does brilliant work. I first became aware of him through his sculptures for figure kits and related novelties, and then found out about his automaton work through an issue of "Amazing Figure Modeler."

I own a small casting of one of his sculptures: an Iron Maiden with a 'well' at the top; it's a novelty butane lighter holder. I also have some vinyl kits by the now-defunct Screamin' Models, cast from Kuntz's sculptures. Great stuff.

For your delectation


http://www.artomic.com/

Beverage, thanks for that link. That is really some beautiful stuff!