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Asylum assembled a fascinating post about “5 of the World’s Biggest (and Most Worrisome) Toy Collections”, from which we’ve picked two to share with you here:
Top Collection: 101 Dalmatians
Collector’s name: Karen Ferrier, collecting since 1992
Approximate number of toys: 1,200 or so
Favorite item: It’s not a toy, but it’s so ludicrous it can’t not be mentioned: her Dalmatian car.
Why it’s so worrying: What’s encouraging here is that the Dalmatians toy obsession isn’t based solely around the Disney movie (either in its 1961 animated form or its 1996 incarnation). On the not-encouraging side of things, she still has over 1,000 dotted objects in her house — except, alas, she just split up with her husband and doesn’t have room for it all in her caravan. Massive 101 Dalmatians toy collection anyone? Anyone?Bottom Collection: Snow Globes
Collector’s name: Josef Kardinal, Nuremberg, Southern Germany
Approximate number of shakers: Around 7,100 and rising
Favorite item: The first snow shaker that was produced at the end of the 19th century in Austria.
Why it’s so worrying: We can’t help but be afraid he’s collecting souls in there.Visit Asylum to learn about the other three massive toy collections.
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Okay, this is seriously awesome. Behold The Tesla Gun and its mad scientist creator, Rob Flickenger of Seattle, WA
“After reading The Five Fists of Science, a retelling of ‘war of the currents’ between [Tesla] and [Edison], [Rob] knew he needed a Tesla gun, the sidearm of the story’s protagonist. Since nothing as stupidly awesome and dangerous as a portable Tesla coil has ever been made, [Rob] needed to make his own.
[Rob] started his build as any good weird weapon build begins: taking apart a Nerf gun. A new Aluminum sand cast body replaced the wimpy plastic body of the Nerf gun and after a few days on a mill, [Rob] had an aluminum Nerf gun perfect for holding the guts of a Tesla coil. The high voltage switch is made of porcelain, and the power supply is an 18 V cordless drill battery and a flyback transformer potted with silicone in a PVC pipe end cap.
[Rob] really has a remarkable build on his hands here, and certainly something no one else has ever tried before. While he hasn’t fired his gun yet, we’re sure we’ll hear about it on the nightly news when he does.”
Want to see more photos? We sure did! Visit Rob’s step-by-step photo diary of the creation process of the Tesla Gun.
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