Jets, spacecraft and giant robots – some people build amazing things in their garages. Makes you feel a little self-conscious about that “cherry” 1981 Malibu and the stack of National Geographics you keep threatening to put on eBay, doesn’t it.
A giant beetle robot from Japan that took 11 years to build.
A near perfect replica of the Batman Tumbler, built by Bob Dullam.
A replica of a first class Pan Am cabin.
A space shuttle built in a Phoenix garage by Morris Jarvis.
Built by Craig Breedlove, “The Spirit of America” was one of the first record-breaking jet-propelled cars.
Jobs and Wozniak’s infamous Apple I computer.
A former fighter pilot built his own wings powered by kerosene burning mini-jets, which turn him into Jetman.
An 5.5m tall, one-ton mecha skeleton built in Wasilla, Alaska by Carlos Owens.
What else is your neighbour hiding? Take a peek at these Rube Goldberg Machines, home theatres, clever toolboxes and rolling ball machines. [Oobject]
Sam Timmins
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2:06 AMUm…is the mecha nicknamed “Liberty Prime”? Because I’ve seen the army’s new PIP Boys… O.o
gargravarr
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 10:46 AMIf it’s in Wasilla, I bet Sarah Palin can see it from her house! (just like Russia!)