The Ultimate Buyer's Guide for Purchasing Servo Elbow Link-Style High Precision Coining Press
FAQs | Axtell Expressions
A rod arm allows you to control the arm movement of your puppet. If you have your right hand inside the puppet’s mouth, you can use your left hand to control the left arm of the puppet. We have several options for you.
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An Elbow Rod extends out of the elbow of the puppet and lets you control the entire forearm of the puppet from behind. This is ideal for ventriloquists who are standing with their full body VENT puppet when performing. They are built into the elbow of your choice (left or right).
We also have an External Rod Arm which is an elbow rod that you can velcro around the forearm of your puppet (under cover of a shirt sleeve). The same elbow control extension would then be available to control the puppet with, but the rod is detachable.
A Wrist Rod is attached to the wrist of the puppet and allows control over the hand and wrist of the puppet. A wrist rod can be a simple wire rod that has a bend curled in the end to hold a zip tie. The zip tie is attached around the wrist of a light puppet. Heavier puppets require that the wrist rod is securely built into the puppet. Wrist rods are usually used with STAGE/TV style puppets, where the puppeteer is positioned underneath the puppet when performing.
You can also order many of our puppets with Human Arms. This is best for stage puppets (where the puppeteer is hidden behind or beneath the puppet by the stage). These are glove like hands where you put your hand into the hand of the puppet, so your fingers are their fingers. If your right hand is in the puppet’s mouth, your left hand would be in the left glove hand of the puppet. The right hand of the puppet could be stuffed, or another puppeteer could animate it with you. If clapping or complex coordination is needed between the hands, have the other puppeteer operate both hands.
You can see all of these options illustrated here.
EZ LIVE Animatronic System.
This system controls the character with a LIVE Remote Control Transmitter Radio. This system is not programmable, nor does it have Auto-Alive, MotorMouth or Vent Mode. It is an amazingly powerful entry level system that is upgradeable to the Advanced Magic2 System.
VENT Remote Control System.
This system will allow a ventriloquist to operate the puppet hands-free with a small remote FOB. You control the mouth and head turning while the body is moving with Auto-Alive. This system is not programmable and will not playback MagicTrax, but is fully upgradeable to the Magic2 System.
MAGIC 2 Advance Animatronics System.
This system contains all the full featured software and equipment to program and playback your own tracks, as well as perform LIVE with the Transmitter, or use a FOB (small handheld remote control) to control the character in VENT mode, or to use MotorMouth (speaking into a microphone to control the mouth of the puppet), has hardware based Auto-Alive (keeps the character moving as if alive between tracks and during VENT or MotorMouth modes, and is upgradeable to MediaStar for multi-character control during the same routine! ALSO upgrading to the MULTI-CHARACTER system with the addition of AXTELL VERSION MEDIASTAR allows for the syncing of up to 4 characters in a show! Put all of their voices on the same stereo sound track (no need to split the stereo) and then program each character separately. When you play back the show, your characters will interact and be in sync!
We have a new feature for the Magic2 System called Axtell Intelligence! This allows your animatronic to talk on it’s own without any programming. It can hold a conversation with your guests or audience volunteer. It is a separate system that plugs into the green Magic Box that comes with your Magic2 System. Check out this feature HERE.
Easy-Talk System
This is also different technology from our Hands-Free PUPPET Systems (EZ LIVE, VENT & MAGIC 2) but still is in our family of animatronic products. It’s also our most affordable animatronic option! This is a universal base unit that you can put some puppets over. We have bottom entry and back entry designs for different puppets. The head automatically moves randomly left and right, and the mouth movement is triggered by an audio signal (microphone, mp3 recording, voice memo). No remote or complicated programming needed! It also integrates with our A.I system!
HANDS-FREE MAGIC DRAWING BOARD.
This is different technology but still is in our Hands-Free family of products. You can now program a Remote Control Drawing Board with the Hands-Free version! This will allow playing our MagicTrax made for the board with full programming and motion control….as well as controlling the board LIVE with the eraser!. This replaces the earlier Remote Control Board.
There used to be many animatronic options years ago before computer graphics and virtual realty kind of shut down many of the great companies doing work in movies and entertainment. There are just a few giants out there at the top of the field doing amazing work. Our vision is to fill that gap and start a revolution of sorts…. so anyone who wants to invest in this business venture with high quality animatronic characters can finally afford to jump in! We think we have something special and here is why:
COST – Our system is amazingly low cost investment that can generate income for years to come. These professional high tech systems built by our team of engineers, not electronic toys! Once you realize how involved these are mechanically, and how “cutting edge” our technology is, you will be amazed at the low prices. it is actually the the first time in history that an animatronic line as powerful as these were made available at such a low price! Just a few years ago before we entered the scene, something like these would have sold for $50,000 to $100,000. We have spent many years and our team has invested heavily in their development to bring you cutting edge technology on a budget! It’s kind of a revolution! So they really are an investment…if you want to see the power of these characters, and can afford to invest in your business or show, you have come to the right place!
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AMAZING AXTELL CHARACTERS – one of the strengths of our system is the Axtell Character designs. Audiences love them even before they speak! It is FAR more entertaining to see a whimsically designed character moving around and talking magically! Audience observation has revealed that people are more aware of design errors and bothered by animatronics that are trying to be realistic and lifelike.There is just something “off” and “not right” even “odd or weird”, and they focus on those instead of enjoying the show. When you move into the “character world” and abandon realism you open up the imagination of your audience and the fun begins! We have nearly 100 whimsical characters available and custom characters can be made just for you!
FEATURE PACKED with EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS-
PROGRAMMING IS SO EASY – Our system is packed with features including LIVE real time programming which saves you Hours and Days of time. Some other systems are so complex that you need a degree in computer programming to work it, and then just try to get some help! Some require each single servo channel action to be programmed with your computer mouse. We looked into these and tried them and it drove us crazy! We took the crazy out of it and created a system that is INTUITIVE and NATURAL! The process of programming is just as easy as operating the character in LIVE mode with the transmitter! It ROCKS and you will love it! Also with our system you see your real character reacting wirelessly in real time during your programming. Some other systems have a visual representation on a computer screen – you never really get what you want like that. Simplicity is the key to programming new shows and making money with these systems.
We also offer a recording and programming service at Axtell Expressions. All recordings, songs, programming or animation are non-exclusive unless exclusive rights are purchased for the tracks.
FLEXIBLE CONTROL – Some other systems require a computer to perform. Ours is optional. With our system you can play our special control MagicTrax® on a computer with a large display for cues if you want, or put them on an iPOD or any Mp3 Player… even a CD Player or cassette player. We can also create custom MagicTrax for you in our studio (your voices or ours) and we can the finished mp3 to you. Then you just pop it into your system and watch it! Amazingly flexible!
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY – You can set the character out in the open or on stage with no wires connected to it. You can control them from a hidden key FOB in your hand. Even the battery supply is hidden either inside the stand or inside the seat the character is sitting on. We do not use Infrared signal like your TV remote control where you have to be pointing directly at the receiver. We use Radio Control and 2.4 GHz for secure locked in wireless connection without interference. Our system is FCC approved and CE certified. Most other hand-made or hobby systems are not even tested, so you run the risk of illegally operating equipment which might cause problems with other wireless devices. You do NOT want that to happen! Play it safe with the Axtell system.
AUTO-ALIVE With our system Auto-Alive® automatically keeps the character moving and alive between tracks for as long as you want. Other system play a track and the robot stops dead. Oh and there are several auto-alives to choose from and can be custom made! They can look central, dominantly Left, or dominantly Right, move very slow and relaxed, or more active, etc.
DIRECTIONAL DOMINANCE – Say you want to stand on the right side of a character so you have programmed it that way…. but you change your mind and really want to stand on the left side now. You don’t have to reprogram! Just switch the dominance to the other side and the head movements of the character will switch sides just like a human would do! Other systems don’t do this.
SMOOTH MOVEMENTS – Our unique robot design and programming provides you with the smoothest movements available, our animatronics do not bang & jerk into extreme positions like SOOO many others. Even the transition when a MagicTrax ends, and Auto-Alive begins is engineered to be blended smooth and seamless so there is no noticeable change.
MOTORMOUTH – gives you microphone sound level control over the mouth movement of the character, and it’s not just open and close positions like other systems. Ours is VARIABLE and REALISTIC…. speak quietly and it moves just a little, speak loud and it opens big…. hold a long note of a song and it stays open just like you want! You can even connect an audio source to the MotorMouth jack without using a microphone. Auto-Alive provides the natural body motion during Motor-Mouth, so no programming is needed. In fact, you can create your own “split-track stereo recording” with music and sound effects with voice on one side, and voice only on the other side. Using a splitter you can send the voice only track to the MotorMouth jack and you have a fully animated character without ANY PROGRAMMING!
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – This optional AI (Axtell Intelligence) will work with the Magic2 System and Vent System because they have the green Magic Box (Animation Control System). See this feature HERE.
ELECTRONIC MENU CONTROLS – the system is packed with menu settings and parameters you can change such as blending amount, dominance switching, mouth opening range, auto-alive selection and so much more.
TECH SUPPORT – One of the biggest features of our system is our company! We provide great Customer Service and free Tech Support to help orginial purchasers with your system. We also provide a User Forum and full library of video tutorials and documentation for you! Second hand buyers will need to register and purchase the tech support package.
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