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Kids Voice Changing Robot Costume

This was a costume we made for 7 year old Thomas 2 Halloweens ago. It was made from cardboard boxes, 2 aluminum cans with LEDs for the eyes, foil tape, dryer duct, a Velleman voice changer kit, and a VU meter circuit I slapped together to animate the mouth. Very simple to make, and the response from the other kids was AMAZING! By far the most satisfaction we've ever gotten with the least amount of effort for Halloween. If you have any other questions regarding the build, let me know and I'll hopefully be able to answer them for you.

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May 1, 2012. 11:14 AM9999AWC says:

Can you PLZ PLZ PLZ make a video tutorial to how to make the mouth plz? I couldn't understand a word he was saying! That's cool because that's Robot/Human language LOL!

Feb 28, 2012. 8:25 AMROBOCOP603 says:

I can't tell what he was saying. For my voice changer I use a guitar pedal and a non-powered lapel mic that's connected to an in-line power source, the output of the pedal is connected to two daisy chained X-Mini II speakers. [Does not work with all pedals.]

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Nov 13, 2011. 5:21 PM

jessyratfink says:

Not only is the costume adorable - the video is one of the best things I've ever seen. I love it so much - I'm watching it for the second time right now.

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Nov 6, 2011. 8:54 PM

mikeasaurus says:

very fun costume, would love to see a full write-up on how you made it!

Nov 6, 2011. 9:11 PM

toonmusic (author) says:

Thanks very much! I had hoped to put together a full write up, but realized we never took any pics during the build... I'll have to put together something in the future. It was quite simple to make, so putting together a writeup should be simple too! :)