Munny Speakers

Give your speakers some extra personality by making them out of a vinyl doll. Kid Robot makes the easily hackable 7" Munny doll and I've been meaning to cut one up. The combined need for some new speakers created a happy union of doll and speaker.

Now, I'm not the first person to think of this. I've seen at least three different versions of a Munny with a speaker in its head. Still, the only one I've seen in person was just one doll for mono sound and the driver was pretty worthless. I wanted mine to sound at least decent and I'd say I surpassed that.

Step 1 Get a Pair of Munnys and Drivers

I went to the Kid Robot store in SF to offset the $25 price tag by not having to pay for shipping. At the time I couldn't find any of the black Munnys online and kept calling till it was back in stock.

Each Munny comes with a few random accessories. A big pencil, a cape, goggles, all sorts of stuff.

The drivers are Tang Band 3" Bamboo Cone Drivers and have an extended range of 105-20,000 Hz.

Comments

[radambomb]

finally finished. ... they look amazing! and they sound great!

[fungus amungus]

Congratulations! I love it.

[hernanai]

I probably overlooked it, but what is the small circular one between the munnies? A tweeter?

[radambomb]

the small circular thing is a volume and bass control knob from an old set of creative speakers. the subwoofer is also from the old creative speakers.

[martymunch]

OK, so here's my take on this great Ible. Hope you like em. They match my MAC. I used 2 white Munnies and a Boston computer speaker set (BA635). They came out AWESOME and I think I might make a few more sets and gift them.

[fungus amungus]

These look great!

[its_paul]

Wow great job!

[sharlston]

cool like the spanners

[santy22]

i don't like where the wires come from

[Labot2001]

I like it. They look like tails.

[uniquo]

can you do a guide on how you did the whole thing especially the volume control?

Thanks

[radambomb]

well basically i followed the instructables guide .

as far as the sub woofer and volume control go I simply bought a $80 set of creative computer speakers that had the proper wattage. (which i cant remember what it is anymore)

Then I tore down the creative speakers, pulled the wiring out of them and soldered the wires to the muny speakers.
I didn't have to do anything for the volume control, as it hooks straight to the sub woofer.

[radambomb]

Thanks for the idea and the guide.
I love my munnys!

[natemacfad]

How do these look? I made them with 4 in. white Munny's. I am really surprised with the quality of the sounds, it's higher than I expected.

 

[fungus amungus]

Wow, those are some tiny drivers there. Cool that it opens up the 4" category of vinyl toys as there are many more to choose from.

[incredibleweirdo]

Here are mine - white, though; the drivers I got for a steal - they are from some Logitech THX speakers I found at the Goodwill for $7.99; I also scavenged the amp from a powered set of Altex Lansing speakers from the same Goodwill. The problem I ran into is the magnets on the back of these drivers are enormous, so I had to cut down the vinyl at the top of the neck to get them to sit right.

[NostalgicStone]

Absolutely brilliant! Here's a finished set I made my little sisters birthday; it's an ipod dock with sub and munny speakers :)

[fungus amungus]

Oh yes, those magnets get big fast. Nice job repurposing the drivers!

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[big_F]

You can also heat it up in hot water, if you don't have access to a heat gun or hairdryer. I've used water for reshaping miss-formed Vinyl parts many times.

[redfoday]

could you do it in the oven? if not do you boil water or just sit it in hot water?

[bioboy725]

could you use a hot knife or soldering iron to start a hole and use a dremel to finish it off?

[pscopa]

I'm going to either try this out on a couple of 3" Vinylmations or 4" Munnys/Dunnys
What is a good cone driver size for a head (or body) of a tinier figure?

[kctess5]

Any baffle step compensation or internal volume considerations?

[ToweringProductions]

WICKED! gotta try this

[mara0192]

could anyone give me some approximate dimensions of this munny doll. i'm thinking about making one but i'm trying to plan it out before i buy all the parts and spend a lot of money. i'm looking for an approx. dimension of the front of the head (where the speakers are), the size of the neck hole, just anything that might help. sorry for the strange request, just trying to save some money by not messing up

[michaelsuh19]

I was wondering where does the wires from the speak go out???

[jpunkäss]

the butt

[sxa2udo]

where did u get the speakers

[priest1408]

im love these speakers but unfortunatly its near imposible to to find a manny doll in the uk without paying a ton, is there anyone on here willing to create and sell me a pair PLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSEEEEE!!!!

[kelson12345]

why not try ebay?

[rlaganson]

Why did you cut off the head? Did it make wireing faster or something?

[WestieShan]

No, I've got one of these and the head comes off as a feature of the toy, it has nothing particular to do with this build. Although it may make work on the head easier.

[At Liberty]

You could do glow-in-the-dark munnies and do bolts & make little Frankensteins. :oD

[ross33]

nice. that would be awsom to have sittin on ur head bord.

[kdikhounphiphet]

What kind of speakers are they?

[jomac_uk]

I wish i could find Munny's in the UK, if any one knows where, drop me a line please

[NatNoBrains]

Order them on the interwebs...

[jomac_uk]

Ive looked but no where in the UK that i could see

[29er sailor]

Ebay!!