Rolling Ball Monster - Ripleys Blackpool

Rolling Ball Monster in Ripleys Believe It Or Not, Blackpool 1994. As you can see, this rolling ball sculpture is a masterpiece of mechanical sequencing. The entire thing is purely mechanical, and driven from a camshaft in the base of the machine, with about 8 cams on it. This rotates very slowly to operate the arms, hands, head and mouth, etc. I think you have to be bonkers to think up something like this, let alone make it!

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• rolling
• ball
• sculpture
• blackpool
• ripleys

[FruitsBasket1234]

Its still there , I went yesterday to blackpool to go to Ripleys and Iceskating

[HoppyTheRobot]

Thanks for the update. I have been back to Blackpool several times, and sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not. Even when it's there it's often not working. This video was actually filmed at the old Ripleys near Central Pier before it moved to the Pleasure Beach.

[FruitsBasket1234]

It was working fine when I was there.Did you go on the bridge bit where the walls where moving but it felt like you were ,that made me dizzy..O.o

[HoppyTheRobot]

I don't remember that, but it's been a long time since I went inside. The Rolling Ball Monster usually stands in the entrance foyer.

[Django5198]

lol creepy face on right!!!!!

[FruitsBasket1234]

The brigge and the moving wall must be recent...Did you see the trickery gate you can't open...until you push the pole down?