Thread: How do you get your props to pop?

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Problem I am having is activation. I have three animated props that are both visual and sound activated props. One is the infamous Zoltan by gemmy....sight recognition is barely marginal but sound activation is pretty good. Last year I pointed a strobe light at the visual sensor but that didn't seems to work well. This year my first aisle is all dimented carnival and I am putting a bunch of baloons inside which people will have to wade through hopefully activating him more. I also have a stereo with circus them music so a combination of both should do it. The headless bride is somewhat of a tough one, visual activiation for her is fairly nill in the somewhat dark. Do you guys have any tips or tricks?

With the sound activation along with the motion your carnival might be going the whole time. If you can put a solid light on the bride from a distance but, still bright enough that when people walk between the light and the bride, it should activate. I use a bunch of different things from remote controls to picca boo boxes. I also have motion sensors that are larger and wired into the pnuematics.

I would recommend a simply constant light source, even something as simple as a flash light, aimed at the sensor. Just position it so thelight gets blocked as people walk past. I use something similar for one of my scares. You might want to look as a small desk lamp, so that you don't chew through batteries.

thanks guys