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23 videos

MEK1315 MAN EATER KID PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

MEK1315 MAN EATER KID PoisonProps.com

The MEK1315 Man Eater Kid is a professional pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring a zombie child character crouched on the ground appearing to feed on a victim's remains. On trigger, the figure dramatically launches upward approximately five feet while the torso rises, arms reach out, and the head turns side to side for a high-impact startle scare. The unit ships as a plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. A separate victim figure can be added for an additional cost.

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TNT1309 TNT Clown Crate PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

TNT1309 TNT Clown Crate PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases the TNT1309 Clown Crate, a large-scale pneumatic animatronic in which an evil clown atop a TNT box triggers an air blast at guests before launching itself up to five feet into the air with thrashing head and arm movements. The plug-and-play package includes two character figures, TNT box enclosures, pneumatics, a programmed controller, a motion sensor, and a fog machine. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully integrated scare experience. The prop is designed as a high-impact startle scare centerpiece for professional haunted attractions and dark rides.

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GPS1223 Giant Pumpkin Stand PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

GPS1223 Giant Pumpkin Stand PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases the GPS1223 Giant Pumpkin Stand, a massive commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic that rises to nearly nine feet tall with an eight-foot wingspan before lunging forward with wildly animated arms and head. The figure executes a rich sequence of movements including torso bending, shoulder lifts, elbow bends, and side-to-side head motion, all driven by a pre-programmed controller with an included motion sensor for a true plug-and-play setup. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a complete scare package. Character heads are interchangeable across the manufacturer's mechanism lineup, offering flexibility for themed customization.

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DPRZ1218 Drop Panel Rot Zombie PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

DPRZ1218 Drop Panel Rot Zombie PoisonProps.com

The DPRZ1218 from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a decayed wall panel that drops away to reveal a lunging zombie ghoul. The character delivers a multi-motion scare sequence with a forward-lunging torso, side-to-side and up-and-down head movement, and grabbing hands. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, wall/drop-portrait unit, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive presentation.

POISON PROPS· 11,589 views
FGZ1208 Fence Grabber Zombie PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

FGZ1208 Fence Grabber Zombie PoisonProps.com

The FGZ1208 Fence Grabber Zombie from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a zombie character slumped over a fence that suddenly rises, reaches outward, and turns its head for a powerful startle scare. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, fence, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Characters are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms, allowing theme flexibility.

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NT1211 Nurse Twitcher PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

NT1211 Nurse Twitcher PoisonProps.com

The NT1211 Nurse Twitcher from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic designed to mimic a still prop before violently bursting upright and twitching side to side with arm and head movement. Its compact footprint makes it suitable for tight corridor spaces in haunted attractions and dark rides. The unit ships complete with the character figure, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. Interchangeable heads allow operators to customize the character to match different haunt themes.

POISON PROPS· 12,907 views
CCL1206 Clown Chainsaw Lunger PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

CCL1206 Clown Chainsaw Lunger PoisonProps.com

The CCL1206 Clown Chainsaw Lunger from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a psycho clown that mimics sawing a victim in half, then raises the chainsaw overhead while rotating its torso and launching up to five feet toward guests. The prop operates as a fully plug-and-play unit, arriving pre-programmed with a motion sensor, pneumatic hardware, and controller included. Multiple throw distances are available, and an optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The character can also be swapped to match different haunt themes.

POISON PROPS· 29,708 views
ACC1143 Alien Chained Ceiling PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

ACC1143 Alien Chained Ceiling PoisonProps.com

The ACC1143 from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic alien suspended from chains overhead. When triggered by its included motion sensor, the figure lunges forward with reaching arms, a bending torso, and a head that sweeps side to side for a high-impact startle scare. The plug-and-play system ships with pneumatics and a pre-programmed controller, and an optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Four quick-link clips and mounting brackets are included for straightforward ceiling installation.

POISON PROPS· 9,220 views
PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper PoisonProps.com

The Poison Props PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper is a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic that conceals a pirate figure below a faux broken window, then launches it upward with multiple head movements for a dramatic jump scare. The complete package includes the character, mounting panel, plexiglass broken-window facade, pneumatic rig, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The unit footprint is approximately 40″ wide by 32″ deep by 90″ tall and requires only AC power and a 100 PSI air supply to operate.

POISON PROPS· 8,217 views
GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer with strings PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer with strings PoisonProps.com

This short product showcase from Poison Props features their GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer, a 7-foot pneumatic animatronic that slumps lifelessly on a wooden box before rising to full height with flailing arms, shuffling legs, and multi-directional head movement. The unit is a complete plug-and-play system including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. The interchangeable character design allows haunt operators to swap in different characters to match any theme.

POISON PROPS· 74,261 views
IT1121 Infected Twitcher PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

IT1121 Infected Twitcher PoisonProps.com

The IT1121 Infected Twitcher from Poison Props is a pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted attractions and dark rides. Starting in a bent-over resting position, it blasts upright rapidly and performs a left-to-right twitching routine with arm lifts and head movement accompanied by screaming audio. The unit ships complete with the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and motion sensors, with an optional audio package available. Its compact footprint makes it suitable for tight spaces within a haunt layout.

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PL1120 Pennywise Lunger PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PL1120 Pennywise Lunger PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases the PL1120 Pennywise Lunger, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic that begins with head down before lifting, twitching, and launching forward up to eight feet on a scissor-throw mechanism while screaming at patrons. The sequence includes articulated head, arm, elbow, and shoulder movements designed to deliver a powerful startle scare. Shorter throw distances are available as selectable options, and the unit ships as a plug-and-play package complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.

POISON PROPS· 59,285 views
CWL1048 Circus Wheel Lunger PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

CWL1048 Circus Wheel Lunger PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases the CWL1048 Circus Wheel Lunger, a large-scale pneumatic animatronic featuring a female character strapped to a spinning circus wheel. On trigger, the figure lunges approximately four feet forward while articulated arms reach and grab with bending elbows and a moving head. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the wheel, character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor, and a digital audio system with scream effects. It is designed as a high-impact startle scare for professional haunted attractions and dark rides.

POISON PROPS· 17,595 views
LPT709 Lift Panel Thruster PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

LPT709 Lift Panel Thruster PoisonProps.com

The LPT709 Lift Panel Thruster from Poison Props is a commercial-grade animatronic haunt prop featuring a boarded-up wall panel that lifts to reveal a ghoul character, which then thrusts its torso forward and swings its arm in a grabbing motion. The complete package ships plug-and-play, bundling the character, wall unit, pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream effect. It is designed for high-impact startle scares in professional haunted attractions and dark rides. All Poison Props characters are interchangeable across their mechanisms, offering flexibility for different themes.

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PL738 Psycho Lunger PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PL738 Psycho Lunger PoisonProps.com

The PL738 Psycho Lunger from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a sinister axe-wielding character that begins in a dormant, head-down pose before snapping to life — lifting and turning its head, raising its arms, and launching forward on a pneumatic lunge while swinging a bloody axe. The unit is fully plug-and-play, arriving with the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, plus an integrated audio package with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Its compact resting footprint expands significantly during the lunge, making placement planning essential for safe operation in a haunt corridor or scene.

POISON PROPS· 4,552 views
EFS713 Electric Fence Slinger PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

EFS713 Electric Fence Slinger PoisonProps.com

The Poison Props EFS713 Electric Fence Slinger is a fully pneumatic, plug-and-play animatronic designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides. A ghoul character hides out of sight, then swings out 90 degrees, raises its arms into an electric fence, and shakes violently while sparks fly and the fence rattles before dropping — delivering a high-impact startle scare that guests never see coming. The complete package includes the character, fence rig, high-voltage sign, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, and strobe light, plus an optional audio add-on. It requires a standard AC power supply and 100 PSI compressed air, and ships freight in a footprint of roughly 4 by 6 feet.

POISON PROPS· 3,051 views
FT806 The Fortune Teller PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

FT806 The Fortune Teller PoisonProps.com

The FT806 Fortune Teller from Poison Props is a fully self-contained pneumatic animatronic prop designed for haunted houses, dark rides, and professional attractions. The figure lures guests with a calm fortune-reading routine before launching a dramatic jump scare with arm raises, multiple head movements, and a scream. The complete package ships ready to operate, including the character, decorated booth, strobe, crystal ball, curtains, rope lights, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor, and a digital audio system. Only a compressed air supply and AC power are needed to run it.

POISON PROPS· 4,549 views
MCA927 Morgue Corpse Attack PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

MCA927 Morgue Corpse Attack PoisonProps.com

The MCA927 Morgue Corpse Attack from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a corpse concealed behind a morgue door. On trigger, the door bursts open and the character launches outward while the body rises and falls and the arms thrash in an erratic, organic motion. The plug-and-play package includes the wall unit, character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, and a complete audio package with digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.

POISON PROPS· 2,212 views
PoisonProps.com FA945 FRANKENSTEINS ARMY Halloween prop
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DIY Animatronics

PoisonProps.com FA945 FRANKENSTEINS ARMY Halloween prop

The Poison Props FA945 Frankenstein's Army animatronic is a zombie-themed pneumatic scare prop designed for professional haunted attractions. The character idles in wait before launching forward approximately four feet, turning its head side to side, raising its arms, and swinging a hook arm toward guests. The complete package includes the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream sound effect. It requires an AC power source and a 100 PSI air supply, and ships via freight.

POISON PROPS· 4,544 views
PoisonProps.com | SV923 SPIDER VICTIM | HALLOWEEN
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Prop Reviews

PoisonProps.com | SV923 SPIDER VICTIM | HALLOWEEN

Poison Props showcases their SV923 Spider Victim animatronic, a pneumatically driven figure coated in spiders that lurks hidden before launching upward roughly 32 inches with thrashing arms and a shaking head. The unit ships as a turnkey package including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional sound package with a digital player and powered speaker is also available. The compact rig footprint makes it suitable for tight haunt corridors or dark ride vehicles.

POISON PROPS· 4,529 views
PoisonProps.com | CC936 Chained to the Ceiling | HALLOWEEN
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DIY Animatronics

PoisonProps.com | CC936 Chained to the Ceiling | HALLOWEEN

Poison Props showcases the CC936, a ceiling-mounted pneumatic animatronic depicting a chained, suspended figure that lunges to life when triggered. On activation, the character's arms reach and grab, its torso bends, and its head sweeps side to side for a multi-axis overhead scare effect. The unit ships as a plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional digital sound system available. Installation is streamlined via four quick-link clips and four mounting brackets, requiring only AC power and a compressed air supply at 100 psi.

POISON PROPS· 2,847 views
PoisonProps.com | CL940 CRYPT LUNGER | HALLOWEEN
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Prop Reviews

PoisonProps.com | CL940 CRYPT LUNGER | HALLOWEEN

Poison Props showcases their CL940 Crypt Lunger, a dramatic pneumatic animatronic in which crypt doors burst open to reveal a ghoul that drops to all fours before lunging upward to a full 7-foot standing height with animated arms and head movement. The unit ships as a plug-and-play system, including the tombstone rig, character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional sound package adds a digital player and powered speaker. Characters are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms, giving buyers flexibility to match any haunt theme.

POISON PROPS· 3,510 views
Poison Props DTF910 Drop Torso freak Halloween prop
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DIY Animatronics

Poison Props DTF910 Drop Torso freak Halloween prop

The Poison Props DTF910 is a commercial-grade pneumatic drop torso animatronic designed for haunted houses and dark rides. The 'Freak' character conceals itself overhead before dramatically dropping into view with a head that sweeps side to side and wildly flailing arms. The unit arrives as a plug-and-play system complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional digital sound package available. Its compact mounting bracket slides over a standard maze wall top, keeping the installation footprint minimal.

POISON PROPS· 4,886 views