FROST! Escape Room
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FROST! Escape Room in Saint Croix Falls, WI. And So It Begins Sleeping Dragon Studios has been hired to design and build FROST! Escape Room for Storyteller Escape Rooms in … Read More

Robobird and the Peeps
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Robobird and the Peeps – 2007 Robobird and the Peeps / Robobird II is a robot “animatronic” character which combines elements of David’s expertise in sculpture, theatre and engineering. Robobird ll got … Read More

Talking Christmas Tree
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Talking Christmas Tree (1986). The Talking Xmas Tree was built for  Lincoln Square shopping mall in Arlington, Texas. It was remotely controlled and talked and joked with guests. Since I … Read More

Interactive Urban Watershed Model
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Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Sleeping Dragon Studios has been hired to design and build an urban watershed model for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization that demonstrates how water moves, becomes … Read More

Giant Tiki Puppet
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Giant Tiki Puppet This Giant Tiki Puppet will end up as a puppet / animatronic character for a future show project. I have gone through a sonotube and  35 cans … Read More

Animatronic Eyestalk Moves
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Animatronic Eyestalk Moves ! I found my box of radios and hooked one up to the eye-stalk. I stated building this about 15 years ago to test the technology. … Read More

Animatronic Eyestalk
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Animatronic Eyestalk Here is an Animatronic Eyestalk I built early in the 21st century. I wanted to make an Eyestalk inspired by the “Eye Bush” in the movie Labyrinth. The Vertebra disks where … Read More

David DeMattia’s Patents
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One of my goals when I moved to Minnesota was to get a design patent. Ecolab is a very Patent driven company and rely on people coming up with new … Read More

Dr. Oculus Animatronics
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Dr. Oculus Animatronics – Started in 2014 – Ongoing Project Dr.Oculus is the first animatronics character for me in a few years. Well, since RoboBird II in 2007. I’ve been … Read More

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