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Vortex Tunnel: made for haunted houses, trippy enough for yours
HauntedProps.com's Vortex Tunnel is designed to jazz up a hallway in a haunted house, but really you could just use it as a wacky walkway in any abode. If you don't mind shelling out quite a bit, that is.
Wrap your head around this:
This tunnel is constructed of 5 high grade aluminum, 9' diameter rings that will not warp or rust when in use or in storage… The fabric Velcro's onto the rings and is painted in florescent colors to produce a number of different effects. There are 3 sets of rollers and a gear motor that allow the aluminum tunnel to rotate… There is a 20' long, 28" wide bridge with handrails that allow you to walk through the tunnel. The tunnel has three 4' black lights on each side of the bridge to illuminate the painted artwork.
The "standard model" of the hallway is $7,400, with a trailer-enclosed version for a whopping $26,000. All of the neat extras — such as a see-through bridge and a "galactic paint scheme" that gets all trippy with 3-D glasses — are several hundred more, too.
Hit Continue to see a video of a vortex tunnel in action (though not HauntedProps.com's tunnel specifically).
HauntedProps.com, via Nerd Approved
By blizzarddemon at 11:41 AM ON 10/29/08
Omg, if those were series of Flexible OLED displays that would be freaking amazing....well more freaking amazing.
By Unique Gift Ideas at 12:53 PM ON 10/29/08
@ Blizzard
Can you imagine the potential of OLED displays?! Imagine having your entire wall come to life! OLED displays are probably the #1 tech innovation that I'm most interested in watching develop.
By Downs86 at 10:06 PM ON 10/29/08
Did someone say mushrooms?
By Bah at 2:21 AM ON 10/30/08
Can anyone say "Sha na na na na na"?
By MaZo.fi at 12:26 PM ON 10/30/08
Umm.. We have had a tunnel exactly like this for many years in Linnanmäki amusement park in Finland.
A (bad) photo can be seen at http://www.huvipuisto.net/huvipuis/ukvekku.htm (9th photo called "spinning tunnel".
By mike78669 at 10:13 AM ON 07/13/09
These things are overpriced only due to the fact that they are in high demand. Honestly, anyone can build one properly for under $2000 (less if you have some items laying around). Someone needs find the cheap way to build these and put these price gougers out of business. I priced the aluminum rings at a local metal shop and they could do ALL THREE needed for under $300 (and that included welded fastners to affix your fabric to. Go figure. Kind of like the FCG (floating crank ghost)...a disco ball motor, some eye hooks, fish string and a cheap prop (all came to UNDER $15) and worked better than the one we ordered for $199. Again, go figure!
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