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February 5, 2016 7:41 AM

A remodeled wall-climbing toy by Y_Nakajima. Production details (with GIFs), Twitter, and Pixiv.
posted by automatic cabinet (8 comments total)

While I agree that this is terrifying and that any house that had one should be burned to the ground immediately, I did have to wonder: Could you modify it to catch those awful little spiders that live at the top corner of the walls and ceiling, that are so hard to catch with a glass or broom?
posted by mittens at 7:45 AM on February 5, 2016

Bust my buffers! Thomas fhtagn!
posted by leotrotsky at 8:37 AM on February 5, 2016 [3 favorites]

What exactly is that toy it is based on? Is that a fan the thing to suck itself down to the surface to allow it to cling?
posted by boilermonster at 8:58 AM on February 5, 2016

So, how does a 'wall-climbing toy' work? Is that constant whirring a fan, sort of an anti-hovercraft? I can't read the details page.

Could you modify it to catch those awful little spiders that live at the top corner of the walls and ceiling, that are so hard to catch with a glass or broom?

Suddenly I see a market for miniature autonomous drones that hunt palmetto bugs.
posted by jon1270 at 9:00 AM on February 5, 2016

So, how does a 'wall-climbing toy' work? Is that constant whirring a fan, sort of an anti-hovercraft? I can't read the details page.

The wall is fake and hides an entire train engine being moved around on hydraulics.
posted by srboisvert at 9:19 AM on February 5, 2016 [3 favorites]

The wall is fake and hides an entire train engine being moved around on hydraulics.

Close. Actually it's a camera trick. The toy is stationary and the entire house is animated around it by the uneasy spirits of the restless dead.
posted by The Bellman at 9:22 AM on February 5, 2016 [7 favorites]

I like how my brain was convinced that it was a computer animation until some point halfways in, despite no clear changes in visual quality. Some kind of reverse uncanny valley effect, I guess.

Also, more Thomas.

So, how does a 'wall-climbing toy' work? Is that constant whirring a fan, sort of an anti-hovercraft?

It's an Aero Spider. Around $50 on Amazon (imported).
posted by effbot at 9:26 AM on February 5, 2016 [3 favorites]

The somewhat dilapidated Japanese apartment makes the "restless spirits of the dead" theory really plausible....
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:54 AM on February 5, 2016 [1 favorite]