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1948-9 – “Bimbo” the Mechanical Elephant prototype – Maurice Radburn (British)

Whilst it was Frank Stuart that gets most of the credit for the famous British Robot Elephant, it was in fact Maurice Radburn, an employee of Frank Stuart's that toyed with the idea of building a Walking Elephant. Frank Stuart had already built a stiff-legged motorised elephant but wasn't entirely…
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1957-8 – “Toffee-kun” the Robot Elephant – “Kowa Display Company” (Japanese)

Caption: 森永製菓のロボット象、街を行く＝熊本市内 (English translation: Morinaga robot elephant goes to the town-city Kumamoto) Other than the image, I have little other information about this mechanical elephant. Image was taken in 1958 in Japan, I believe. RH update Feb 2011 - Thanks to Hisashi Moriyama from Japan I now  have the following…
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A Ride On A Mechanical Elephant

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 17: 'Billy Bunter', role played by British actor Gerald Campion, and the 'Famous Five' take a ride on a mechanical elephant at Kilburn on December 17, 1958 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Life-Sized Mechanical Elephant

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 12: British comedian Harry Secombe arrives to open the Boys and Girls Exhibtion at Olympia on a life- sized mechanical elephant on August 12, 1958 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

1880 – “The Steam House” Steel Giant – Jules Verne (French)

Illustration by Léon Benett. From Wiki The Steam House (French: La maison à vapeur) is a Jules Verne novel recounting the travels of a group of British colonists in the Raj in a wheeled house pulled by a steam-powered mechanical elephant. Jules Verne uses the mechanical house as a plot…
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Mechanical Elephants – Miscellaneous Material

Ice show with elephant. Popular Mechanics March 1947 "Then there's Dumbo, the two-man elephant that shambles across the ice on the skates of Ole Ericsen and Jim Hutchinson. Ericsen wears football shoulder pads to support the head and trunk and guides himself by peering through small windows in the cloth…
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1937 – The Mechanical Elephants of J.G. and George W. Shrum (American)

Source: Leader Post, 24 July 1984. Most likely a Shrum elephant.   Source: Victoria Advocate, 12 May 1938. Supposedly six were built and three were sold to the New York World's Fair (1939). Source: Modern Mechanix May 1937 Mechanical Elephants walk 500 miles USED for advertising purposes, two mechanical elephants…
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2011 – Inflatable Walking Elephant – Otherlab (Saul Griffith)

Pneubot stands for "pneumatic robot", or a robot that is actuated by pneumatic technology. A pneumatic technology involves the use of compressed air to drive mechanical motion. The compressed air can be moved through soft, balloon-like tubes, which allows for both rigidity (when filled) and flexibility (when decompressed or empty).…
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2006c – Mechanical Elephant – Small Amusement Ride (Chinese)

Shunyuan Style: Ride On Toy  Type: elephant  Material: Plush   Place of Origin: Hubei China (Mainland)  Brand Name: Shunyuan  Model Number: SYDX   colour: green  package: standard exporting packing:cotton clot...  type: battery animal car   seats: 2seats  rides type: lifelike  animal: elephent   material: plush  seat: 1   Specifications Amusement…
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1952-67 – “Bensina” the Frank Stuart Elephant in Sweden – Frank Stuart (British)

"Bensina" arrived in Sweden in August 1952. It arrived with Karl Nelles, one of Frank Stuart's elephant drivers. See here for the full Frank Stuart Mechanical Elephant stories. DAGENS NYHETER Onsdo Eq 9 / Elefant „Döp Stockholms nya elefant Barnavårdsdirektör Otto Wangson, längst t. v., bland barnen. ungdomskonsulent Axel Brandt…
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