Product: Luggage: Motion
Strandbeestcase   (+11, -1)  [vote for, against]
Suitcase sporting tiny legs

It is disturbing that, in this era of enlightenment, no one has yet put Theo Jansen's walking mechanism to use as legs for their luggage.

Passively powered by your pulling, probably. Pretend you're Twoflower, take your trunk for a trot.
-- mitxela, Jan 15 2015

Strandbeest http://www.strandbeest.com/
Dunno why this wasn't linked already... [Vernon, Jan 15 2015]

Not unlike... https://martadc.wordpress.com/about/
[MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 17 2015]

Video was fascinating and the idea worthwhile. I felt a pang of jealousy about someone having that much spare time to create such contraptions.
-- AusCan531, Jan 15 2015


Bonus if you can figure out how to fold it up for shipment.
-- RayfordSteele, Jan 16 2015


[Ian], there are some shoes that are best left unfilled.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 18 2015


Busy Baba-Yaga bed'n'breakfast bellhop bonus.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 18 2015


Bun, but baggage handlers will play hell with it.

Too funny, [Maxwell]. Took me a moment to see that.
-- normzone, Jan 19 2015


//strandbeest hamster//

Is there a goldfish bowl version?
-- RayfordSteele, Jan 20 2015



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