Steve,
I just received and unpacked your wonderful automaton "Watch Your
Back". I am VERY impressed! I am a very active collector of automatons.
I have a few hundred pieces collected from around the world spanning
decades of collecting. "Watch Your Back" is clearly one of
my favorites ever! It has solid construction, clever automation, and
it is artistically beautiful.
Even
the shipping was great! Well protected, clear instructions with lots
of photographs of details. Even though the piece has some very delicate
parts, I only needed to unwrap it, blow off a few peanuts, and lift
one string back on a gear. I can’t tell you how many automatons
don’t survive the shipping process nearly so well!
I
thank you very much for this fine piece. I am looking very forward to
seeing what you will be building next!
Thanks,
Richard Garriott (Austin, Texas)