Models and Pricing

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New for 2026!
Silent, rugged stepper motors: all zoetropes rated for decades of constant operation.
XL Zoetropes: 2ft+ wide animations in stunning new frame design with integrated enclosure (email for details).
One button operation for public display: stainless steel, illuminated, panel-mount button rated for a million actuations.
Synchronized sound effects and music: ships pre-configured or load your own custom sounds on to SD card.

Prices in $US. Payment by card on Paypal invoice (what’s a paypal invoice?). Shipping Worldwide by DHL Express.

Zoetrope Machine Kits are complete flat packed machines without the animation and take < 10 minutes to assemble. Free pre-supported 3D print files for our animations are at Cults3D. If you don’t have a 3D printer add an Animation Kit printed in ultra high definition resin to any machine kit.

4-Mation Exhibits are finished ready for display machines with animations, perfect for Illusion/Science/Tech/Art Museums and discerning collectors with one button control and custom sounds. The vandal-proof stainless steel illuminated button is synchronized with sounds that play when the animation starts, while it’s running and when the strobes come on and go off, it also provides interaction while the animation is running. 

Models and Prices

    • Machine Kits print your own Fish/Frogs/BoneUrchin animation from our free pre-supported files, or get an animation kit to go with the machine. 
        • Turntable Kit $340 As seen here Bone Urchin and here Tetras For use with an external turntable like a record player running at 78 rpm. 3 speed record players can be found brand new and cheap on ebay.

        • Beech kit  $640 European Beech frame body (sanded but unvarnished) with clear laser-cut acrylic frame struts. Integrated speed adjustable motor (0 to 110rpm) allows faster strobe rates and STEM experimentation with strobe rate and Persistence of Vision.

        • Walnut kit $920 As seen here Walnut kit with optional Box-of-Frogs. American Black Walnut frame body with Stainless steel struts and brass thumb nuts. Walnut body is sanded and finished in Osmo hard wax. Same integrated speed adjustable motor as beech kit.

    • Animation Kits If you don’t have a 3D printer, add an animation kit with all the parts you need already printed in high detail resin and carefully packed. Just bring your paint brush!
        • Box-of-frogs $295 Pigmented bright green unpainted frogs and white lilies ready for animation assembly, just paint the eyes.

        • BoneUrchin Corpse $985 Resurrect your own denizen of the deep; the BoneUrchin kit comes “assembled” (fit together without glue, so you can see how it goes together), held together by plastic mummy wrap – ready to be pulled apart, painted, re-assembled and re-animated!

        • Fish-Platter (supports still attached) $310 The Hard One; pro table-top army painters will say NP! But if you’re like me it’ll take a few dozen hours. You’ll need to remove the supports before painting. Fish has many delicate features, and the support rafts protect them during shipping.

    • 4-Mation Exhibits Ready-for-display Walnut machine with hand painted animation, exactly as shown in latest videos. Unboxing and Setup video of an Exhibit. Optional motion detection sensor for auto start/stop in public displays. Enquire for pricing if you prefer to downgrade the assembled Walnut machine frame to a Beech or Turntable kit.
        • Frogs $2480

        • Fish $6790 (very limited availability – contact to discuss)

        • BoneUrchin $3190

All models feature massive 216 Watts of LED strobes, no need for a dark room
4 broad, custom LED panels are hidden in the top frame crossbar over the animation. Each panel comprises 6 RGB LEDs of 9 Watts each. The control board includes extra powerful Japanese capacitors (2140 uF total) for the very high, but very short current draw of the strobes, and the power supply is a beefy 2.5A @ 24V (5A for Exhibits), working with the capacitors to provide the LEDs with enough juice-on-demand to make the animation work well in shade, or moderate ambient light. No need for a dark room!

Kit unboxing and time-lapse assembly this is an unboxing video of a Walnut kit with the optional Box of Frogs, unboxing & timelapse frame assembly also shows time-lapse assembly of the zoetrope machine.

STLs and pre-supported Lychee animation print file downloads Pre-supported Lychee files are free to download at Cults3D and bare STLS at Thingiverse 

Power Supplies are universal voltage and work around the world. Power cords are supplied with US, EU or UK plugs depending on your location. US plugs are the default, so outside the US, UK, EU you’ll need a US plug adaptor or a PC monitor power cable with your local plug.

Shipping costs
All shipping is DHL Express. Shipping cost to most of mainland USA for Turntable kit is $55, for Walnut and Beech kits it’s $65, and Exhibits are $190. Many areas in the US and around the world incur “remote area” surcharges from DHL. Enquire for Shipping cost confirmation before you order.

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