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The angled glass in front of the lamps is probably dichroic mirror that only reflects the visible light, but passes the infrared heat energy. Also used in some projectors. It protects the ends of the plastic fibres from excessive heat. They used to do really complex pattern animators for the fiber optic signs. A modern cold white LED lamp can make older displays really pop.

I'm stunned! 😳 You weren't kidding! This is truly a work of art! 🎆🎇 Absolutely amazing! 😍🤩

Totally brilliant!!!

Amazing, works of arts !!!!

Oh my that is truly amazing!

That's really a fantastic piece of art. Very cool!

it's just like those late 70's or early 80's fiber optics plants my grandma use to have.

that's nice also love those lighted up PINBALL play field hanging on the wall as well

Wow. What a beautiful piece of work, especially for the time. The only thing missing is the firework smell.. :) Thanks for showing us how it works.

very very nice sir thanks

that's Cool Mr Todd

Very interesting sorry l didn't see this before! Awesome piece to own!😎

I saw a display similar to this built into a custom van. Remember those custom vans of the late 1970s that were painted on the outside with fantastic airbrushed artwork and decked out inside like a love machine with purple velvet walls and a bed, etc. I was at a car show in Houston back then and inside there was a custom van like that, very fancy, made for show, a custom van equivalent to a show car. Inside it had the ultra-plush interior and hanging on the wall was a display similar to this that feature fireworks. I was about the size of a framed velvet Elvis poster, maybe 2' x 1'. It seemed like it had several designs built in to it, one of which was these twinkling fireworks. I remember the fading out firework effect being slightly more sophisticated than this one you have here, but that could just be my fuzzy memory of something I saw 40 years ago or it could be because I saw that one in person whereas this one is not in person. I've never seen anything else like that one I saw in the van, other than this one you are showing me here, and searching for that one I saw is how I found this video, so obviously this type of artwork can make a lasting impression.

That's awesome! Incredible patience to.build something like that.

It's hard to pick a favorite video.. obviously Sea Wolf is a big one.. the one where Pam came out of the pinball machine is another one... but this one. Probably the best. Well video'd, well narrated, well edited and just an amazing piece of history. I remember seeing this when we visited but nothing like this. Thanks for sharing this Todd

Magnificent!

all i can say is wow great vid guys that thing could have its own channel

Great video, TNT! Thanks. So cool. :-)

They have similar displays in Disney land California, on artificial rocks, advertising pirates of the Caribbean etc. It was amazing to see an unsuspecting rock suddenly light up with with such a brilliant array!

That is insane, he must've had some good coffee at the time. I bought a cheap fiber optic lamp that was made the same way from a Chinese restaurant in 96 or so. It had a small bundle all going to different sections of a flower, like the pedals and leafs. One day it started making a horrible grinding noise, so I took it apart and found a little color wheel on a motor. So it was a really hokey version of that masterpiece that you have there. It also had a clock on the bottom, kinda wish I still had it.

o well :) i liked it !!!

A wonderful piece of art, and thanks for sharing. Have you thought of converting it to LED?!

Hey Todd, I love fiber optic displays. I´m looking for a Coors beer sign but I can´t find it yet. Cheers from Argentina

what an amazing work of art!! it would be awesome if you could somehow make a recording of actual fireworks to go with it!

Rad!

The Three Amigos ride in Epcot has the exact same fireworks effect just its even bigger. Thanks for another interesting video it's much appreciated.

It is like a mechanical computer program.

Amazing piece! Thanks for sharing the story with us!

Oh my gosh! This fireworks art is stunning. I'm sure the children that use the party room love watching the fireworks while eating cake. Thanks Todd for devoting this video only to this cool work of original art.

Todd, this thing is amazing! Wonderful to see it in person!!

From behind, I wasn't thinking that it would be all that good, but how wrong I was! That is lovely.

Todd--can you post a video of how to make one from scratch? Step-by-step? Or can you manufacture a simple kit that we can buy from you?

That was a great video Todd. Thanks for making the video and the details in that art were awesome.

I believe this particular artwork was hanging in Arizona Charlie's for those years you mentioned. I definitely remember watching it for long periods. We used to go there all the time for the buffet and live music. In fact, that's what I was thinking about when I searched for "fiber optics fireworks wall display" and found your video. I am simply thrilled to be able to see it again, even if it's only via the Internet!

Very very cool. Genius for back then. Still room for the projector screen to come down (hah!) or am I thinking of the wrong wall?

Beautiful artwork..... $13k well spent. Did the guy ever say how long that masterpiece of Fireworx took to create?

Wow. All that effort that went into making such an amazing piece of art! Thanks for sharing!

That is a beautiful piece, definitely worth the arcade machines. The amount of work that must have gone into it is astonishing and really adds to the beauty.

just wow mr t wow ! rich from az

That is older than me. I was 2 when you bought it.

Ahhh so you acquired your fireworks display the same year you filmed the "Understanding Pinball" videos.

Really cool! I saw that hanging on the wall in one of your previous video and was wondering how you got it.

First time commenting on one of your video's... I really love all the pinball machines you have/had. But I was wondering if you ever had a Black Rose pinball machine before?

Amazing piece. How heavy do you suppose it is?

I'm a dedicated GYRUSS

Very nice, Todd! This type of fiber optic work is almost a lost art anymore. There was a lot of it produced in the 80s for signage and clocks, but now you don't see much of it anymore. I would almost wonder if the original artist who produced this had done other smaller commercial works before producing this large one-off for the casino.

It may not be pinball, but thank you for posting this. It is absolutely gorgeous! I get a real kick out of the other odd pieces like this and the duo art reproducing player piano video you posted a while back. These videos may not get the highest of views, but being able to see how the physical mechanisms work is so interesting. Again, thank you.

Hi, very beautiful good ideas, I have one question?

you could make it with LEDs instead of optic fibre and Arduino board program to the specified fireworks and you'd have more variation of fireworks and colours as well. won't be too difficult to put together

I saw that when I lives in Vegas, I believe it came from Benihana's in the Hilton International.

And here I thought you only accepted folded movie posters in trade...

How many Batman '66 did you sell so far?

It is a beautiful piece you got there and your lucky to have it and also the song you put in this video fits well for it and I really enjoyed it so thank you for the upload. :) What is the song name that you use?

IIRC, it had synchronized sound effects, no idea how synced it. I'm guessing he used one or both wheels as a trigger.

It's way too nice to have been in the circus circus hotel as pictured that ones a second rate dump

That's truly amazing. Todd, I wonder if fiber optics have ever been implemented into a playfield?

Who was the artist that made this?

Todd, this was an amazing video! And, only one (1) *THUMBS* *DOWN*. Frank and Curt didn't watch the video yet! (: lol

Great video and I am subs here. I hope u in my channel too. I am from Brazil. Thumbs up! See ya