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Can anyone offer any tips to help animate roxy. I can make him eat and fly out of my hands but nothing else

There is a good video (may be DVD now) on spring animals. Your favourite dealer will be able to order it for you. It is VERY good.

I'm not looking to spend extra $30 but just need some tips as I already have a childrens act but this would be a nice addition

When you hold it have 4 fingers below holding each finger on one of the metal "loops", and the thumb on top, also on one of the metal loops.
Have the second hand under the raccoon like you are making him a cradle with your hand (like a baby), and have your 4 fingers under his tail.

The things that make it looks most alive is wiggling his tail (by bouncing it on your fingers), and moving it's head to "look" around by playing with your thumb and the 4 fingers below, now don't over do it, or it will look like it has rabies or something.
It's kind of hard at first to patter, keep the tail moving, and the head moving all at the same time and keep doing so, but with practice this will get very natural.
Practice on making conversation between you and him (he don't have to talk back if ventriloquism is not your thing), or between you and someone else while he is watching. Think of how a small child will act, if you talk to some one it will look on you when you are talking and at someone else when he talks.
you can try to pretend showing a trick to the raccoon (things you can do with one hand of course), like bouncing a coin and make him follow it with his head, and then pretend to throw it, make him still look up for it, and hide it in your pocket, and then when you make him look back down make him look confused by making him looking around.
You can make him feed from your hand with his butt, that's always a funny thing.
You can make it climb up your shirt by "hugging" him with one hand when the 4 finger are under his butt, and with the second hand pet him, that way you can wiggle his tail and when you want it to climb either you push him up slowly to make it look like it is slowly climbing, or lightly hit him on the butt so it will look like he jumps up.

That's what comes to mind right now, I'll edit if I think of something more.

thanks a lot

that realy helped

why don't the moderators make a section where valuble posts such as the one above are put so if a mod sees one they just simply copy it and soon we'll build up a section of the most usefull tips and hints.

sorry about the double post

Or you could use the search function...

yeh

but

it would be nice when you need some adive but you dont know what for you just browes that forum.

or

when you have nothing better to do or want to generally improve your magic you just entre that place.

I suppose...But for it to be actually used, the person would have to know what they were looking for. And if they do, they can just use the search function. And if someone wants to generally improve their magic they can search "Tips" or something and I'm sure a lot of helpful posts would come up.

Isn't Roxy a girl raccoon?

Minor point...

looks like a guy to me

there are 2 versions... Rocky and Roxie. i have to agree with Zack thoughy... Roxie sounds like a girls name to me

Rocky is the original version while roxie is a cheaper female version.

does it look any different

Could someone post a picture of her

thanks