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October 9, 2014 9:24 PM

When you were a kid, maybe you played with the spring doorstop. I know I did. Maybe you play with it now. I know I do. Anyway, here's The Electric Spring Doorstop, which is, as the kids say, totally awesome.
posted by flapjax at midnite (21 comments total)

Oh god this is tar heroin for circa-1981 me I will ROCK THIS
posted by middleclasstool at 9:39 PM on October 9, 2014

Oh god trigger warning. My upstairs neighbor's kid used to boing that spring for an hour at a time.
posted by charlie don't surf at 10:02 PM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

I have a video of my eldest playing with one of these for hours when we visited my sister. I also have a full soundproof recording studio in my basement with I/o devices and monitors, etc. In other words, flapjax, my kids thank you for this latest addition to the music room.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:10 PM on October 9, 2014

They had me the moment they showed the cable being plugged into the spring housing.

Unfortunately, from their website:

"Due to our videos going unexpectedly viral, we have received many requests for pricing. We are scrambling to figure out a way to make these at a good price."

Soooo . . . . . not really available yet. :(
posted by soundguy99 at 10:26 PM on October 9, 2014 [2 favorites]

Aww. Well, in the meantime, there's this.
posted by evidenceofabsence at 10:34 PM on October 9, 2014 [5 favorites]

This is such a good idea! How hard would it be to make this yourself? I'd love to plug one into some crazy reverb and delay pedals and just drone out.
posted by gucci mane at 10:39 PM on October 9, 2014

As used by The Doors.

I'll get me coat.
posted by Decani at 1:00 AM on October 10, 2014 [16 favorites]

Clearly fake, they've used effects on the voice.
posted by asok at 2:16 AM on October 10, 2014

This little guy is doggone happy about this and has already placed a pre-order.
posted by HuronBob at 2:56 AM on October 10, 2014 [1 favorite]

Finally bringing the boner sound effect into the 21st century!
posted by fairmettle at 4:16 AM on October 10, 2014 [1 favorite]

How hard would it be to make this yourself?

Basically you want to do this and stick it to the end of the doorstop (so, not hard).
posted by uncleozzy at 4:52 AM on October 10, 2014 [2 favorites]

I don't play with them, but my cat does and it's the worst. Unlike a cat rustling a plastic bag in the middle of the night, you can't just get up and remove this when it's annoying.
posted by tofu_crouton at 6:03 AM on October 10, 2014

What, only ONE doorstop? Bah!

Warnings: self link; horrible quality video; high quality audio of horrible sounds
posted by moonmilk at 6:31 AM on October 10, 2014 [3 favorites]

My mother yelled at me for playing with these so many times. It was so soothing to be the one doing it, though. I don't know why.
posted by emjaybee at 7:10 AM on October 10, 2014 [1 favorite]

It took the world 30 something years to discover George Clinton's secret weapon.
posted by billyfleetwood at 8:49 AM on October 10, 2014 [1 favorite]

My friends cats would go bonkers over this. And I would play with it for hours on end.
posted by Elly Vortex at 10:08 AM on October 10, 2014

Spring doorstop? No, it's called a door doinger.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 10:43 AM on October 10, 2014

tofu_crouton: "I don't play with them, but my cat does and it's the worst. Unlike a cat rustling a plastic bag in the middle of the night, you can't just get up and remove this when it's annoying."

I can't believe you guys haven't heard of solid doorstops. Your cats will hate you, but at least you'll be able to get some sleep.
posted by LuckySeven~ at 12:02 PM on October 10, 2014

Oh noes, silly rabbit, it's called a springer sproinger.
posted by shoesfullofdust at 6:02 PM on October 10, 2014

I can't believe you guys haven't heard of solid doorstops. Your cats will hate you, but at least you'll be able to get some sleep.

Your toes will hate you if you ever walk into one of those hazards in the dark.
posted by rocket88 at 6:35 PM on October 10, 2014

Guys, so I'm a couple of days late to the party here but if you want one right now all it takes is a mono 1/4" jack, a capped length of tube (looks like they used a 35mm film can here) some epoxy and one of those piezoelectric speakers from a talking x-mas card. And the boinginator, obviously. Maybe a couple of bolts. Just make sure that the piezo piece is very close to, or better yet, connected right to the thing.
posted by mcrandello at 2:39 PM on October 13, 2014 [1 favorite]