Inside the weirdly popular world of animatronics — and the fascination behind Kelly Clarkson’s bizarre bird bot drama

Kelly Clarkson’s viral dispute with Brooklyn’s Art of Play over a $15 million animatronic bird sparked a nationwide surge in interest for mechanical puppets. The incident, which involved the store raising the price after refusing to sell the robot, drove over 630,000 social media posts. Celebrities and Gen Z consumers are now purchasing these analog devices, with some spending thousands, as a cultural shift away from digital technology.

Source: Inside the weirdly popular world of animatronics — and the fascination behind Kelly Clarkson’s bizarre bird bot drama — NY Post Weird But True

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