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Oh yeah, I'm very familiar with that one. It is based on a 1917 Mantis "Grasshoppermobile", built by the creator, Iris Q. Mantis. He was a little ahead of his time, and some say a little quirky. His mind would never stop working, and he would wake up in the middle of the night and write down his ideas.

Unfortunately, the public never really "got" most of his creations because we seldom recognize true genius when we see it. Iris became despondent over this rejection by the society he tried to help with his visions, and eventually moved to Montana and took up locust breeding.

Here are some of his other inventions. Sorry that none of them made it to production. The world would have been a lot better off if we had stuff like his combination horsebackrider/roller skater, or his pet snake walking leash. And who among us hasn't thought how cool a motorized picnic table or a bumper for our favorite pet would be?? I know I would love some of these myself.

Don