The Trash Can Popper Is prop that when triggered will pop up out of hidding to scare the trick or treaters. Mine worked well as this year we made 6 kids cry and a dozen more run away. Mine was controlled my a 4 gallon air compressor and a Basic stamp 2 board. the code i used can be found here: Barrel popper code I made the frame for the piston from 2x4's so that it would sit tightly in the barrel., i hooked up the solinoid, lights, and sound to a cat 5 cable to clean up the wiring just alittle bit. You can see the details of construction in the pictures below if you have any questions Email me.












I remade the Barrel popper for Halloween 2009 and 2010. It uses a custom pic controller to run Air, lights, and sound. The sound if provided with a cowlacious audio board. The pic is a 18f2550 with a ULN2003 Chip. (sorry no build photos of this one)