Welcome to A&R Miniatures. Below is our selection of Caldrons, Candles, Christmas Trees, Jukeboxes, Log Sets, Thunder and Lightning Units, Wizards Tables, and TVs organized by scale and then alphabetically by product.
Terms: Please call us at (805) 490-0515 to order. Updated 1 June 2023.
NEW ITEMS:
PINBALL MACHINE
Welcome to A&R Miniatures pinball. This miniature pinball machine was originally built for the 1994 NAME convention. We have replaced the old wiring and lighting with new LEDs and we have added sound. The sound can be turned on and off and has a volume control. Normally we would run this machine using a 12 volt transformer, but we have added the capability to use a 9 volt battery. This is a one-of-a-kind piece and sells for $250.
TINY TV
We are proud to present the A&R Miniatures Tiny TV. It stands 1 7/8 in (47.6mm) tall, is about 1 7/16 in (36.6mm) wide, and is about 1 in (25.9mm) deep. It has a rechargeable battery that will last about 2 hours and comes with a USB charging cable. The TV can display about 10 hours of video. The video format requires a special converter (which we can send to you if you want to use your own videos). The TV comes with six full length TV shows. On the top of the set is the On/Off button. The right side dial in front changes the channel and the left side dial changes the volume. These controls can also be accessed using the supplied remote control. Note: This TV does NOT receive over-the-air broadcasts, and it can NOT wirelessly livestream. Price $175
TINY TV MINI
We are proud to present the A&R Miniatures Tiny TV Mini. It stands 1in (26.3mm) tall, is about 15/16 in (23.8mm) wide, and is about 7/8 in (21.9mm) deep. It has a rechargeable battery that will last about 2 hours and comes with a USB charging cable. The TV can display about 10 hours of video. The video format requires a special converter (which we can send to you if you want to use your own videos). The TV comes with six full length TV shows. On the top of the set are three buttons. The middle button turns the set On/Off, the left side button changes the volume, and the right side button changes the channel. These controls can also be accessed using the supplied remote control. Note: This TV does NOT receive over-the-air broadcasts, and it can NOT wirelessly livestream. Price $175
VIDEO DISPLAY
The display is a perfect fit behind a 1/12th scale window. You (or we) can record a video from outside your home and play it on the display. You get a familiar look from inside your doll house or room box. And it is as easy taking a video on your phone.
You can turn the display on its side and make a picture window in one of the walls of your dollhouse or room box. We have a number of outside scenes to pick from or you can use one from your home.
You can embed it in a wall, place the picture frame around it and it becomes a living picture on the wall. We have a number of videos available including gypsies that tell your fortune, butlers that welcome you to the home, and many others. Or you can record your own videos of family members using your phone.
What’s included: The display (4 5/8” tall x 2 5/8” wide x ¾” thick), A template for cutting out gator board, and a picture frame. The display works on a rechargeable battery or 12 volts DC only. One last item, whatever sound that comes with your video is played on the included speaker. Cost is $100 plus whatever videos you wish to add.
FIRE PITS
The fire pits are 5” long by 2 ½” wide by 2 1/2” high. They can be powered by 12 volts (either D/C or A/C) or a 9 volt battery (not included). We have a limited number of samples to sell in different configurations and we can custom build to your requirements. Price $75
NEW CANDLE BASE with short candles
The candle bases come in three sizes and two colors (similar to our original candles). With the new candles bases we are able to offer shorter candles. The price on the new candles will be the same as the original candles, that is $20 for battery candles and $18 for 12 volt candles and if you buy three or more we will offer an additional discount.
The room is really haunted or is it? It features a séance table with a ghostly head in a glass dome and the table floats above the floor. There’s obviously a storm outside. You can hear the thunder and see the lightning as well as the electrical problem caused by the storm. But the foot steps walking across the room and the mysterious organ, where is that coming from? [See the video https://youtu.be/B8bswW4wERk ]
1/12th SCALE PRODUCTS
CALDRONS
The Large Caldron is about 3” tall and about 3” in diameter at the top. It features flickering flames around the base and green pulsating soup. It requires 12 volts to run. Price:$60
The Large Caldron with Sound look almost identical to the picture above, except it has a button on the back to turn on the sound and a volume control to adjust the sound level. The sound can be customized to fit your needs. To hear the sounds click here. Price: $150
The Medium Caldron is about 1 ½” tall and about 1 ½” in diameter at the top. It features flickering flames around the base and green pulsating soup. It requires 12 volts to run. A battery powered version may be custom ordered. Price: $60
Custom Caldrons are available on request. Please send your requirements through our contact page and we will send you a quote (usually within 24 hours).
FLICKERING CANDLES
The flickering candles are 1/4″ diameter and sit on gold (polished brass) or silver (pewter colored) bases that come in three different heights. While pictured together, the candles are sold individually. The candles come in 12 volt versions and battery powered versions. For the 12 volt version, Price: $18 each ($16.70 each when you buy 3 or more).
The battery powered version (shown above) with a switch uses a CR2032 coin cell (included) that is readily available. For the battery powered version. While pictured together, the candles are sold individually. Price: $20 each ($18.60 each when you buy 3 or more).
Candles in other colors (red, orange, etc.) are available on request. Candles can be made with or without the base. Custom Candle arrangements are available on request. Please send your requirements through our contact page and we will send you a quote (usually within 24 hours).
CHRISTMAS TREES
We can make a Christmas Tree for you. The trees come in 6” and 8” heights. They are pre-wired with warm white or multicolored LEDs that run off an attached battery pack. The LEDs are also paintable. The internal circuits automatically turns the unit off after 8 hrs and have multiple modes of operations such as flashing, dimming and brightening, etc. The trees come with a skirt and a star for the top as well as ornaments that you add. Please send your requirements through our contact page and we will send you a quote (usually within 24 hours).
JUKEBOXES
The Manhattan in Miniature
The Manhattan in Miniature
First of all, they’re not jukeboxes — back in the day, they were known as coin-operated phonographs. They were found in the best of establishments and were a multimillion dollar business. The cast of characters includes a wide variety of colorful individuals including brilliant designers, a millionaire right-wing Senator, gangsters, and even the KGB. This was cutting-edge technology that pushed electro-mechanics to its limits. Originally built from 1939 to 1942, this reproduction in miniature recreates the feel and sound of the original. It comes with hit songs of your choice from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s or 70’s and a remote control. It will work on 12 Volt a/c or d/c or three AA batteries. You or A&R Miniatures can add more or change the songs. The songs are all in MP3 format on a Micro SD card or USB drive. All of the lighting is by LEDs. Price $250.00
The Wurlitzer 500 in Miniature
The 500 was produced by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., in 1938. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., They released 200 different machines under this trade name, starting in 1933. It comes with hit songs of your choice from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s or 70’s and a remote control. It will work on 12 Volt a/c or d/c or three AA batteries. You or A&R Miniatures can add more or change the songs. The songs are all in MP3 format on a Micro SD card or USB drive. All of the lighting is by LEDs. Price $250.00
The Wurlitzer 1015 in Miniature – SOLD OUT
Wurlitzer 1015 in Miniature
The legendary model Wurlitzer 1015 (1946-47) with changing lights and music became famous due to the great commercial campaign for which the artist Albert Dorne created 23 paintings with different themes. The first coin-operated phonograph was installed in San Francisco’s Palais Royale Saloon on November 23, 1889. It’s appropriate that the Wurlitzer 1015 was produced at about the midpoint of that century. No jukebox before it was as beautiful and none since has been as popular. The 1015 came along at a time when the jukebox was ubiquitous. (Probably West African in origin, the word juke has been linked to slang terms for dancing and partying.) The jukebox had flourished in the 1930s—in the depths of the Depression, at a nickel a play, it was the next best thing to free. By 1940 Americans were dropping five million nickels a day into the nation’s 250,000 jukeboxes, which were located not just in bars and diners but, according to Nation’s Business magazine, “bus stations, beauty parlors, airport waiting rooms, rest rooms, hotel lobbies, passenger liners and excursion boats.” By February 1946 the New York Daily Newsworld grouse: “There is no such thing as a quiet saloon or eatery, these days, because of a loud and garish cabinet that stands in the corner. This is the juke box. It has made every beanery a poor man’s night club.” Wurlitzer shipped 56,246 of the 1015s. Today there are only about 225,000 jukeboxes operating in America. The 1015, though, has survived its time. It is the single most sought-after piece among jukebox collectors; a reconditioned 1015 may fetch as much as thirteen thousand dollars today. It comes with hit songs of your choice from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s or 70’s and a remote control. It will work on 12 Volt a/c or d/c or three AA batteries. You or A&R Miniatures can add more or change the songs. The songs are all in MP3 format on a Micro SD card or USB drive. All of the lighting is by LEDs. Price $275.00
FLICKERING LOG SETS
The Charred Oak flickering log set is 1 3/4” wide by ¾” deep by approximately 1” high from base to top of the flames. It has three flickering flames and red glowing embers. These versions may be powered by a 12 volt transformer or a CR2032 battery (included). Price: $60
The Whiskey River Log Set measures 1 3/4” wide by 3/4“ deep and approximately 1“ high from base to top of the flames. It has three flickering flames and red glowing embers. Price: $50.
COMING SOON: Log sets on Andirons. These are slightly larger log sets with red lighting below designed to reflect off of embers laid below the andirons.
Custom Log Sets are available on request. Please send your requirements through our contact page and we will send you a quote (usually within 24 hours).
FIREPLACE MANTELS – A&R Miniatures features mantels by Jim Coates (insert his website).
Skeleton Head in a Dome
Skeleton under Dome
The Skeleton head shown is a sample, each one is a little different. Price $25.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING UNIT
The Thunder and Lightning unit comes with two LEDs for the lightning. This is expandable to 5 LEDs. There is also an option for a AA battery pack. A set of three AA batteries will last for about 20 hours.The LEDs come connected to the unit. The LED connector has a screw on top to loosen/tighten the wire connection. Just insert the stripped wire and tighten the screw. Reverse the process to remove the wire.
The top of the unit has a white wire for connection to 12 volts (either A/C or D/C). There is also a connector for a battery pack on the side. The side of the unit also has two switches, a manual on/off switch, and a volume control. The 12 VOLT/BATTery switch (on the left) allows you to turn power on or off to the unit. The middle switch allows you to turn the thunder sounds from AUTOmatic (it starts when the lightning starts) to MANual (you can use the push button switch below the middle switch to manually turn the thunder on or off). Lastly, the VOLUME control makes the sound go from distant thunder to freaking big storm. Price $175 for the unit. Extra LEDs are $10 each. Battery Pack is $20.
TV Unit
First, it is hard to get a good picture of a TV set. The picture on the TV is much sharper than the one shown above. The TV is 2 ¾” wide by 1 ¾ in tall by ½” thick. It is battery operated with a rechargeable battery (the battery charging cable is included). The battery lasts about 2 hours and takes about ½ an hour to recharge. This unit comes loaded with about 5 hours of video and room for about 3 more hours. It uses the common mpeg4 format. While we are glad to reconfigure and load shows, you can download the ones you want from https://archive.org/details/classic_tv for free. Most of the shows are from the 1950’s and 60’s. For a fee, you or A&R Miniatures, can download more recent shows, such as the latest episode of Game of Thrones. Your home movies can also be loaded. We can do this for you for a fee based on the amount of work it will take. On the base of the TV are the On/OFF, Volume decrease and increase buttons as well as buttons for selecting the NEXT or PREVIOUS programs. Price $195 for the unit.
Limited Edition Console TV with Remote Control
Mini Southern Millworks in cooperation with A&R Miniatures is proud to announce a limited edition of 14 Console TVs and Stereo. The Stereo has 100 pre-programmed songs from the 1960’s and like our juke boxes, you can add more songs to the micro SD card. The TV requires 12 volts (either D/C or A/C) to operate. Like the wall mounted TV versions it comes with about 5 hours of video programs and you can add your own videos. It uses the common mpeg4 format. While we are glad to reconfigure and load shows, you can download the ones you want from https://archive.org/details/classic_tv for free. Most of the shows are from the 1950’s and 60’s. For a fee, you or A&R Miniatures, can download more recent shows, such as the latest episode of Game of Thrones. Your home movies can also be loaded. We can do this for you for a fee based on the amount of work it will take. We provide a Remote Control for the Music and for the Video that will turn the unit On/Off, switch to the next program, and lowers or raises the volume.
Initial offering price is $625
WIZARD’S TABLE
The Wizard’s Table is about 6” long and 2 ½” wide and 2 ½” tall. It comes with three flickering candles permanently mounted on the table. Power is supplied by your choice of 12 volts or CR2032 battery (included). Wizard and frog shown above are not included. Price: $125.
CUSTOM BUILT ROOM BOXES
QTR, HALF and 1/12th scale room boxes build to order.
QTR Scale available in Walnut, Curly Maple, Paduck, and Bass.
HALF Scale call with your request.
1/12th scale available is 3/8″ Baltic Birch Plywood.
REPLACEMENT LED PARTS
Spot Light. This is a direct LED replacement for the CIR-KIT 1010-10 spot light. Simply remove you existing light. Clip this replacement into the same holder and connect to the same places the previous light was connected. It draws only 20 ma and best of all it’s barely warm to the touch. Price: $10 Custom replacement LEDs for almost any light are available on request. Please send your requirements through our contact page and we will send you a quote (usually within 24 hours).
HALF SCALE
FLICKERING LOG SET
The half scale logs feature flickering flames and glowing red embers. They require 12 volts to operate. The wires are color coded so they are easy to disconnect and reattach. Price $45.
QUARTER SCALE
CALDRON
The Quarter Scale Caldron is about 3/8” tall and 3/8” diameter across the top. The caldron features green flickering soup and is powered by a CR2032 battery. Price $35.
FLICKERING LOG SET
The Quarter Scale log sets feature flickering flames and glowing red embers. We have versions that require 12 volts and battery powered versions. The battery powered versions us a CR2032 coin cell, but the battery life is about 5 hrs. Depending on the installation, you may have to cut and reattach the two wires near the log set. The wires are color coded so they are easy to reattach. Price: $40.