Know Your 2012 Kinetic Sculptures! Photos! Video! Award Winners!

Here it is, Humboldt. Your complete visual wrap to 2012’s Kinetic Grand Championship participants! What a time we had.

Kongratulations go out to Melvin for earning the title 2012 Kinetic Grand Champion. Scroll to the way bottom for a komplete list of award winners, as well as some video. See y’all next year.

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-MELVIN-

2012 KINETIC GRAND CHAMPION / ACE Award Winner

-ROADKILL CAFE-

Spectator’s Choice Award / 2nd Place Art

-WRATH OF THE FUNGUY-

Best Campsite

-HOOK AND T LADDER-

3rd Place Art

-BIGFOOT-

1st Place Art / 2nd Place Pageantry / Racer’s Choice

-JUNE’S NEW SHOE-

Klamath Falls Committee Choice / Port Townsend Committee’s Choice

-UNDER THE RAINBOW-

ACE Award winner / Klamath Falls Committee Choice

-APOCALYPTIC COCKROACH-

ACE Award Winner / 1st Place Engineering / 1st Place Pageantry / 3rd Place Speed / Klamath Falls Committee Choice / Most Cited

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-PETAL-OCOLYPSE-

ACE Award winner / Most Improved / 2nd Place Speed

-BEYOND THUNDERDOME-

ACE Award winner / Best Bribe / They Came From Out of Town

-SPRUCE DEUCE-

Golden Dinosaur / You Klever Rascal

-MISS TICKLE-

-ART GOES HERE-

Second to Last

-BETTY’S PEACE CRANE-

Best Pit Crew

-OCTOPUS’S GARDEN-

Lord Duca Tape Award

-BUDGET CUTS-

Jr. Award

-HENRY FORD GOES FLYING-

-THE KINGFISHER-

Biggest Splash / Klamath Falls Committee Choice

-PENELOPE PICANTE-

6:32 Award

-EL MANGO DEL FUEGO-

ACE Award winner

-HELLA PEÑA-

Mediocre Award

-VISUALIZE WHIRLED PEAS-

ACE Award winner / 1st Place Speed / 3rd Place Engineering

-FROS ‘N’ PEAS 2.0-

ACE Award winner / 2nd Place Engineering

-SWEET-

-B.C.-

-TWO HOT CHICKS-

3rd Place Pageantry

-BLACK FOREST GNOME-

ACE Award winner / Corvallis da Vinci Days Committee Choice

-VELO CRAB-

Golden Flipper / Racer’s Choice / Port Townsend Committee’s Choice / Teddy Bear Award

-QUICKLY-CONSTRUCTED CHAMELEON-

Goddess Jen-O Award

-REPTAR-

-CHAIN MONKEY-

ACE Award winner / Klamath Falls Committee Choice

-LOVE DRAGON-

One for the Little Guy

-AGOGOSAURUS-

-HOBART HEARS A WHO-

Klamath Falls Committee Choice

-RED ROCKET 53-

-LUCKY STARS-

Racer Survey Award

-KINETIC PARANORMAL SOCIETY-

2012 Kinetic Grand Champion
MELVIN

ACE Awards: Melvin, Apocalyptic Cockroach, Black Forest Gnome, Beyond Thunderdome, Chain Monkey, Visualize Whirled Peas, Petal-Ocalypse, Fros ‘N Peas 2.0, Under the Rainbow, El Mango Del Fuego.

Engineering (ACE only):
1. Apocalyptic Cockroach
2. Fros ‘N Peas 2.0
3. Visualize Whirled Peas

Speed (ACE only):
1. Visualize Whirled Peas
2. Petalocalypse
3. Apocalyptic Cockroach

Art Awards:
1. Bigfoot
2. Roadkill Cafe
3. Hook Ant Ladder

Pageantry Awards:
1. Apocalyptic Cockroach
2. Bigfoot
3. Two Hot Chicks

Other Awards:
Mediocre Award: Hella Peno
6:32 Award: Penelope Picante
Best Bribe: Beyond Thunderdome
Best Campsite: Wrath of the Funguys
Jr. Award: Budget Cuts
Best Pit Crew: Betty’s Peace Crane
Best Volunteer: Blue West
Biggest Splash: Kingfisher
Corvallis da Vinci Days Committee Choice: Black Forest Gnome
Goddess Jen-O Award: Quickly-Constructed Chameleon
Golden Dinosaur: Spruce Deuce
Golden Flipper: Velo Crab
Klamath Falls Committee Choice: June’s New Shoe, Kingfisher, Apocalyptic Cockroach, Under the Rainbow, Chain Monkey, Hobart Hears a Who
Lord Duca Tape Award: Octopus’ Garden
Most Improved: Petal-Ocalypse
One for the Little Guy: Love Dragon
Port Townsend Committee Choice: June’s New Shoe / Velo Crab
Racers’ Choice: Bigfoot / Velo Crab
Second to Last: Art Goes Here
Spectators’ Choice: Roadkill Cafe
Teddy Bear Award: Velo Crab
They Came from Out of Town: Beyond Thunderdome
You Klever Rascal (best non-ACE engineering): Spruce Deuce
Racer Survey Award: Lucky Stars

Kinetic Kops Awards:
Special Agent: Duane Flatmo
Most Cited: June Moxon, Apocalyptic Cockroach

2012 Rutabadass Queen: Duane Flatmo

VIDEO:

This article appears in Choo-choo Fantasies.