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Behind HTX Studio's gum launcher, a very stubborn camera shot

Richard's new Q&A explains the funding, failed builds and trial-and-error engineering behind the Hangzhou team's projects.

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Are you guys rich? | HTX Studio’s Q&A

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0:00Richard says sponsorships in Chinese releases and app development help fund the studio's projects.
1:52The team's creative rule pairs a real need with a visual spectacle.
3:35Richard recommends blocking out rough models before adding detail, using tools including Fusion 360 and Blender.
4:38The gum launcher's midair balloon shot required switching from Wi-Fi to wired controls.
5:38An automated paper-folding machine produced 88,000 origami pigeons for viewers.
6:30Failed builds include a ferrofluid display and prosthetic cat legs; long build schedules explain the gaps between uploads.

Popping a water balloon in midair with a robotic gum launcher required more than good aim. HTX Studio had to replace Wi-Fi controls with a wired connection to get its hardest shot working. Richard remembers the payoff simply: "That was the happiest moment of my year."

That backstage detail is part of "Are you guys rich? | HTX Studio's Q&A", the team's only new upload this week, already past a million views. Rather than unveiling another improbable machine, Richard explains how those machines get made, and paid for. He says commercial sponsorships in the Chinese releases and app development help fund the work.

His guiding principle is wonderfully suited to a team responsible for an auto-aiming trash can and hydration arcade machines: "Our rule is: start with a real need, and create a visual spectacle." The spectacle doesn't arrive fully formed. Builds change through trial and error, while abandoned attempts include a ferrofluid display and prosthetic cat legs.

Viewers have latched onto his brief "Sunk cost" response, and several ask for videos about failed projects and why they didn't work. For an audience accustomed to elaborate finished inventions, the unfinished ones have an appeal of their own.

The Q&A is currently the channel's most active upload, with "We Built This to Sleep at Work…" and "We Built the Product Apple Gave Up On..." also drawing substantial daily viewing. Across the week, HTX Studio added roughly 70,000 subscribers. Its weekly views were the highest among the nearby gadget channels, while The Verge and Dave2D also had daily viewing above their usual levels.

Richard's account offers one particularly tangible measure of the work behind the videos: an automated folding machine that produced thousands upon thousands of paper pigeons for viewers.

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What viewers say

I think it would be fun to post videos about the failed projects and why they failed. You might get some surprising ideas to get it working, or you might simply provide education for other tinkerers!
@prairiepandaSee it on YouTube
"sunk cost"
.... too real!
@143SupportSee it on YouTube
babe wake up, HTX studio just posted
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"sunk cost" made me laugh so hard
@wonderwuSee it on YouTube
sunk cost was the funniest response I have heard to one of these Q&As
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One of the best channels on youtube 100%
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6:29 "sunk cost" caught me off guard 😂
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The facts

Channel: HTX Studio
Subscribers: 3,130,000 ▲ 70,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 13,144,909
Videos published this week: 1
Video published: October 29, 2026
Video views so far: 1,123,962
Views on its first day: 832,946

The numbers

Here is HTX Studio's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

HTX Studio

13,144,909

AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke

10,673,194

5,301,119

5,201,170

4,294,598

3,803,808

2,284,008

1,667,967

681,597

subscribers

3,130,000

▲ 70,000 in the last 7 days

total views

519,602,873

views per day

3,626,897

typical day: 1,768,711

first-day views of each video posted this week

Are you guys rich? | HTX Studio’s Q&A

832,946

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

3,690,000

3,530,000

3,460,000

3,140,000

3,130,000

2,840,000

2,760,000

2,730,000

AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke

2,730,000

As of October 31, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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