$10 Darth Vader "Robotic" Arm

erco

A friend just bought me this $20-ish toy kit at Ross (dress for less) for $10: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Science-Darth-Robotic/dp/B001UZNI2Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300430159&sr=8-1 It's a partially-assembled model-kit style project. NOT MOTORIZED and it would not be an easy conversion. It's all-mechanical and has 2 levers that pull strings against spring tension to rotate the arm and close the hand. The 5-finger hand is nicely detailed and articulated at all the joints, but it's not going to excel at picking anything up. Nonetheless, it's worth $10 just to look cool on your shelf, and might be fun for a junior roboticist to assemble.

Humanoido

The toy has 45 parts. The link below has actual photos and you can see the scale with more details.
http://robotionary.com/robotics/build-your-own-darth-vader-robotic-arm.php