So my brother's birthday was last weekend. I had been collecting parts to build him a custom Tom Servo on the cheap. The hardest thing to find (until I just looked on ebay) was the Gumball machine. These can be found on occasion very cheaply at dollar tree. The occasion that I decided I needed one, they had none and I ended up paying $12 for this one online.

Collecting the rest of the parts was a little trickier. I ended up pulling together the following:

• 2 salad bowls from Wal-Mart (base)
• 6 door stops from walmart (details on base)
• 2 compression springs from Lowes (Arms)
• 2 baby doll hands from dismembered doll from a thrift store (hands)
• 2 Sets of measuring cups form wal-mart (shoulder mounts)
• 1 Barrel form a game called "Crush" from Tuesday Morning clearance sale (Main Body)

A little paint and some dremelling later and... Bada Bing... Bada... boom... weirdest gift I ever gave.

I really hope he didn't throw it away.