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"Hey! I Can't Reach Nuttin'! |
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Next were the arms. The original movie suits had no elbows... |
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...so we just got ahold of some sturdy cardboard tubes from a carpet store and sawed them all at the same length. |
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Originally, we were going to make the same kind of flexible joints as the knees and ankles, but changed our minds when we realized we didn't need them, anyway. So, we simulated the wrist joints by glueing down some short lengths of thick polypropelyne cord, which also served as a surface to glue the styrofoam balls to. |
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The ends of the arms on the movie suits were vaguely spherical in shape, so we used smooth-finish styrofoam balls covered with a layer of plastic tool dip (so they wouldn't melt when painted). |
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