My nephew (above) holding a partially finished version of the Octo Von Octobot, a cyborg octopus!

I love toys where assembly is a part of the process. Sure, Lego does it, but so can I. With this Octopus Cyborg you can build it from scratch and make decisions about the length of the arms or the colors of the pieces.

It ended up being a great project to do with my nephew. He’s very interested in legos and Minecraft so this was a blast for him.

Update: 2/24/22

Along with Octo Von Octobot I have a few other toys or partially complete toys that I designed around the time I was designing the one above. I think the relationship to each other is clear. I also included an articulated arm with a unique range of motion in the images below.