How Cyborg's arm came to be.
We plan to combine two boxes to make his arm. Luckily, we found two that fits perfectly on any person’s arm… and we found it next to a trash can. It’s clean though, don’t worry.
Our idea is to make a projectile that acts like a slingshot. We decided to add this mechanism into the box to make it seem as if Cyborg’s arm is projecting something out. To make this work, we’ve decided to use a rubber band that is thick and strong enough to be pulled. Both ends of the rubber band are held together by a wire from the outside of the box, which will be shaped into a hook to wrap around the ends. This will be shielded with mahjong paper.
Drawing inspiration from Cyborg’s futuristic patterns on his arm was fairly difficult, while we were trying to stay true to his theme his official pattern is a little blocky. It might look nice in his cartoon design but the same can’t be said if it was put on our toy. Because of this, I decided to modify his pattern slightly and made the lines thinner, which surprisingly makes a big difference.
Using the top flap of the box, we decided to make it into a mini scope. The plan is to cut a circular shape into the flap and use toothpicks to create the target of the shape.
