'BOT PARTS

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Crow

• Eyes and head -- His eyes are glow-in-the dark Ping-Pong balls; pupils are square bits of electrical tape. His head (around his eyes) is a soap dish manufactured by the Schwartz Plastics Co. of Glendale, CA. This soap dish is no longer made and is extremely difficult to find. The top of his head is a hockey mask (Cooper XL7FG).
• Mouth -- A plastic bowling pin cut in half. It has a circular emblem with what appears to be a stylized lower-case "e" imprinted in it.
• Arms -- Adjustable desk lamp parts, with closed-cell foam tubing (the kind used to insulate water pipes) on the upper part. Flexible rubber tubing is used for the rest of the upper arm. Toy claws for hands.
• Neck -- PVC and flexible rubber tubing.
• Torso -- A Tupperware "Floralier" flower-arranging set, plus part of another set. This set is no longer made. The set consists of a tall conical vase that snaps into a short conical vase that then snaps onto a tray. Two trays, placed face-to-face, make his shoulders. The vases are below, turned upside down. A short section of drainage hose (the same type used for Gypsy, see below) separates the two trays.
• Legs -- More lamp parts, like his arms.
• The head (save eyes) and torso is then spray-painted gold over its original plastic.

Tom Servo

• Head -- A gumball machine (surprise!) made by Carousel Industries and distributed by LEAF, Inc. of Lake Forest, IL.; the name for it is "Executive Snack Dispenser." Although it comes in red, the head and torso are painted to keep the same consistency in color. His beak is spray-painted silver after the manual dispenser handle is removed. Also, there is an added extension (made from the lid of another snack dispenser) between the top of his beak and the bottom of his globe.
• Torso -- The barrel is a "Money Lover's Barrel Bank" -- a very difficult item to find. Chest is a toy engine block. Both items are now made from a mold.
• Shoulders -- Eveready flashlight heads. The rest of the flashlight is used for Gypsy. (See below).
• Arms -- Arm assembly from a "Mr. Moonie" or "C. More Butz" doll. Once all the rage, they are now fairly difficult to find. These dolls would drop their pants and "moon" people when a rubber bladder was squeezed. The entire assembly, including the rubber bladder, is kept intact when installed into the barrel.
• Hands -- Doll hands. Another rare set of items that are now made from a mold.
• Hoverskirt -- A plastic Halloween "Boo Bowl" was originally used, but that was replaced in later seasons by a plastic salad bowl. The base is made of foam tubing. Black decorations are made from plastic that has been vacu-formed around a toy train.

Gypsy

• Eye -- Eveready flashlight, minus the hood. See Tom Servo listing above.
• Head -- "Century Infant Love Seat" from Century Products, Inc. No longer made. The top of the head is the outside of the seat turned upside down. The lower part is made from the inner liner of the seat and is connected to the top by a PVC tube.
• Neck -- Black hose "drain tile."
• Lips -- Light-blue foam tubing.

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