It’s only my second day with the #MarchOfRobots challenge and already I’ve gone off piste! Rather than a sketch, I’ve gone with a junk model. A little bit of silver coated copper wire, an energizer battery and a couple of other bits and we have this little fella. 
I made a zig-zag section in the wire to stop the legs and arms twisting the fixed them into place with cable ties.
Here’s my #MarchofRobots submission for 3rd March 2018.
Energizer Robot. #junkmodel #marchoftherobots #marchofrobots (More info : link in profile)
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Published 2008. BN:US
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