You probably have seen the videos going around of Theo Jansen's impressive wind powered walking machines. If you haven't check them out. When I saw the the videos I remembered I had seen a kit you could get to make a functional scale model of one. It turns out there is more than one model kit. Theo Jansen's Mini BeastTheo Jansen Mini RhinocerosThese are part of the Gakken Otona no Kagaku series of build it yourself projects which include many more items.
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