HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS CAME FROM

Hey there

This is my first post so I apologize if it's not in the right place...anyways.

I received a model as a gift and was wondering if anyone knew where it came from or had any general information about it. It's a model of the Battle Droid from Episode 1, only it's made completely out of car parts (spark plugs, wires, etc.) I originally thought it was hand-made and one-of-a-kind, but heard word that they were possibly manufactured in Cambodia or something. The gift giver knew nothing about it as she had been given it a gift as well, and was no where near the Star Wars buff that I am.

SO, can anyone point me in the right direction? I'd at least like to sound SOMEWHAT knowledgeable when people ask "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT???"

Here's a link to a page where I posted some pictures of it. Thanks in advance.

http://homepage.mac.com/tomshark/starwars/PhotoAlbum55.html

 

Very cool. I've never seen one before. Perhaps you should post this in the "Question and Answer" thread in the Collecting forum and perhaps some of my fellow collectors can help you out.

Here is the link to the Collecting forum:

http://boards.theforce.net/Collecting/b10004/