The Hand in a Box is a.. um.. well, a Hand in a Box. Inspired by a certain THING found in a 1960's TV Show, this fully animated pet has 450 frames. It has 6 commands and jumps around quite a bit on it's down. For a simple box, it's very lively... but it's not very talkative. After all, how much can you expect a severed arm say?

Commands are:
"OK": does the OK Sign
"Good": does Thumbs Up
"Bad": does Thumbs Down
"Peace": does the Peace, or Victory Sign
"Metal": Throws up the Horns
"Hi": Waves Hello!

PLEASE NOTE: This item acts as an Accessory that attaches to your avie's "RootNode". There's a limit to the number of things you can attach to any one point in the avie's body, before previous items start to disappear. You're view of the box might also be obstructed by large clothing or other pets. There will be no refunds if the Hand-In-A-Box doesn't work with your selected outfit, so use Try-It before you Buy-It.

Wish that hand came in another Skintone? Or how about some Kick-Azz sound effects to match it's movements? Well then, get Deriving buddy! Make your own version, and even sell it the catalog for a small markup over my original, and keep the extra profits for yourself! You can express yourself AND earn credits at the same time. How's that for a sweet deal? You'll need a full account on IMVU, as well as a copy of Previewer. You can find out more about Deriving on the IMVU's Education Center. Below is the template you'll need to get started (Right Click and Save As to your computer):

This is the Texture map for the Box the Hand is inside of. Use this to make simple changes to the Box, like a new color or decals:

This is the Wireframe layout for the Box. This shows you exactly how the texture map attaches to the model, which is important if you plan on making a new texture map for the Box from scratch:

This is the Texture map for the Hand itself:

This is a "Gray" template for the Hand. This is useful if you want to make a new Hand Texture, but still want to retain my careful shading:

This is the Wireframe for the Hand:

To add sound, I highly recommend you download and use Audacity. It's a free sound editing tool that can export out OGG sound files. OGG sound files compress down to less then 1/10th the file size of WAV files. SO USE OGG FILES!!! You can download it here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/