Piperoids

http://www.magnote.com/piperoid/classics/
http://www.magnote.com/piperoid/characters/

Another japanese designer, Takashi Tsunoda, creates these little robot like creatures just from sets of pipes, hence the name Piperoids. The purpose of the piperoids, beyond entertainment and novelty of a collectors item, was to show people that there is still many ways to look at and shape the world and materials in it, as we come from a world where its so easy to create something.

His mottos are "teaching values through handcrafts" and "communication from hand to hand"

The link below is a website with an article all about the piperoids and it even has an interview with the otherwise reclusive Takashi Tsunoda

http://www.bazaarbizarre.org/sanfrancisco/2009/04/piperoid-the-thoughtful-side-of-takashi-tsunoda/