Okay, I saw this online while wasting lunch... er doing random
research...

-->The attack of the cat paws by Bandai
-->Watch out, JAPAN AT ITS BEST! I might have some
-->difficulties explaining this one to you... Bandai
-->is releasing the "Neko Nyanbou" in Japan sometime
-->in April.
-->
-->So what is it? Well, these are fake cat paws with
-->claws that can be controlled by a small switch
-->hidden in the "handle". Why on earth would you use
-->these? To scratch your back, to scare a colleague
-->or just as an extension of your arm... the drawings
-->below [shown online] will explain what I mean. So yes,
-->they are crazy, but that's exactly what we love
-->about them!

http://tinyurl.com/dfozp

or the full URL at:

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11197-The+attack+of+the+cat+paws+by+Bandai.html

I want one of the orange and white paws! I like the illustration where
the woman is threatening her cat (or warning her cat, or whatever)
with one of these.

It's Japanese kitsch, but I thought they were pretty cool. And it's
pretty obvious from the illustrations that Crazy Westerners are their
target market (grin).

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark