A fun story about knock-off cell phones in China caught our eye in the New York Times yesterday. The article described a thriving micro-industry in which expensive models are reproduced locally and cheaply, then sold for as low as $20 (though with a little haggling you could probably get them down to $12). This got us to thinking, what kind of wacky monstrous cell phone creations are people creating. After the craze over luxury cell phones (a meme that hopefully died with the global economy), are we about to see a resurgence in homebrewed electronics? To get the ball rolling in that direction, here are Listicles’ Top 10 DIY Cell Phone Gadgets.

DIY Cell Phone Bricolage

The one on the left is like the Frankenstein of cell phones with its big neck bolts.

DIY Cell Phone-Controlled Robot

How do you call your robot over if it has your cell phone? This is so confusing!

DIY Cell Phone Mod

We’re not sure what it does, but it kinda looks like a cell phone turned into a stationary phone. Of a hot plate.

DIY Hamster-Powered Cell Phone Charger

The classic “kid and his hamster” science fair project gets the requisite 21st century update.

DIY Cell Phone in Cigarette Pack

Underlines the sad truth that both cause cancer and are addictive.

DIY Brick-Shaped Cell Phone

Why would anybody laugh at us for sporting this sexy little model?

DIY Cell Phone Bomb

It’s not all fun and games in the homemade cell phone industry.

DIY Wooden Cell Phone Charger

See, we’ll be fine when the world’s infrastructural grid collapses. We’ll just make a few billion of these. It looks simple enough.

DIY BlackBerry Charger in an Altoids Tin

Does this mean that BlackBerry users tend to consumer Altoids? Because that kinda makes sense.

DIY iPhone

Cute.