Cool. The hand on the sign wouldn't be possible to make out unless you knew what it was.
It's the newer stuffty version of the skeleton. They made the arms like Star Wars droids, and tossed out the ball-socket arms.
It's not that it looked better. The range of movement was awesome, and I can easily make them hold up an item.
Actually I just used a pliers or some other tool to smoosh gently down the end that connects to the ball. The friction can help hold up items.