I am reminded of the meme: Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a homemade [EEG], using only some string, a squirrel, and a[n EEG]. That said, breaking out the functionality from the toy is neat+useful.
This gave me a good laugh! Perhaps a better title would have been "Tearing Apart a Toy to Obtain EEG Data". Regardless, I am glad you found it interesting.