I’ve modified my lattice to fit the smiley ball and deleted the neccessary parts of the follicles on the head.

I added hair follicles to the bottom of my Arty Ball.

I’ve set all my keys so that only certain things are showing in the moments that I need them.

I’ve retrieved the AArty model and set up my project.

https://youtu.be/vvjSvmnKDCc
I set up my ball and chain and made it break through a mass of cubes using active and passive bodies

https://youtu.be/47WYUwO7cXk
I’ve completed my animation of my ball breaking the wall.

I’ve set up my scene for my animation.

https://youtu.be/XA1rulB4ry4
My complete crane animation

While animating the box being picked up by the crane, I added a parent constraint to the box so that it would attach to the pinchers and move as a whole.

I’ve added the many point and orient constraints to the various parts of my crane so that it can move naturally.