Tool Tip inspired....

I am trying to build something that resembles the tool tips featured in Nanorex's Molecular Manufacturing Gallery and this Nanofactory animated film:


Here is what 30 minutes has produced:


Again this was built to look like it might work. I have no idea how it would function in the role of a tool tip. I just want a place holder for my own animations, and this will work until I reverse engineer the real ones.