diff --git a/app/Game/Client/Control/Input/MouseInput.js b/app/Game/Client/Control/Input/MouseInput.js
index 527ea2f..cbd586a 100755
--- a/app/Game/Client/Control/Input/MouseInput.js
+++ b/app/Game/Client/Control/Input/MouseInput.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function (Parent, DomController, Settings, NotificationCenter) {
 			var x = (((e.clientX - this.offsetLeft) / Settings.STAGE_WIDTH) * 2) - 1;
 			var y = (((Settings.STAGE_HEIGHT - (e.clientY - this.offsetTop)) / Settings.STAGE_HEIGHT) * 2) -1;
 
-			NotificationCenter.trigger("input/onHandAction", x, y);
+			NotificationCenter.trigger("input/onHandActionRequest", x, y);
 		}
     };
 
diff --git a/app/Game/Client/Control/PlayerController.js b/app/Game/Client/Control/PlayerController.js
index 11f56b6..f3c017e 100755
--- a/app/Game/Client/Control/PlayerController.js
+++ b/app/Game/Client/Control/PlayerController.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function (Parent, KeyboardInput, MouseInput, NotificationCenter) {
         this.xyInput = new MouseInput(this);
 
         NotificationCenter.on("input/onXyChange", this.setXY, this);
-        NotificationCenter.on("input/onHandAction", this.handAction, this);
+        NotificationCenter.on("input/onHandActionRequest", this.handActionRequest, this);
 
         var keys = {
             w:87,
@@ -75,12 +75,10 @@ function (Parent, KeyboardInput, MouseInput, NotificationCenter) {
         NotificationCenter.trigger('sendGameCommand', 'lookAt', options);
     };
 
-    PlayerController.prototype.handAction = function(x, y) {
+    PlayerController.prototype.handActionRequest = function(x, y) {
         var options = {x:x, y:y};
-        Parent.prototype.handAction.call(this, options);
-        NotificationCenter.trigger("sendGameCommand", "handAction", options);
-    };
-    
+        NotificationCenter.trigger("sendGameCommand", "handActionRequest", options);
+    };    
 
     return PlayerController;
 });
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diff --git a/app/Game/Client/GameController.js b/app/Game/Client/GameController.js
index 405584d..172a688 100755
--- a/app/Game/Client/GameController.js
+++ b/app/Game/Client/GameController.js
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, PhysicsEngine, ViewManager, PlayerController, Notificat
         this.gameObjects.animated.push(player.getDoll());
     }
 
+    GameController.prototype.onHandActionResponse = function(options) {
+        var player = this.players[options.playerId];
+
+        var item = null;
+        for (var i = 0; i < this.gameObjects.animated.length; i++) {
+            var currentItem = this.gameObjects.animated[i];
+            if(currentItem.uid == options.itemUid) {
+                item = currentItem;
+                break;
+            }
+        };
+
+        player.handAction(options.x, options.y, options.isHolding, item);
+    };
+
     GameController.prototype.loadLevel = function (path) {
         Parent.prototype.loadLevel.call(this, path);
     }
diff --git a/app/Game/Client/GameObjects/Doll.js b/app/Game/Client/GameObjects/Doll.js
index c0b7135..74a7499 100755
--- a/app/Game/Client/GameObjects/Doll.js
+++ b/app/Game/Client/GameObjects/Doll.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ define([
  
 function (Parent, Settings, NotificationCenter, Exception) {
  
-    function Doll(physicsEngine, playerId) {      
+    function Doll(physicsEngine, uid, player) {      
         this.animationDef = {
             "stand": [1,1],
             "walk": [2,28],
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function (Parent, Settings, NotificationCenter, Exception) {
         this.animatedMeshes = {};
         this.headMesh = null;
 
-        Parent.call(this, physicsEngine, playerId);
+        Parent.call(this, physicsEngine, uid, player);
     }
 
     Doll.prototype = Object.create(Parent.prototype);
diff --git a/app/Game/Config/Settings.js b/app/Game/Config/Settings.js
index 779b534..fa88c81 100755
--- a/app/Game/Config/Settings.js
+++ b/app/Game/Config/Settings.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ define({
     FLY_SPEED: 6.2,
     JUMP_SPEED: 20,
     MAX_THROW_FORCE: 18,
+    MAX_THROW_ANGULAR_VELOCITY: 8,
+    MAX_RUNNING_WEIGHT: 9,
 
     // restitution: bouncyness, friction: rubbing, density: mass
     TILE_FRICTION: 0.99,
diff --git a/app/Game/Core/Control/PlayerController.js b/app/Game/Core/Control/PlayerController.js
index c6bf431..17d4235 100755
--- a/app/Game/Core/Control/PlayerController.js
+++ b/app/Game/Core/Control/PlayerController.js
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ define(function () {
         if(options) this.player.lookAt(options.x, options.y);
     }
 
-    PlayerController.prototype.handAction = function(options) {
-        if (options) this.player.handAction(options.x, options.y);
-    };
-
     PlayerController.prototype.update = function () {
         if(this._walkingDirectionStatus != 0) {
             this.player.move(this._walkingDirectionStatus);
diff --git a/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Doll.js b/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Doll.js
index 21965e4..053701a 100755
--- a/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Doll.js
+++ b/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Doll.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ define([
 
 function (Parent, Box2D, Settings, CollisionDetector, Item) {
 
-    function Doll (physicsEngine, uid) {
+    function Doll (physicsEngine, uid, player) {
 
+        this.player = player;
         this.height = 43;
         this.width = 9;
         this.headHeight = 12;
@@ -255,7 +256,14 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, Settings, CollisionDetector, Item) {
         }
     };
 
-    Doll.prototype.grab = function(x, y) {
+    Doll.prototype.grab = function(item) {
+
+        this.holdingItem = item;
+        this.positionHoldingItem();
+
+
+
+        /*
         var item = null;
         if (this.lookDirection == -1) {
             item = this.reachableItems.left.shift();
@@ -272,6 +280,7 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, Settings, CollisionDetector, Item) {
 
 
         return item;
+        */
     };
 
     Doll.prototype.positionHoldingItem = function() {
@@ -312,7 +321,7 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, Settings, CollisionDetector, Item) {
             ),
             body.GetLocalCenter()
         );
-        body.SetAngularVelocity(8 * x);
+        body.SetAngularVelocity(Settings.MAX_THROW_ANGULAR_VELOCITY * x); // 
     };
 
     Doll.prototype.onFootSensorDetection = function(isColliding, fixture) {
diff --git a/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Item.js b/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Item.js
index ef9eddb..cf90015 100644
--- a/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Item.js
+++ b/app/Game/Core/GameObjects/Item.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, Settings) {
         this.createFixture();
         this.body.ResetMassData();
         this.flipDirection = 1;
+        this.heldByPlayers = [];
     }
 
     Item.prototype = Object.create(Parent.prototype);
@@ -67,6 +68,31 @@ function (Parent, Box2D, Settings) {
 
         // FIXME: implement body flip if necessary
     };
+
+    Item.prototype.isGrabbingAllowed = function(player) {
+        return this.heldByPlayers.length == 0;
+    };
+
+    Item.prototype.beingGrabbed = function(player) {
+        if(this.isGrabbingAllowed(player)) {
+            this.heldByPlayers.push(player);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    Item.prototype.isReleasingAllowed = function(player) {
+        return true;
+    };
+
+    Item.prototype.beingReleased = function(player) {
+        if(this.isReleasingAllowed(player)) {
+            var pos = this.heldByPlayers.indexOf(player);
+            if(pos >= 0) {
+                this.heldByPlayers.splice(pos, 1);            
+            }            
+        }
+    };
  
     return Item;
  
diff --git a/app/Game/Core/Player.js b/app/Game/Core/Player.js
index e5383f8..fff8676 100755
--- a/app/Game/Core/Player.js
+++ b/app/Game/Core/Player.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function (Doll, Settings) {
     };
 
     Player.prototype.spawn = function (x, y) {
-        this.doll = new Doll(this.physicsEngine, "doll-" + this.id);
+        this.doll = new Doll(this.physicsEngine, "doll-" + this.id, this);
         this.doll.spawn(x, y);
         this.isSpawned = true;
     }
@@ -52,17 +52,21 @@ function (Doll, Settings) {
         if(this.doll) this.doll.lookAt(x, y);
     }
 
-    Player.prototype.handAction = function(x, y) {
+    Player.prototype.handAction = function(x, y, isHolding, item) {
         
-        if (this.holdingItem) {
+        if (isHolding) {
             // throw
-            this.doll.throw(this.holdingItem, x, y);
-            this.holdingItem = null;
+            if(item.isReleasingAllowed()) {
+                item.beingReleased(this);
+                this.doll.throw(item, x, y);
+                this.holdingItem = null;                
+            }
         } else {
             // take
-            var item = this.doll.grab(x, y);
-            if(item) {
-                this.holdingItem = item;
+            if(item.isGrabbingAllowed()) {
+                item.beingGrabbed(this);
+                this.doll.grab(item);
+                this.holdingItem = item;                
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/app/Game/Server/Control/PlayerController.js b/app/Game/Server/Control/PlayerController.js
index aebfefc..7f164af 100755
--- a/app/Game/Server/Control/PlayerController.js
+++ b/app/Game/Server/Control/PlayerController.js
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function(Parent, NotificationCenter, Parser) {
         }
     };
 
+    PlayerController.prototype.handActionRequest = function(options) {
+        if (options) this.player.handActionRequest(options.x, options.y);
+    };
+
     return PlayerController;
  
 });
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diff --git a/app/Game/Server/GameObjects/Doll.js b/app/Game/Server/GameObjects/Doll.js
index 4d8e182..214e8d1 100755
--- a/app/Game/Server/GameObjects/Doll.js
+++ b/app/Game/Server/GameObjects/Doll.js
@@ -2,8 +2,32 @@ define([
 	"Game/Core/GameObjects/Doll"
 ],
  
-function(Parent) {
+function (Parent) {
  
-    return Parent;
+    function Doll(physicsEngine, uid, player) {
+    	Parent.call(this, physicsEngine, uid, player);
+    }
+
+    Doll.prototype = Object.create(Parent.prototype);
+ 
+    Doll.prototype.findCloseItem = function(x, y) {
+
+    	function findItem(array) {
+        	for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+        		var item = array[i];
+        		if(item.isGrabbingAllowed(this.player)) {
+        			return item;
+        		}
+        	}
+    	}
+
+        if (x < 0) { // looking left
+        	return findItem(this.reachableItems.left);
+        } else {
+        	return findItem(this.reachableItems.right);
+        }
+    }
+ 
+    return Doll;
  
 });
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diff --git a/app/Game/Server/Player.js b/app/Game/Server/Player.js
index c5398e5..88cac3f 100755
--- a/app/Game/Server/Player.js
+++ b/app/Game/Server/Player.js
@@ -1,9 +1,45 @@
 define([
-	"Game/Core/Player"
+	"Game/Core/Player",
+	"Lib/Utilities/NotificationCenter"
 ],
  
-function(Parent) {
+function (Parent, NotificationCenter) {
+ 
+    function Player(id, physicsEngine) {
+    	Parent.call(this, id, physicsEngine);
+    }
 
-    return Parent;
+    Player.prototype = Object.create(Parent.prototype);
+ 
+    Player.prototype.handActionRequest = function(x, y) {
+
+    	var item = null;
+    	var isHolding = !!this.holdingItem;
+        
+        if (isHolding) {
+            item = this.holdingItem;
+        } else {
+            item = this.doll.findCloseItem(x, y);
+        }
+
+        if(item) {
+
+	        this.handAction(x, y, isHolding, item);
+
+			var message = {
+	            handActionResponse: {
+	                playerId: this.id,
+	                isHolding: isHolding,
+	                itemUid: item.uid,
+	                x: x, 
+	                y: y
+	            }
+	        };
+	        
+	        NotificationCenter.trigger("sendControlCommandToAllUsers", "gameCommand", message);
+        }
+    }
+ 
+    return Player;
  
 });
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