Stands as a robot. Races as a car.

Racer Mecha is a 9.8 in robot in red, white and gunmetal armour. Fold it by hand, in 7 moves, and it lies down as a 14.2 in open-wheel racer on 4 free-turning wheels. Nothing comes off and nothing is left over.

Racer Mecha standing in robot mode: gunmetal chest with a red halo, white arm shells, red legs and wedge boots, with car wheels on its shoulders and knees.
The same toy folded into an open-wheel race car, seen from the rear, its rear wing standing on the folded boots.

  1. It starts as a robot.

    All of the car is already here: the front wheels ride on its shoulders, the rear wheels at its knees, and the nose on its back. Scroll, and your hands make the 7 moves that turn it into the car.

  2. Move 1

    Push the head down.

    The helmet slides 1.0 in down into a pocket in the chest and stops on the pocket floor, clear of the nose that comes over next.

  3. Move 2

    Flip the nose over the top.

    The nose cone and its front wing swing 180° from the robot's back, up over its shoulders. That is the front of the car.

  4. Move 3

    Fold the fists away.

    Each fist turns 180° at the elbow and tucks up inside its white arm shell. The shells stay put and become the car's sidepods.

  5. Move 4

    Fold the boots.

    Each wedge boot turns 90° at the ankle and carries its half of the rear wing with it.

  6. Move 5

    Slide the shins up.

    Each shin slides 0.8 in up into its thigh and stops at the end of its slot, pulling the rear wheels in toward the body.

  7. Move 6

    Stand the wing up.

    The two wing halves turn 60° on their toe hinges and meet at the centre line as one rear wing.

  8. Move 7

    Lay it down and push.

    Tip it onto its back and it sits on 4 free-turning wheels, 14.2 in nose to wing. Give it a push and it rolls.

Where the car was hiding

Every piece of the robot has a job in the car. Here is where each one goes.

Racer Mecha in robot mode, seen from the front.
Shoulders
front wheels
Back
nose cone and front wing
Arm shells
sidepods
Chest halo
cockpit halo
Knees
rear wheels
Toe plates
rear wing
Racer Mecha in car mode seen from above: nose and front wing at one end, rear wing on the folded boots at the other.

Up close

Racer Mecha in car mode from the rear quarter: black wedge boots under a red rear wing, red legs along the body, white sidepods with red bands, and spoked wheels.
From behind, the folded boots hold the rear wing up and the arm shells sit alongside as sidepods. Every surface shows its fine ridged finish.
Close view of the robot's head between two treaded shoulder wheels, a blue visor over a red mouth plate, above the red halo on its chest.
The helmet sits between the shoulder wheels: blue visor, red mouth plate, and the red halo on the chest below.
Car mode from above the cockpit: the red halo over the gunmetal body, white sidepods on both sides and the nose reaching out to the front wing.
In the car, the chest halo becomes the cockpit halo, and the nose that rode on the robot's back reaches out to the front wing.
Close view of the rear wing standing on the two folded boots, with the hinge rollers at the toes.
The two halves of the rear wing stand on the folded boots, on the same toe hinges they lay flat on as a robot.
Racer Mecha standing in robot mode on a wooden desk between a coffee mug and a pair of headphones, window light behind.
On the desk it stands well over twice the height of a coffee mug.
Racer Mecha in car mode on a wooden kitchen table between a red apple and a glass of milk.
Folded into the car on the kitchen table, it runs about four apples long.
The car on a living-room rug beside a white canvas sneaker, a little longer than the shoe.
On the living-room rug it is a little longer than a sneaker. Give it a push across the floor and it rolls.

Racer Mecha

One toy, two shapes, and your hands are the only tool it needs.

As a robot
5.0 × 3.3 × 9.8 inwide × deep × tall
As a car
14.2 × 5.0 × 2.1 inlong × wide × high
Weight
9.1 oz
Change
7 hand movesno part comes off
Wheels
4, free-turning
Colours
Red, white and gunmetalwith a blue visor