Racer Mecha

Stands 9.8 in tall as a robot. Lies 13.3 in long as a race car. You get from one to the other with your hands, in 8 moves, and nothing comes off.

The robot standing on its wedge boots: white arms with red bands, a black chest ringed by a red halo, front wheels on its shoulders and rear wheels at its shins.
The same toy as an open-wheel race car: red nose and front wing ahead, the halo over the cockpit, white sidepods and a red rear wing over the tail.

Robot first

The four wheels are already on it: two on the shoulders, two at the shins. The car is in there too. Keep scrolling.

The head drops in

Move 1 of 8. Push the helmet down 1.0 in and it sits in a pocket in the chest, out of the way of the nose.

The nose comes over the top

Moves 2 and 3. The nose lying down the back flips 180° up over the head, then its tip and front wing slide 0.9 in into it.

Fists in, feet down

Moves 4 and 5. Each fist folds 180° up into its arm, and the arm becomes a sidepod. Each boot folds 90° at the ankle.

The legs get shorter

Move 6. Each shin slides 0.8 in up into its thigh and clicks at the end of its track, taking the rear wheels up with it.

Onto its wheels

Move 7. Lay it on its back. The wheels that rode on its shoulders and shins now carry it, body clear of the table.

Two halves, one rear wing

Move 8. The halves riding on the boots stand up 60° and meet at the middle. A race car 13.3 in long, and it rolls.

Two toys on one shelf

The robot from its left, fists hanging at its sides and a rear wheel beside each boot.

Robot

5.0 × 3.3 × 9.8 in

Stands on its own on two wedge boots. Its shoulders swing 90° forward and 5° back, its hips 20° each way, and they stay where you leave them.

The race car in profile: long red nose, cockpit, white sidepod, and the rear wing standing over the tail.

Race car

13.3 × 5.0 × 2.3 in

Rests on all 4 wheels with its body clear of the table, and every wheel turns freely, so it rolls when you push it.

Up close

Close on the chest: the white helmet with its blue visor between two shoulder wheels, and the red halo around the cockpit opening.
The helmet sits between the front wheels, and the red halo rings a real cockpit opening in the chest. In the car it ends up on top.
Close on the feet: two black wedge boots, each carrying a folded red-bladed wing half on its toe, with a rear wheel beside each shin.
Each boot carries half of the rear wing folded on its toe. The rear wheels ride on the shins, right beside them.
The robot standing on a wooden desk between a black keyboard and a white coffee mug, more than twice the mug's height.
On my desk, next to the keyboard, it stands more than twice as tall as my coffee mug.
The race car parked on a light oak bookshelf beside plain white books.
Parked on the shelf as the car: the halo over the cockpit, the arms turned sidepods, the rear wing up over the tail.
The race car from above at three quarters: front wing and red nose ahead, cockpit and halo in the middle, rear wing on two black uprights.
From above, every piece of the robot is still there: the fists are tucked inside the sidepods and the head is down in its pocket under the nose.
The robot held upright in an open palm, its boots resting on the hand, a softly blurred living room behind.
At 9.3 oz it is light enough to stand on an open palm, boots flat in my hand.

Racer Mecha

One toy, two shapes, 8 moves between them.

As a robot
5.0 × 3.3 × 9.8 in
As a race car
13.3 × 5.0 × 2.3 in
Weight
9.3 oz
Made from
PLA
Colours
Red, white and dark gray, with a blue visor
Wheels
4, free-turning
Joints
Hold their angle by friction
Changing over
8 moves, nothing comes off