Transformable toy figure

A toy figure which is transformable between first and second configurations, comprising a body portion having fanciful material integral therewith, and means enabling transformation of the toy figure between its first and second configurations comprising a fabric segment integral with said body portion and forming a pocket thereon;

• said pocket having an opening;
• said pocket being resiliently deformable and having a memory which contracts the pocket toward a predetermined set when forces causing deformation of the pocket are removed;
• said pocket being resiliently deformable to expand the size of the pocket as the toy figure is transformed from one configuration to another;
• the fabric segment having first and second surfaces;
• the pocket being inverted as said toy figure is transformed between its first and second configurations such that (i) one of the first and second surfaces of the fabric segment is maintained in facing relation to and at least partially against a part of the body portion and the other surface defines part of the outer periphery of the figure when the figure is in its first configuration and (ii) the other of the first and second surfaces of the fabric segment is maintained in facing relation to and at least partially against a part of the body portion and the one surface defines part of the outer periphery of the figure when the figure is in its second configuration;
• said pocket being resiliently deformable to progressively uncover said fanciful material in a first mode of transformation of the toy figure between said first and second configurations;
• said pocket being resiliently deformable to progressively cover said fanciful material in a second mode of transformation of the toy figure between said first and second configurations;
• the memory of the pocket enabling the pocket to hold the toy figure in a selected configuration during either of said first or second modes of transformation of the toy figure.