Transformable toy

A transformable toy that is transformable from a first form which represents a folded state to a second form in which the form of a character appears from the first form, the transformable toy comprising:

• a plurality of character constituting members that are connected rotatably to one another at a plurality of rotatable portions;
• elastic members that are disposed individually between the character constituting members which correspond to the plurality of rotatable portions so as to impart a biasing force in rotational direction individually to the character constituting members;
• a roulette pan installation portion that is disposed on any of the character constituting members and on which a roulette pan is detachably installed;
• a rotating mechanism that includes an acceleration means for applying a rotational force to rotate drastically the roulette pan which is installed on the roulette pan installation portion and a rotation maintaining mechanism that disconnects the application of the rotational force so as to keep the roulette pan rotating;
• locking means for maintaining a state in which the plurality of character constituting members are folded;
• and
• a release control portion operated by a lock-releasing button that releases the locking by the locking means;
• wherein the character appearing in the second form takes a form imitating a multi-legged animal,
• wherein the plurality of character constituting members include a trunk portion, a plurality of leg portions that are attached rotatably to the trunk portion and a head portion that is attached to a front of the trunk portion so as to be situated on a front side of the trunk portion,
• wherein the plurality of leg portions are disposed so as to be folded individually on to a lower surface side of the trunk portion against the elastic forces of the elastic members which are disposed between the head portion and themselves, whereby when folded, the leg portions are transformed into the flat plate-shaped first form in which the form imitating the multi-legged animal is compressed in the vertical direction,
• wherein the plurality of character constituting members are configured so as to be folded into the first form when folding operations are performed in accordance with a folding procedure,
• wherein the folding operations performed on the plurality of character constituting members are performed individually against respective elastic forces of the corresponding elastic members which are disposed at the plurality of rotatable portions and compressed states of the elastic members are maintained by the locking means,
• wherein when the folding operations are performed in accordance with the folding procedure, the plurality of character constituting members and the rotating member are folded into a substantially flat plate-shaped form in which the form of the character is compressed in a vertical direction with the elastic members individually kept in a compressed state and the substantially flat plate-shaped form into which the plurality of character constituting members are folded is maintained by the locking means,
• wherein the roulette pan is disposed on an upper surface of the head portion or the trunk portion, the rotating mechanism is disposed within the head portion or the trunk portion where the roulette pan is disposed and the elastic member of the rotating mechanism is compressed in the folded state,
• wherein the rotating mechanism comprises an elastic member that is compressed in any of steps of the folding procedure, the acceleration means which is driven by an elastic force generated when the elastic member is released from the compressed state, means for transmitting a rotational force applied by the acceleration means to the roulette pan and the rotation maintaining mechanism which disconnects the rotational force transmitted from the acceleration means so as to make the rotating motion of the roulette pan continue,
• wherein when operation for pushing down the lock-releasing button is performed, the plurality of character constituting members are allowed to rotate to pop up altogether by elastic forces of the elastic members which are released then, whereby the plurality of leg portions rotate relative to the trunk portion so that an external appearance of the multi-legged animal rises to pop up as if by the action of a spring from the substantially flat plate-shaped form, whereby the transformable toy rises from the substantially flat plate-shaped form and is then transformed into the second form in which the form of the character can appear as if by the action of a spring, and
• wherein the roulette pan is driven to rotate by the elastic force of the elastic member which is released from the compressed state in accordance with the timing at which the form of the character so appears and an indication on the roulette pan when the roulette pan comes to stay still is compared with an indication on a roulette pan of another transformable toy to win or lose a game.