Patent ID: 7467986

Claim:
A transformable toy provided with an extension and contraction structure capable of extending and contracting, comprising a plurality of components connected via connecting mechanisms, the extension and contraction structure including a first to nth (n is a positive integer of 3 or more) components which are connected in order via a first to n−1th connecting mechanisms respectively, and being constructed to extend and contract in a direction where the first to nth components are arranged; the first component being fixed to a fixed section of the transformable toy; the first connecting mechanism that connects the first component and the second component being a slide type connecting mechanism that connects the first component and the second component so that the first and second components can slide in the direction; one or more of the second to n−1th connecting mechanisms except the first connecting mechanism being a rotary type connecting mechanism that connects two adjoining components in such a manner that the two adjoining components can rotate with respect to each other in a predetermined angular range; the second component being fitted in the first component; the slide type connecting mechanism being constructed in such a manner that the second component may slide with respect to the first component between a first position where the second component is entered most deeply inside the first component and a second position where the second component is entered least deeply inside the first component; and the first to nth components being constructed in such a manner that all or most of the third to nth components may be received inside the first component when the second component is located in the first position.