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Transformer patent sketches

Jordan is having a lot of fun (still) with the new Google patent search...

"I really love this site. I love the splash pages that show random patents. I don't know if you were a transformer kid, but I totally had this guy megatron. Its awesome to see it in patent form, and the sketches are priceless"

Abstract: A combination toy hand gun and robot assembly is provided with accessories to provide multiple play options to a child. The toy gun has a handle member, cylinder member, gun barrel member and a trigger assembly. Each of these elements can be relatively movable to change from the simulation...

Toy gun convertible into robotic-humanoid form - Google Patents - Link.

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Google patent search - Link.

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Posted by: tcabeen on December 15, 2006 at 10:48 AM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these go-bots?
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT4571203&id=oAAuAAAAEBAJ&dq=4571203

Found via a search like 'convertible toy form', all words pilfered from the megatron patent.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that first guy is Cy-Kill...

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