Model toy parts and model toys

Abstract

To provide a novel technique which allows for a doll body of a model toy to resemble a human being.SOLUTION: A model toy component of a doll body includes a body part, and a costume part which can be attached to the body part. The costume part has an undulation in an inner wall thereof to form a first body line.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates mainly to doll body parts for model toys. [Background technology]

[0002] Many model toys are formed by connecting a plurality of parts made of, for example, plastic so that they can be inserted and removed from one another. Patent Document 1 describes the structure of a model toy doll body. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 2013-540531 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Some model toys use the costume itself as a component part. In such model toys, technology is sometimes required to make the costume look attractive and natural, making the doll body look human-like. This is generally preferably achieved with a relatively simple configuration.

[0005] An exemplary object of the present invention is to realize a novel structure that makes a doll body of a model toy attractive with a relatively simple configuration. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] One aspect of the present invention relates to a model toy, which is a model toy part for a doll body comprising body parts and clothing parts attached to the body parts, and the clothing parts have undulations on their inner walls to form a first body line. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a model toy part, comprising a first costume part, a second costume part covered by the first costume part, and a skin-exposed part forming a body part together with the second costume part, wherein the first costume part is The doll body is made of a transparent material with different thicknesses, and on the front side of the doll body The surface of the second costume part has undulations to form a first body line. the second clothing part and the exposed skin part are attached to the back side of the doll body so as to cover a cavity formed by the second clothing part and the exposed skin part, and the inner wall has undulations so as to form a second body line; The second costume part has, on its surface facing the first costume part, undulations that engage with the undulations that form the first body line. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present invention, a novel structure can be provided that makes the doll body of a model toy attractive. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of a model toy doll body according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] An exploded view of the doll's torso. [Figure 3] FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a part that constitutes a model toy. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a perspective view of other parts that make up the model toy. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is an end view of the torso of the doll body, cut horizontally. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention as claimed, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the invention. Two or more of the features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. Furthermore, the same reference numerals are used for the same or similar components, and redundant explanations will be omitted.

[0010] 1 is a schematic diagram of a model toy M of a doll body 1 according to an embodiment. In this specification, when explaining the positional relationship of each part, terms such as front (forward), rear (rear), left (left side), right (right side), up (upper), and down (lower) may be used, but these terms are relative to the doll body 1. For example, the front corresponds to the front side of the doll body 1, and the rear corresponds to the back side of the doll body 1.

[0011] The doll body 1 comprises a head 11, a torso 12, arms 13, a waist 14, and legs 15. The torso 12 includes the shoulders, chest, and abdomen. The torso 12 is configured by wearing clothing 121.

[0012] The arms 13 extend from the shoulders of the torso 12, and are fitted with circular ornaments 131 around their circumference. In this embodiment, the ornaments 131 have the same design as the costume 121, but in other embodiments, they may be ornaments (for example, bracelets) with a different design from the costume 121.

[0013] 2 is a schematic diagram (a schematic perspective view showing the state before assembly, or an exploded view) of parts PT1 to PT9, which are some of the multiple components (model toy components) that make up model toy M. Parts PT1 to PT9 are each removably connected to one or more other parts, thereby forming body 12 and arm 13 shown in FIG. 1. Note that connections between these parts PT1 to PT9 that will not be described in this specification are realized by known connection structures.

[0014] Part PT1 forms the shoulders of the torso 12 and part of the arms 13 as exposed skin areas of the doll body 1. Part PT2 resembles innerwear and essentially forms the chest and abdomen of the torso 12, and is connected to part PT1 from below. Part PT3 resembles the front part of outerwear that covers the chest and upper abdomen of the torso 12, and is connected to part PT2 so as to cover it from the front. Part PT4 resembles an ornament (part of a ribbon-shaped sash belt in this embodiment) that covers the lower abdomen of the torso 12, and is connected to the lower part of part PT3 from the front. Part PT5 resembles the rear part of outerwear that covers the back side of the torso 12, and in this embodiment, the lower back side (the back side of the abdomen), and is connected to part PT3 from the rear while partially covering part PT2. In this way, parts PT3 and PT5 form a single outerwear as the costume 121 shown in FIG. 1.

[0015] Here, the parts PT3 and PT5 may be made of the same material and may be colored in the same way to properly form the costume 121. Furthermore, to allow the part PT2, which resembles the innerwear, to be visible through the part PT3, the part PT3 may be made of a transparent or translucent material, preferably a translucent material such as resin, so that the light transmittance in the visible light range is 10% or more and 90% or less. More preferably, the light transmittance is 30% or more and / or 70% or less. Additionally, the part PT5 may also be configured to achieve the same light transmittance.

[0016] Parts PT6 and PT7 respectively form the inner portion (inner half) and outer portion (outer half) of the ornament 131 shown in Figure 1, and are connected to each other to form a ring. Part PT8 is also configured in a ring shape to form the lower portion of the ornament 131, and is connected from below to the interconnected parts PT6 and PT7 to form the ring-shaped ornament 131. Part PT9 is inserted as the arm 13 into the ring-shaped ornament 131 formed by parts PT6 to PT8, and is connected to the shoulder of the body 12 formed by part PT1. In other words, parts PT6 to PT8 are connected to each other to form the ornament 131, and part PT9 forms the arm 13 to which the ornament 131 is attached.

[0017] As described above, in this embodiment, the ornament 131 has the same design as the costume 121, and therefore the parts PT6 to PT8 can be configured to achieve the same light transmittance as the parts PT3 and PT5.

[0018] 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a portion (mainly the torso 12) of the model toy M formed by connecting parts PT1 to PT9, the cross-sectional perspective view being taken along a plane parallel to the front-to-back and up-to-down directions. To summarize the above content regarding the torso 12 with reference to FIG. 3, part PT1 represents the exposed skin of the doll body 1 (such as the shoulders of the torso 12 in this embodiment), and part PT2 represents innerwear and essentially forms the chest and abdomen of the torso 12. These parts PT1 and PT2 are connected to each other to form the torso part that represents most of the torso 12.

[0019] As can be seen from Figure 3, the interconnected parts PT1 and PT2 have a hollow structure that exposes a cavity H1 to the outside. In this embodiment, the cavity H1 is exposed on the rear side. This exposure may also be expressed as being open. This structure improves the moldability of the parts PT1 and PT2, thereby improving the productivity of the model toy M and improving the ease of assembly by the user. As will be described in more detail later, this cavity H1 is sealed by part PT5.

[0020] Parts PT3 and PT5 are garment parts that respectively form the front and rear portions of the outerwear (see FIG. 2), and are connected to each other to form a single outerwear as the garment 121 shown in FIG. 1. These parts PT3 and PT5 are configured to have light transmittance that achieves so-called translucency.

[0021] 4 is a perspective view of part PT3 as seen from its inner wall side. The inner wall here refers to the surface on the inner side (opposite the outer side). In this embodiment, part PT3 has undulations 83 on the inner wall. As depicted by thin lines in the figure, these undulations 83 are shaped to follow the body line (in this embodiment, the undulations of muscles such as the pectoral muscles and abdominal muscles).

[0022] Here, the body line formed on the inner wall of part PT3 is formed in a shape that is almost continuous with the body line of the exposed skin part of part PT1, and in this embodiment, an undulation 83 corresponding to the body line from the chest to the abdomen is formed on the inner wall of part PT3 in a shape that is almost continuous with the body line part that imitates the area around the collarbone of part PT1.

[0023] Furthermore, part PT3 is a part that forms the surface of the model and has a surface shape that corresponds to the desired external design of the model. In this embodiment, part PT3 imitates the shape of clothing, and the surface shape of part PT3 expresses the design of the outerwear.

[0024] Fig. 6 shows an end view (end view of a cut portion) of the abdominal portion of the torso portion 12, cut horizontally. As shown in Fig. 6, parts PT3 and PT5 are connected to each other to form outerwear as costume 121, and part PT2 is placed inside of it as innerwear so as to come into contact with part PT3.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 6, the part PT3 that forms the outermost surface of the body 12 has an inner wall that has an undulating shape that follows the body line, and therefore the thickness is not uniform but varies depending on the location of the body 12. For example, comparing the thicknesses D1, D2, and D3 in the figure, D1 ≒ D2 > D3. In this embodiment, it is possible to set D1 ≒ D2 = d1 (e.g., 1 millimeter) and D3 = d3 (e.g., 0.7 millimeters). However, this is merely an example, and the values ​​of d1, d2, and d3 can be changed as appropriate.

[0026] By providing part PT3 with a thickness that varies in parts rather than being uniform, the degree of transparency (shade) of the color of part PT2 located inside part PT3 varies depending on the location. In this embodiment, the inner wall of part PT3 has an undulating shape that follows the body line, so the shade of the color that is transmitted through it reflects the shape of the body line, creating a fleshy, realistic appearance as if there was a body (flesh) inside.

[0027] Part PT3 is transparent or translucent, and when part PT3 is connected so as to cover part PT2 from the front, part PT2 can be seen through part PT3. On the other hand, according to the undulations 83, the thickness of part PT3 changes due to the undulations 83, and the shading of the color of part PT2 is reflected through part PT3. As a result, the clothing 121 has a three-dimensional appearance that is expressed in an attractive / natural way, making the doll body 1 look more human-like (for example, it can make a female doll body look more beautiful, and a male doll body look more muscular).

[0028] Additionally, the front surface of part PT2, which resembles innerwear, may also be provided with undulations along the body line formed by part PT3 (to engage with the undulations 83). This allows the color shading of part PT2 to be more appropriately expressed through part PT3, resulting in the costume 121 appearing more attractive and natural, and making the doll body 1 look more human-like.

[0029] 5 is a perspective view of part PT5 as seen from its inner wall side. As in FIG. 4, the inner wall here refers to the inner surface. In this embodiment, part PT5 has undulations 85 on its inner wall. Like undulations 83, these undulations 85 have a shape that follows the body line (for example, the undulations of muscles such as the back muscles in this embodiment), as depicted by thin lines in the figure.

[0030] Here, the body line formed on the inner wall of part PT5 is formed in a shape that is almost continuous with the body line of the exposed skin part of part PT1, and in this embodiment, an undulation 85 corresponding to the body line from the back to the waist is formed on the inner wall of part PT5 in a shape that is almost continuous with the body line part that imitates the area around the shoulder blades of part PT1.

[0031] Furthermore, part PT5 is a part that forms the surface of the model, and has a surface shape that corresponds to the desired external design of the model. In this embodiment, part PT5 imitates the shape of clothing, and the surface shape of part PT5 expresses the design of the outerwear.

[0032] As shown in FIG. 6, the part PT5 that forms the outermost surface of the body 12 has an inner wall that has an undulating shape that follows the body line, and therefore the thickness is not uniform but varies depending on the location of the body 12. For example, comparing the thicknesses D4, D5, and D6 in the figure, D4 ​​> D5 > D6. In this embodiment, it is possible to set D4 = d4 (e.g., 1.5 mm), D5 = d5 (e.g., 1.0 mm), and D6 = d6 (e.g., 0.5 mm). However, this is merely an example, and the values ​​of d4, d5, and d6 can be changed as appropriate.

[0033] By providing the part PT5 with a thickness that is not uniform but varies in parts, the degree of transparency of the part PT5 varies depending on the location. In this embodiment, the inner wall of the part PT5 has an undulating shape that follows the body line, so the shade of the color of the part PT5 reflects the shape of the body line, creating a fleshy and realistic appearance as if there was a body (flesh) inside.

[0034] Part PT5 is transparent or translucent, and in this embodiment, part PT5 seals cavity H1 shown in Figure 3, so cavity H1 can be seen through part PT5. Meanwhile, because undulations 85 are provided on the inner wall of part PT5, even though part PT5 itself covers cavity H1, the body lines caused by the undulations 85 are visible. As a result, the back side of the costume 121 has a three-dimensional appearance that is attractive and natural, making the doll body 1 look more human-like.

[0035] The light transmittance of the part PT5 should be determined so that the undulations 85 on the inner wall of the part PT5 that seals the cavity H1 are visible as body lines from the outer wall side. That is, the light transmittance of the part PT5 should be determined within a predetermined range, preferably from 10% to 90%, and more preferably from 30% to 70%. The light transmittance of the part PT3 should also be determined so as to match the light transmittance of the part PT5.

[0036] Additionally, the inner wall of the part PT5 may be subjected to a predetermined surface treatment (for example, a matte finish such as a grained finish or a blasted finish), which allows the undulations 85 to be more appropriately visible as a body line from the outer wall side.

[0037] As described above, according to this embodiment, the torso part formed by interconnecting parts PT1 and PT2 has a hollow structure that exposes cavity H1 to the outside. Part PT5, which represents the rear part of the outerwear, is attached to this torso part to seal cavity H1. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner wall of part PT5 is provided with undulations 85 that form body lines (e.g., spine muscles, etc.). Therefore, even though part PT5 itself covers cavity H1, the back side of the costume 121 formed by part PT5 is presented with a three-dimensional, attractive, and natural appearance, making the doll body 1 look attractive and human-like.

[0038] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, part PT3, which represents the front part of the outerwear, is attached to part PT5 to form a single piece of outerwear as the costume 121. That is, part PT3 covers the torso part formed by parts PT1 and PT2 on the side opposite part PT5. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner wall of part PT3 has undulations 83 formed to form other body lines (e.g., pectoral muscles, abdominal muscles, etc.). Therefore, the front side of the costume 121 formed by part PT3 has a three-dimensional appearance and is expressed in an attractive and natural way, making the doll body 1 appear even more attractive and human-like.

[0039] Parts PT3 and PT5 are connected to each other to form the outerwear as the first costume part, and their thicknesses vary in parts to create undulations that define the body line on their inner walls, a process known as uneven thickness processing. This results in a distribution of varying light transmittance in parts PT3 and PT5 (outerwear), and the changes in light transmittance (shade) of parts PT3 and PT5 appropriately express the shape of the body line formed on the inner walls. As a result, parts PT3 and PT5 are expressed in an attractive and natural three-dimensional manner, making the doll body 1 look attractive and human-like.

[0040] Although the embodiment has been described focusing on the torso 12, the contents of the embodiment can be applied to any part of the doll's body, such as the arms, legs, etc. Therefore, the undulations (corresponding to undulations 83 and / or 85) provided on the inner walls of the costume parts may be provided so as to form the body line of the attachment location of a predetermined body part (corresponding to parts PT3 and PT5).

[0041] The invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0042] PT1 and PT2: torso parts (body parts), PT2: second costume parts (innerwear), PT3 and PT5: costume parts (first costume parts), 83 and 85: relief, PT3: costume parts (front part of outerwear), PT5: costume parts (rear part of outerwear).

Claims

1. The first costume part, a second costume part covered by the first costume part; a skin-exposed part forming a body part together with the second costume part; A model toy part for a doll body comprising: The first clothing part is made of a light-transmitting material and has different thicknesses, and has an undulation on the surface of the second clothing part on the front side of the doll body so as to form a first body line, and is attached to the back side of the doll body so as to cover a cavity formed by the second clothing part and the exposed skin part, and the inner wall has an undulation on the surface so as to form a second body line, The second costume part has, on a surface facing the first costume part, undulations that engage with the undulations that form the first body line. Parts for model toys.

2. The first garment part is modeled after outerwear and the second garment part is modeled after innerwear. The model toy part according to claim 1.

3. The first costume part is attachable to the body part, and at least a part of the undulations of the first body line is continuous with a third body line of the body part.

3. The model toy part according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The first costume part is configured so that the light transmittance in the visible light region is in the range of 10% or more and 90% or less. The model toy part according to claim 3.

5. The first costume part is configured so that the light transmittance is 30% or more.

5. The model toy part according to claim 4.

6. The first costume part is configured so that the light transmittance is 70% or less.

6. The model toy part according to claim 4 or 5.

7. A model toy comprising the model toy component according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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