WO2004058370A1

WO2004058370A1 - A character casing

Info

Publication number: WO2004058370A1
Application number: PCT/AU2004/000406
Authority: WO
Inventors: Casey William Norman
Original assignee: Moose Enterprise Pty Ltd; Genie Toys Plc
Priority date: 2004-04-01
Filing date: 2004-04-01
Publication date: 2004-07-15

Abstract

A self-supporting outer casing having the form of part of a character or object comprises an opening in which a complementary component forming another part of the character or object is insertable to be partly encapsulated and supported, such that the outer casing and complementary component form a more complete character or object.

Description

A CHARACTER CASING

The present invention relates to a character casing, and in particular to a casing in the form of a toy character.

Background of the Invention

While many children's toys and playthings are becoming more sophisticated and more costly to purchase the classic, simple playthings always remain popular and repeatedly fall back into favour with new generations of children.

An example of a simple but popular toy is the decorated plastic bean-shaped toy capsule loaded with a ball bearing known as Mighty Beanz™ and registered on the Australian Trade Mark Register as "MIGHTY BEANZ COLLECTABLE JUMPING BEANS!" under registration number 915769.

This toy is based on the naturally occurring Mexican jumping bean that can be found on native Mexican shrubs. Mighty Beanz™ comes in a variety of character, designs that can be collected and has proved very popular with children. However, it is in the nature of children to tire quickly with toys, particularly those less complex. Strategies and new concepts are required to maintain children's interest in a toy for longer periods.

Summary of the Invention

In one aspect of the invention there is a self- supporting outer casing having the form of part of a character or object and comprising an opening in which a complementary component forming another part of the character or object is insertable to be partly encapsulated and supported, such that the outer casing and complementary component form a more complete character or object.

In another aspect there is a toy comprising a character form defined by a free standing outer casing moulded into the shape of part of a character, the toy supporting and partly encapsulating an object forming another part of the character.

In yet another aspect there is toy including a self- supporting flexible shell substantially forming a main portion of a character and having an opening for receiving and supporting an object defining a minor portion of a character.

In yet another aspect there is a moulded flexible plastics figurine exterior forming the main portion of a figurine, wherein the exterior is self-supporting and has a hollow interior in which a complementary object that substantially forms part of the figurine can be inserted and partly encapsulated.

In yet another aspect there is a self-supporting flexible plastics shell defining a main part of the body of a character or object and having a hollow core in which a capsule-type form is insertable and supported to protrude out of the hollow core, wherein the capsule-type form substantially defines a head of the character or object.

In yet still another aspect there is a free standing flexible plastics shell defining a main part of the body of a character and having a hollow interior into which a capsule-type form is insertable and supported, wherein the capsule-type form protrudes out of the hollow interior to substantially define a head of the character; and a member flexibly attached to the shell having aspects of a headpiece or top of a head that biases towards the capsule-type form, when inserted.

In yet still another aspect there is a self- supporting outer casing comprising the form of multiple part characters and including multiple recesses each for receiving, supporting and partly encapsulating a complementary component forming the other part of a character such that the outer casing and multiple complementary components form multiple characters.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The present invention is described further by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a casing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a side profile of the casing of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a two-part perspective sectional view of the casing of Figure 1;

Figure 4 illustrates a first step for inserting an object in the casing of Figure 1;

Figure 5 illustrates a second step for inserting an object in the casing of Figure 1; and

Figure 6 illustrates an object inserted in the casing of Figure 1;

Figure 7 illustrates a different character according to an embodiment of the invention; Figure 8 illustrates yet another character according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 9 illustrates still another character according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 10 illustrates objects being inserted into the character of Figure 9;

Figure 11 illustrates still another character according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 12 illustrates still another character according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 13 illustrates still another character according to an embodiment of the invention; and

Figure 14 illustrates still another character according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment

Figures 1 to 6 illustrate one embodiment of a casing 10 which takes the form of a character. The character illustrated in these drawings is a gangster-type character portrayed in a trench coat 20, hat 21 and holding a machine gun 22. While the possible embodiments of character casings are endless and are only limited by imagination, examples of other characters are illustrated in figures 7 to 9 and further characters could include music rappers, footballers, prehistoric characters, futuristic characters, animals, vehicles, robots, plants and entirely fictitious characters.

It is understood that the definitions of the terms

"character" and "object" are not limited to any caricature or object but embraces any conceivable character and object including caricatures of humans, animals or live entities, inanimate non-living objects such as vehicles, rubbish bins, airships, everyday objects, and scenes set by themes .

The character casing 10 is essentially an outer casing in the form of a character supported at a base 16 and having an opening 11 in which a complementary component 12, which forms another part of the character, can be inserted and partly encapsulated. Together, the casing 10 and complementary component 12 form a complete character or figurine. The casing 10 can be likened to a shell or skin for encapsulating a smaller object and forms the bulk or main part of the character. The casing is typically self supporting, that is, free standing, and has a base on which it is supported together with and an object placed therein.

Typically, and where the character takes form of an individual be it human or creature, the casing 10 forms the main body portion of the character. The character illustrated in figures 1 to 6 is in human form and includes a torso, arms, legs and hat. The object, or complementary component 12, that is inserted into the casing substantially represents the head of the character.

Casing 10 is typically moulded in one piece from soft plastics, including elastomers, such that the casing is flexible and exhibits an amount of elasticity. Being made of a soft plastic, the recess 13 is constructed in similar dimensions to a portion of the complementary component such that the inner walls of the recess 13 deform slightly when the component is being inserted into the casing and then apply a holding force against the component so as to hold the component in place in the recess. While soft plastics is envisaged for the preferred embodiment the casing could be equally formed from hard plastics. Examples of suitable plastics that can be used to form the casing include thermoplastic rubber (TPR) ,polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) , acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) , high impact polystyrene (HIPS) , ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) , polyethylene (PE) and styrene- butadiene-styrene polymers such as kraton.

In a preferred embodiment the character casing is injection moulded. However, other manufacturing techniques can be used including dip moulding, blow moulding or rotational moulding. Moulding may then be followed by hand finishing as necessary for cleaning the casing surface, painting the surface, assembling any casing components and the like.

The opening 11 in the embodiment illustrated in figures 1 to 6 is in the form of a recess 13 that creates an empty core of the casing 10 but is closed at the base 16. This is best illustrated in the sectional view of

Figure 3. The casing hence forms an empty shell in which a complementary component can be housed. This casing could be formed in more than one piece wherein the pieces are joined together after manufacture, for example the casing may have a separate component joined by a hinge, such as a hat or lid.

Figure 4 illustrates an example of a complementary component which, in this case, is capsule-shaped and decorated with drawn aspects of character such as a face, arms, clothing, etc. The shape of the capsule 12 complements the shape of the recess 13 such that the capsule is inserted to snugly fit in the recess and to be partly encapsulated by the recess .

The interior of the capsule may contain a ball bearing and the component may be a Mighty Beanz™ product. The illustrations show the complementary component 12 being inserted from an upper end of the casing 10 through opening 11 into recess 13. In another embodiment recess 13 may instead, or in addition to, have an opening on the bottom underside of the casing 10 being at the base, or feet, of the illustrated embodiment so that a component 12 may be inserted into the recess 13 from the underside of the casing 10. This embodiment may, for example, be useful where the casing is made of a hard plastic and it is not desirable or feasible to have a moveable headpiece, such as hat 21 for allowing access to the recess.

In the embodiment of the character casing 10 illustrated in the drawings a headpiece feature in the form of a hat 21 forms part of the moulded casing and is connected to the rest of the casing by a short connecting crease 14. Owing to the flexibility of the plastic the crease 14 acts as a flexible hinge to allow the hat 21 to be lifted as illustrated in Figure 4 and provide the complementary component 12 access to the recess 13. As illustrated in the Figure 3 the underside 23 of the hat 21 is shaped to conform against the top of component 12. Specifically, the underside 23 of the hat is concaved to receive the rounded end of the capsule-shaped component

12.

The elastic-plastic nature of the casing further encourages the hat 21 to bias against the top of the component 12, which assists in retaining the component in the recess 13. While the headpiece feature is useful in locating the component in the casing, it is not essential and the casing need not include such a moveable member.

In other embodiments a more definite hinge, slide, snap fit or other mechanism or connection between two or more parts may be formed, particularly if the casing is made of a hand plastics, or if it is desired that the character has moving or detachable parts .

Figures 4 to 6 illustrate the steps of inserting a complementary component 12 into a casing 10. If the casing contains a headpiece or other movable member that obstructs the opening 11, the member is moved away from the opening to allow component 12 to gain access to the recess 13.

Figure 5 illustrates component 12 inserted and partly encapsulated by casing 10 so that only an upper portion 15 of the component 12 protrudes out of the recess 13. The upper portion 15 would typically depict a drawing of a face or some other depiction of a character that would form a part of the complete character.

As illustrated in Figure 6, the hat 21 is then lowered onto the character's "head" which completes the form of a character with only the face portion of the component 12 being exposed.

In the embodiment illustrated in figures 1 to 6 the component 12 can be inserted and removed from the casing 10 and interchanged with other components. Removal of the complementary component can be effected by squeezing the bottom and/or top of the casing to cause the component to ^λpop' out. Features could be included to emphasize the 'pop' by creating a sound or creating back pressure to expel the component such that the component appears to

'fire' or ^λeject' out of the casing.

In another embodiment the complementary component 12 may be permanently fixed inside the casing so that it cannot be removed therefrom. This may be necessary where, for example, there is a concern that if removed the component inside could pose a choking risk for young children.

In the case where the complementary component can be removed the combinations of casings and components are endless. The character casings 10 are envisaged to be made in large numbers of various collectable characters. Using the collectable Mighty Beanz™ jumping bean toys as the component to be inserted in the casing, the possible number of combinations of casings 10 forming a character body and components 12 forming character facial features are very large which is intended to engage a child's attention for longer.

The casing is envisaged to be replicated in a large variety of different collectible characters. The characters could be designed to be interactive or themed for encouraging game play. Additionally, the collectable nature of the casings may be heightened by assigning rarity values to casings, giving scarcer casings a higher rarity value and therefore making them more collectable. The complementary components may themselves be collectable and the combination of a complementary component with a rarity value assigned casing may increase in combined value on a points system. This is intended to encourage character casing swapping between children and even encourage competitions for obtaining the highest points in rarity value or finding the most rare casing.

The character of the casing 10 need not necessarily be limited to a single human or animal figure but may include two joined figures. The casing may also incorporate another object altogether, such as a vehicle.

For example, the casing may be formed in the shape of a vehicle and the top of a Mighty Beanz™ capsule could protrude as a head through the top of a vehicle to give the appearance of a driver. A vehicle casing without a Mighty Beanz™ capsule is illustrated in Figure 7. The vehicle is an armoured tank 30 having spinning hard plastic wheels 32 mounted on cross pins 34. An alternative moving means for a vehicle could include the base of the casing containing a rolling ball bearing inside a retaining ring which can be removed across a surface.

Where two or more characters are joined together to form a larger character more than one recess would be provided to accommodate more than one complementary component. For example, Figure 8 illustrates a casing 10 comprising two wrestling characters 40,42 locked in a wrestle move. Each character has its own recess 13 for receiving a separate Mighty Beanz™ capsule. A variation on this embodiment of a character casing includes a single casing forming the bulk of a character where the character receives multiple components in multiple recesses. For example, a character of a dog with three heads would receive a separate complementary component for each of the three heads. In another example, two complementary components could form the eyes of a larger monster character.

In another example the casing may be a single moulded piece having the form of a character driving a racing vehicle, motorbike, aeroplane, etc. A recess would be provided for receiving the component for the character and a second recess may even be provided for another component representing a second character sitting in tandem behind the first character in the vehicle. Such an example is illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 which show a character casing in the form of a single propeller aeroplane 50 having a pilot 51 and a co-pilot 52 sitting behind the pilot in tandem. The pilot 51 and co-pilot 52 each have a recess 13 for receiving a bean-shaped component 12 such as a Mighty Beanz™. The pilots' helmets 53 are lifted up to allow components 12 access to the interior recess 13.

A further feature of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 is that upon insertion of the complementary components 12 in recesses 13 a trigger (not shown) at the bottom of the recess 13 is activated on contact with the components 12 to produce two effects: a "vroom" noise simulating the sound of a plane flying through the air which emanates from a small speaker 54 on the side of the plane; and spinning of the propeller 55. Part of the internal components of the casing would be required to be made of a hard plastic and/or metal for housing and protecting the internal circuitry.

As illustrated above, mechanisms can be incorporated in the casing itself to produce an effect as the complementary component is inserted into the casing. Another example of an effect includes a trigger at the bottom of the recess linked to a circuit for illuminating a light when a complementary component hits the base of the recess. Endless effects are achievable by incorporating a circuit in the casing.

On a larger scale the casing may represent an object capable of receiving multiple complementary components. For example, the casing may be in the form of a bus, large tank or passenger aeroplane having multiple recesses for receiving two or more complementary components representing passengers in the bus or aeroplane or soldiers located inside of the tank. There is no limit to the size of the casing.

In another embodiment, the personalities in the castle are themselves freestanding character casings not attached to the castle but able to be moved therein. The character casings may themselves have an interlocking feature, such as a tongue and groove, key and slot or hook or burr (Velcro™) interconnection. This feature allows the casing to be interlocked with a toy accessory such as a ferris wheel, spaceship, etc. Another example of interlocking an accessory is where an arm of a character is extended and has a through-hole capable of receiving a stem of a toy weapon. Or the arm has a press fit interlocking feature capable of receiving accessories such as a mobile phone, briefcase, etc. Other accessories that may be interengaged with a character casing where the character is an individual include clothing such as a suit, jackets and pants or armour that wraps around the body.

Accordingly, using the example of a vehicle, the character casing may itself comprise the character aspect of a vehicle (with a human character sitting in the vehicle) or may comprise a human character that can be interlocked or placed within a separate accessorized vehicle. In the first instance, the casing itself would comprise wheels for moving the casing along a surface. In the second instance, the vehicle accessory would comprise wheels .

Figure 11, 12 and 13 illustrate a small sample of examples of character casings.

Figure 11 illustrates a fisherman character having a hat 21 that is flexibly hinged to the lower portion of the character to allow access for a complementary component such as a Mighty Beanz™ through the opening 11 into the casing's recess. The fishing rod and basket illustrated accompanying the character may be moulded with the character or may be attachable to the character using interconnecting means described above. Figure 12 illustrates a frog character where the complementary component can be seen through the opening 11, which defines the frog's mouth. Accordingly, the complementary component may not necessarily form the 'head' of the character but can form another minor part of the body, such as the jaws as illustrated in Figure 8.

Figure 13 illustrates a roller blading character having wheels 27 mounted under its base to give the character the ability to roll along a surface. For practicality, the wheels are made of a hard plastic, wood and/or metal .

The character casings may be incorporated into larger play sets that have recesses for either the casings containing the complementary components and/or recesses to receive complementary components such that the play sets act as a casing. Play sets could be themed and the complementary components could be played with within that theme .

Figure 14 illustrates an example of the casing forming a play set representing a castle 60. Multiple recesses are located around the castle to receive complementary components representing, for example, a knight on horseback 61, a dragon 62 and a lady 63 in the tower. Accordingly, each recess defines a different personality. The castle 60 itself may define the outer casing and be made of a flexible material. Alternatively, and more practically, the castle could be formed of a more structurally stiff material, such as plastics, where the personalities 61,62,63 are made of a hard or flexible material and are either permanently attached to the play set or moveable within the play set.

Examples of other play set themes could include a kitchen zone where a surface of the play set is fitted out with regular kitchen cabinetory, appliances and other features. Recesses would be provided to receive a chef character, dishwasher, waiter etc. The play set could furthermore be mechanized to manipulate or move features of the kitchen giving the impression of the kitchen at work. Such mechanisms could be driven by battery means or plugged into an electrical outlet.

Another example of a theme is a zoo play set depicting characters such as zoo keepers, lions, gorillas etc .

Other examples of possible themes can be depicted in an outer casing set play themed along the lines of historical, cultural, futuristic, fantasy, animal, outdoor, sea, space scenes or any scene from society such as scenes involving celebrities, musicians, political figures, monarchs, etc.

Examples of casing structures within these themes are castles, forts, dwellings or part dwellings, (such as a kitchen) , music stage, town plan, zoo, jungle, desert and under water structures.

The character casing may depict a vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, air vehicle, sea vehicle, space ship or motorbike. Alternatively, or in addition, the casing may also depict everyday objects including household objects, office objects or any other conceivable object that could be suitably caricatured.

As mentioned earlier, the character depicted by the casing may follow a theme in which the characters of each theme are collectible. In one example, the character casing is depicted to resemble a sports character of a specific sport, such as football. The casing can be decorated according to the team colours of an existing football team. The character casings may be representative of particular players of that team or they may simply depict different motions in that sport.

The exterior of the casing may be manufactured and supplied in decorative colours and patterns. Alternatively, the casing exterior may be manufactured in a "canvas" colour such that the surface can be coloured and decorated with paint or other decorating means by the end user. Hence, children would be able to individually colour the casings as desired.

Additionally or alternatively the casing may be made of material capable of light retention such that the casing glows in the dark. Other casing features could include glitter, scented casing an extension that, changes color with light or heat variations or other special effects based on the material.

In yet another embodiment the casing may be weighted, ideally at its base 16 so as to keep the casing upright and to provide interesting rolling and jerking movements when the casing is toppled. Inserting a weighted Mighty Beanz™ in the casing would also produce or enhance this effect. Alternatively, the base of the casing may take the shape of a hard convex disc which allows the casing and recessed complementary component to wobble and spin. In another embodiment a moving or vibrating object may be inserted into the recess to cause the whole casing character to move and shake.

Embodiments and additional features to the character casing are endless. In another embodiment, the character of the character casing may be oriented upside down, for example in the form of a person standing on their head. In this case the complementary component defining the character' s face would be located more towards the base of the casing and a lid opening to allow access for the component into the recess would be large with respect to the smaller base. The casing would, however, still be balanced to be supported as designed. Alternatively, rather than loading the complementary component from the top of the casing, the component may be loaded from the base or just above the base.

The character casing could be incorporated with another object and used as an accessory. For example, the casing may be attached with a key ring or a key chain, or could form part of jewelry and worn as personal adornment including as a necklace pendant, brooch or badge and be. The complementary component carried by the character casing could still be interchangable to vary the appearance of the jewelry, key ring, etc.

The present character casing provides greater playing versatility and variety with the many combinations of characters that can be created. While not all described herein, the accessories accompanying or interengaging the character casings are endless in possibilities, but a very small example of which have been described above and may further include accessories such as sporting fields, accommodation, transport, furniture, armory, etc.

It is envisaged that the present character casings will add a new dimension to the Mighty Beanz™ product and its use by children.

It will be understood to persons skilled in the art of the invention that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

CLAIMS :

1. A self-supporting outer casing having the form of part of a character or object and comprising an opening in which a complementary component forming another part of the character or object is insertable to be partly encapsulated and supported, such that the outer casing and complementary component form a more complete character or object.

2. An outer casing as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outer casing forms a main body portion of a character.

3. An outer casing as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein more than one complementary component is received in more than one opening.

4. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the opening is a recess.

5. An outer casing as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the opening is a through-hole such that the complementary component can be inserted through either end of the through-hole.

6. An outer casing as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the outer casing is flexible, being moulded from soft plastics, the elasticity in the outer casing assisting in retaining the complementary component in the opening.

7. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the outer casing is moulded with a flexibly attached member that is biased against the opening such that, when the complementary component is inserted in the opening, the attached member is biased against the complementary component and captures it in the opening.

8. An outer casing as claimed in claim 7 wherein on the side that biases against the complementary component the attached member is shaped to conform to the complementary component .

9. An outer casing as claimed in claim 7 wherein the attached member contains aspects resembling a headpiece for the character.

10. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims provided with one or more wheels such that it can be rolled on a surface.

11. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims permanently or detachably provided with an accessory.

12. An outer casing as claimed in claim 11 wherein the accessory is a toy vehicle.

13. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the outer casing is weighted.

14. An outer casing as claimed in claim 13 wherein the weight is at the bottom of the outer casing.

15. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the outer casing is decorated or has an outer surface capable of being decorated.

16. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the outer casing is shaped and decorated to resemble characters belonging to a theme.

17. An outer casing as claimed in claim 16 wherein the theme is a sports, music, celebrity, historic or cultural theme .

18. An outer casing as claimed in claim 1 shaped to resemble characters of a specific sport and decorated according to the team colours of an existing team of that sport.

19. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims including a circuit capable of producing an effect upon closing the circuit.

20. An outer casing as claimed in any one of the preceding claims that forms part of an object having multiple openings wherein when each opening is capable of receiving a complementary component to form a more complete object.

21. An outer casing as claimed in claim 20 wherein the outer casing forms a structure and a complementary component defines a personality within the structure.

22. An outer casing as claimed in claim 21 wherein when the structure depicts a scene from a theme, vehicle, an article or a combination of these.

23. An outer casing as claimed in claim 22 wherein when the structure depicts a scene, the theme is a historical, cultural, futuristic, fantasy, outdoor, society or animal scene.

24. An outer casing as claimed in claim 23 wherein the structure is a castle, fort, dwelling, town or zoo.

25. An outer casing as claimed in claim 22 wherein when the structure is a vehicle, the vehicle is a car, truck, bus, air vehicle, water vehicle, space ship or motorbike.

26. An outer casing as claimed in claim 22 wherein when the structure is an article, the article is an everyday object including household objects, office objects and general objects known in societies.

27. A toy comprising a character form defined by a free standing outer casing moulded into the shape of part of a character, the toy supporting and partly encapsulating an object forming another part of the character.

28. A toy as claim in 'claim 27 wherein the object is fixed in the outer casing.

29. A toy as claim in claim 27 wherein the object is removable from the outer casing.

30. A toy as claimed in any one of claims 27 and 29 wherein the object forms the- face or part-face of the character.

31. A toy as claimed in any one of claims 27 to 30 wherein the object is a decorated capsule.

32. A toy as claimed in any one of claims 27 to 31 wherein the object is a weighted capsule.

33. A toy as claimed in any one of claims 27 to 32 wherein the object is a Mighty Beanz™ bean-shaped product,

34. A toy including a self-supporting flexible shell substantially forming a main portion of a character and having an opening for receiving and supporting an object defining a minor portion of a character.

35. A toy as claimed in claim 34 wherein the main portion of the character is the torso, arms and legs of a character.

36. A toy as claimed in claim 34 or 35 including two or more shells attached together.

37. A toy as claimed in any one of claims 34 to 36 wherein the shell is connectable with an accessory.

38. A toy as claimed in claim 37 wherein the accessory is a toy vehicle, and the like.

39. A moulded flexible plastics figurine exterior forming the main portion of a figurine, wherein the exterior is self-supporting and has a hollow interior in which a complementary object that substantially forms part of the figurine can be inserted and partly encapsulated.

40. A self-supporting flexible plastics shell defining a main part of the body of a character or object and having a hollow core in which a capsule- type form is insertable and supported to protrude out of the hollow core, wherein the capsule-type form substantially defines a head of the character or object.

41. A free standing flexible plastics shell defining a main part of the body of a character and having a hollow interior into which a, capsule-type form is insertable and supported, wherein the capsule-type form protrudes out of the hollow interior to substantially define a head of the character; and a member flexibly attached to the shell having aspects of a headpiece or top of a head that biases towards the capsule-type form, when inserted.

42. A self-supporting outer casing comprising the form of multiple part characters and including multiple recesses each for receiving, supporting and partly encapsulating a complementary component forming the other part of a character such that the outer casing and multiple complementary components form multiple characters .

43. An outer casing as claimed in claim 42 wherein the outer casing is a substrate forming a scene from a theme and multiple characters from part of the scene.

44. An outer casing as claimed in claim 43 wherein the theme is cultural, futuristic, animal, country, outdoor fantasy, sea, historical space or a theme in society.