Transformers outfit wins costume contest

Image archive

Newspaper stories & ads

The picture for this entry was not preserved when the original site was archived. The title and any caption are kept below.

More from Newspaper stories & ads

Hackers can turn your home computer into a BOMB!

An eyeful a day keeps the doctor away

And you're worried about jackhammers??

Employment Wanted

Huge.. uh..

'A huge striped reptile took up residence in my tummy!'

Free to a good home

'Save the whales' trip cut short after boat rams whale

Latest explainers

How to Find the Original Source of an ImageInternet Culture
How to See Old Versions of a WebsiteInternet Culture
Fibre vs Fixed Wireless Broadband in NZBroadband & Mobile
How to Report a Scam Text in New ZealandSecurity
Fixing winsock2.h and windows.h Redefinition ErrorsDev Notes

Homemade costumes of transforming robots are an engineering problem wearing a fancy-dress hat. The body has to be light enough to carry, rigid enough to hold a shape, hinged so that panels fold in a fixed order, and vented well enough that the wearer can last the evening. Cardboard and foam board do most of the work; the difficulty is the joints, because every hinge is both a weak point and the thing the whole effect depends on.

Costume contests reward the transformation itself, which is why the winning builds tend to be simpler than the elaborate static ones. Anything that has to change shape in front of an audience has to survive being handled. This entry is kept as part of the image archive; the photographer is not recorded.

Got a scam text?

Do not tap the link. Real agencies do not ask for card details by text.
Forward it free to 7726, the Department of Internal Affairs spam line.
Entered card details? Call your bank on the number printed on your card.

Where else to report