T3 Transforming Solar Robot

Science fiction buffs, child or adult, will mentally transform themselves into stalwart galactic knights (dedicated to the eternal struggle of “Good versus Evil”) with this award-winning 70-piece T3 Transforming Solar Robot kit. Animated by solar energy, the T3 Transforming Solar Robot can change into three intergalactic designs. The Robot and the Scorpion walk as their arms or pincers move up and down; the Tank rolls. As the T3 Transforming Solar Robot is assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured innumerable times, the benefits of solar energy will be readily apparent. Easy instructions provided. Plastic with solar cell. Ages 10 and up.  Assembled heights: 2.1 to 4.6"h.

Museum Provenance

Since 1984, Transformers toys have been a part of playtime in America. Multiple generations have devoted many hours converting these complex creations from cars, trucks, and planes into robotic-shaped creatures of all kinds. No longer simply toys for young children, Transformers have a devoted following that bridges age boundaries. The Paramount/DreamWorks film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, was filmed in part at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center. It features the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird as Jetfire, a wise, elderly, former Decepticon (an evil Transformer) turned Autobot (a good Transformer). The exhibition Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye! is on view in the Boeing Aviation Hangar.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.