Kinetic witch fish broomstick build

Oct 30, 2026 Last reply: 1 day ago 4 Replies
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When the mechanism is set in motion, an orange fish suddenly gains legs and a broomstick beneath it, turning into a witch taking flight. The maker triggers the change by flicking a small lever with a finger, and the broom and legs swing down together in a single motion. That snap from snack-cracker fish to airborne rider is the whole charm of the piece.



The construction is tidy. The fish body comes together from orange plates paired with curved bricks to get that rounded shape. On top sit a printed eye tile and a conical witch hat, and those two pieces do a lot of character work for such a small part count. Below, there is a broomstick and a pair of legs finished with witch boots, and the whole assembly is held on a thin black rod.



One detail I admire is how little hardware the transformation appears to need: a single lever movement drives the entire pose change. For a build put together quickly as a Halloween project, the payoff per part is impressive.



The one open question for me is color. In orange, the figure reads as a cheerful fish first and a witch second, and I keep wondering whether a green body would tip the balance toward spooky. Either way, a demonstration outdoors against autumn trees suits the seasonal theme nicely.


I would love to know how the linkage is arranged inside the fish. Does the lever connect to the legs directly, or is there a joint that lets the broomstick fold out first? The whole transformation looks like one clean motion and I am curious what makes that possible.

Holding the figure on a thin black rod seems like a smart call. It keeps attention on the figure rather than on a bulky stand, and it lets the transformation be shown from any angle. The trade-off is that the build probably cannot stand up on its own once the display is over.

A green color swap would be my suggestion. Replacing the orange plates with green ones would keep the curved-brick shaping intact while letting the witch theme come through much stronger, and it might make the hat and boots feel like part of one character instead of add-ons.

On the linkage question: the maker has shown that moving an attached lever or linkage with a finger is what sends the broomstick and legs downward. The internal arrangement, whether there is a separate joint for the broom or one shared pivot, has not been explained anywhere.

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