A compressible figure form which includes an air permeable skin and a compressible resilient foam core, wherein the compressible resilient foam core includes resilient mechanical means within a cavity within said core. The resilient mechanical means is comprised of a material or configuration of material which is both more resistant to compression than the foam core and more resilient to expansion than the foam core. Thus, the compressible figure can be readily compacted by compression thereof into a compact form. Unlike traditional compressible figure forms, the release of the compressive forces thereon results in a rapid and unexpected expansion of the mechanical means within the figure, and thereby the full extension of the figure form. The combined effect of the expansion of the resilient foam body and the mechanical means within the figure causes increased animation (action) in the deployment/expansion of the figure form in comparison to the prior art, and effectively transforms what has traditionally been regarded as a relatively passive process into a dynamic recoil from the compressed to the fully expanded figure form.