Abstract: A toy has a body with a fly wheel rotatably mounted in the body. First and second appendages are rotatably mounted to the body and are connected to the fly wheel by a gear train. Further, a member is movably mounted on the body. When the member is in a first position the gear train is connected between the fly wheel and the appendages to move the appendages and propel the toy in a walking-like manner across a support surface. When the member is in a second position on the body the gear train is disrupted, the body is flipped so as to rest on the fly wheel, and the body is then rolled by the fly wheel across a support surface.

Abstract: A launching device for wheeled toy vehicles has a housing with a vehicle support surface located on the housing. An opening is located in the support surface so as to allow one of the wheels of the vehicle to be partially located within the opening. An element in the housing is movable toward and away from the opening and when moved toward the opening with the wheel of the vehicle located in the opening the element contacts the wheel to lift the wheel out of the opening so as to launch the vehicle from the housing. A release lever is connected to the element so as to lift the element toward the opening when it is desirable to release the vehicle from the housing.

Abstract: A toy for displaying an illuminated pattern has a first and second panel located in a housing, each panel including an equal number of a plurality of openings aligned with the openings of the other panel. Located between the panels are light conducting members and an opaque membrane having a plurality of apertures, both the light conducting members and the apertures equal in number to and aligned with the openings in the panels. The light conducting members are fixedly retained in the housing and are positionable in a first, or closed, position, and a second, or open, position in association with the panels. Each light conducting member is capable of being moved from its first to its second position. When the light conducting members are in the closed position, the apertures, which are closed, inhibit transmission of light through the light conducting members.

Abstract: A toy has a body having first and second body members which are pivotally joined together so as to allow articulation of the toy body. A motor is located in the body with a set of driving wheels located on the first body member. The toy articulates between a first and a second configuration with the driving wheels contacting a support surface in the first configuration so as to drive the toy across the support surface and being lifted upwardly from the support surface in the second configuration so as to no longer drive the toy across the support surface.

Abstract: A summersaulting toy has a housing with a motor located in the housing. A first and second shaft are located parallel to one another transverse to the longitudinal axis of the toy with the ends of the first and second shafts projecting beyond the right and left sides of the housing. A foot pedestal is attached to right and left sides of both the right and left shafts respectively. In response to rotation of the shafts by the motor, the housing rotates about the shafts such that the housing is rotated first by the foot pedestals on the first shaft as the housing summersaults up and over the first shaft, and then by the pedestals on the second shaft as the housing summersaults up and over the second shaft. This process repeats itself in a cyclic manner as the toy does summersaults across a support surface.

Abstract: A toy has a base having an opening therein which is capable of receiving one of a plurality of game modules. The modules are attached to the base by sliding the modules into the opening in the base. The modules each contain a game, with the game of each being different from the others. Each of the modules include at least one or more objects located therein which are moved in playing the particular game associated with the particular module. The base has first and second activation buttons which are connected via linking members to object strikers which are located in the modules. A single player playing against himself, or two players, can compete by controlling their appropriate buttons to activate the strikers under their control to attempt to move the objects within the game modules.

Abstract: A toy having two modes of locomotion includes a body having a fly wheel rotatably mounted thereon. A further wheel is also rotatably mounted on the body. A plurality of appendage members each having ends are also mounted to the body about one of their ends. The appendage members are movable on the body between a retracted and extended position. When in the retracted position, the body is supported on a support surface by the fly wheel and the other wheel and can be moved across a support surface by energizing the fly wheel. When the appendage members are in the extended position, they contact the support surface such that the body is then supported by the appendage members. The fly wheel is connected to the appendage members via a gear train and appropriate crank disks and crank followers. Motion of the fly wheel can be transferred via the gear train, the crank disks and the crank followers to the appendage members so as to move the appendage members with respect to the body.

Abstract: A toy arcade game has a housing with a motor located therein. The motor is connected via various drive trains to move a target through a target field, a target coordination member, and an attack mechanism including an attack coordination member. The target coordination member moves between an interaction position when the target is in its hit position and a non-interaction position when it is not. Under the influence of an initiator member the attack coordination member moves from a non-interaction position to an interaction position and back again to the non-interaction position. An interaction member is mounted on the housing to move from a first position to a second position when both the target coordination member and the attack coordination member are simultaneously in their respective interaction positions. An indicating mechanism located in the housing is capable of producing a sensory perceivable output, inter alia, in response to location of said interaction member in its second position.

Abstract: A toy has a front body and a rear body which are connectable directly to each other, or connectable to each other utilizing a third body, such as a pencil or the like. Both the front and the rear bodies include appendage members which contact a support surface and allow the unified front and rear bodies or combination of the front and rear bodies and the third body to move across a support surface in a walking-like motion by individual movement of the appendage members. The appendage members on the front body are driven by a motor located in the front body to move the toy across the support surface, whereas the appendages on the rear body are moved in response to movement of the rear body by the front body.