Abstract: A spin tower station for use with a toy vehicle and a trackway network connecting a plurality of stations, each with its own unique amusement function. The spin tower station, which receives a vehicle at a station entry port and simultaneously moves it translationally and rotationally to a station exit port positioned below, includes a base, two telescoping cylindrical elements extending upward from the base, a vehicle platform mounted on the upper element and normally positioned at the entry port by a spring mounted within the lower element, and a spiral flange on the upper element which engages a stationary guide notch to rotate the upper element as it descends against the force of the spring under the weight of a vehicle on the platform. After the vehicle departs the exit port, the spring forces the platform upward to await the return trip of the vehicle.

Abstract: A retractable charm device having a two part body formed in a desired shape, movable appendages extending from the body, mechanical mechanism mounted within the body, the mechanical mechanism including two support panels attached to each other, a plurality of gears rotatably mounted between the two support panels on axles, a cam affixed to one of said gears for actuating the movable appendages through cam follower structure, a take-up spool affixed for rotation with one of the gears, an energization cord attached to the take-up spool, a spring fixed at one end to one gear and at the other end to an element of one panel, a guided element for the energization cord mounted on one panel, and structure attached to the other end of the energization cord for permitting a pull to be exerted on the cord to unwind same from the take-up spool and thus, in turn, energize the spring for later actuation of the mechanical mechanism and the movable appendages.