Abstract: A carousel mechanism 10 is disclosed and includes a housing 11, a fixed support disk 17 attached to the housing and having a hollow vertical shaft 19 attached to and extending therethrough. A drum 21 is disposed around vertical shaft 19 and fixed to the support disk 17. A spool member 22, having a pair of spaced disk ends 23, 25 and a central hub 27 is rotatably disposed on the vertical shaft 19 and has one end thereof supported by drum 21. A plurality of carousel figurines 50 are disposed within spool 22 with individual vertical support rods 52 therefor slidably extending through both ends of the spoon 22. An undulating track, formed of arcurate elements 64 and the surface of fixed support disk 17, serves to provide a route for wheels 62 carried on the ends of sliding support rods 52 to give a reciprocating vertical movement to figurines 50 as spool 22 rotates.