Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a figurine body and a first mounting pad at a bottom of the figurine body. The first mounting pad can include a first mounting mechanism. The article of manufacture can also include a raised portion at the bottom of the figurine body. The raised portion is at least in part be adjacent to the first mounting pad. The raised portion is raised in relation to the first mounting pad. The raised portion is configured to prevent a portion of a fastener from rotating 360 degrees.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an interactive toy assembly workshop and methods for making a toy which utilizes a digital profile so as to be increasingly personalized. The workshop is composed of a variety of stations which are specifically related to various assembly tasks in the process of taking an unfinished plush toy and producing a finished toy design. While some of these stations are geared to more hands on tasks in selecting and actually assembling the toy, others are specifically designed to provide interactive experiences that enhance the personality of the toy, make it unique, and provide for it to be anthropomorphized by the user in a particular way by creating and using a digital profile with the toy.

Abstract: An apparatus and kit for stuffing plush toys and a method of stuffing using the device. The apparatus including a stuffing hopper with an inlet for receiving stuffing, an auger housing located below and in communication with the stuffing hopper, a device located in the stuffing hopper for feeding stuffing from the stuffing hopper into the auger housing and a rotatable auger located within the auger housing to feed stuffing out of the apparatus and into a plush toy casing.

Abstract: An action figure fabrication toy in which a preselected action figure torso is placed in the center of the toy and individual body parts for the action figure are then placed in separate chambers arranged circumferentially about the center on opposite sides. The toy is then activated and one body part from each chamber is selected and automatically attached to the preselected torso, in order to form a composite action figure comprised of the torso and each of the selected body parts from each of the separate chambers.

Abstract: A doll arranged to depict a person realistically. A first image of a person such as a photograph is ultimately transferred to a flexible substrate such as a fabric sheet. The substrate is cut or trimmed generally to configuration of a human body. The substrate is joined to a corresponding rear substrate, thereby forming an outer shell having an open interior. The interior may be stuffed with soft material. The outer shell is then sealed to preclude escape of stuffing material. Optionally, the rear substrate may bear a second image such as that of the rear of the person furnishing the first image. The doll may range in size from very small to full body dimensions or may be even larger.

Abstract: An action figure fabrication toy in which a preselected action figure torso is placed in the center of the toy and individual body parts for the action figure are then placed in separate chambers arranged circumferentially about the center on opposite sides. The toy is then activated and one body part from each chamber is selected and automatically attached to the preselected torso, in order to form a composite action figure comprised of the torso and each of the selected body parts from each of the separate chambers.

Abstract: A device for the ballplayer of a football-playing table includes a head and a body combined together. The body is bored with a combining hole with a stepped surface extending downward to form a stop ring, and the stepped surface is cut with two opposite notches. A neck under the head has its lower end fixed with two opposite projections extending outward and respectively matching with the two notches of the stepped surface, having its bottom disposed with an insert pin extending downward. A metallic tube is inserted through the lateral insert hole of the body and bored with a diametrical hole for the insert pin to be inserted therein. In assembling, the neck is first fitted in the combining hole and then turned to let the projections sustain the stop ring and insert the insert pin in the metallic tube to combine the ballplayer with the metallic tube.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a stuffed doll which comprises the steps of: forming elastic cloth such as rib stitch cloth, interlock stitch cloth or the like into a bag-like member; inserting shaping members formed in shapes of a forehead and a chin into the bag-like member to its inside upper and lower portions respectively; filling the bag-like member with stuffing to thereby form a head base having a predetermined shape; fixing long-haired hair members, eyebrow members, eye members, a nose member, and a mouth member on the head base to thereby form a head portion; and fixing the head portion on a body portion.

Abstract: A method of making a doll includes the steps of forming a skirt portion from a substantially circular, flat, formable sheet by cutting three closely spaced substantially parallel radially extending slits in the sheet, forming the main portion of the sheet into a substantially conical configuration, and bending the elongated strips defined by the slits outwardly in opposite directions so that the main portion of the sheet and the bases of the strips define an aperture in the skirt portion. The method further includes the steps of forming a character figure portion including head, neck and body portions, and assembling the character figure portion with the skirt portion so that the body portion is received in the interior of the conical skirt portion and so that the neck portion extends through the aperture in the skirt portion to position the head portion above the skirt portion.

Abstract: A squeeze toy of air-filled elastomer material including a whistle, and a method and apparatus for forming the same. A small cavity or depression is molded into the body of the toy to form the whistle site. A small cap, which may comprise a flat or slightly rounded disk, or a small hollow cylinder, closes the small cavity or depression forming the whistle site. A pair of small openings are formed in centered, aligned relation in the cap and in the bottom of the cavity, completing the whistle. The body of the toy is preferably formed by blow molding techniques, using the opening in the bottom of the cavity corresponding to the whistle hole to blow air in during the molding process, and to blow the finished part out of the mold. The whistle cap may either be made simultaneously with the body, by blow molding, or by separate injection molding techniques.

Abstract: A hollow doll in which the doll's head is formed of elastomer material, and is blow molded to include a downwardly extended annular lip having a semicircular groove at the front of the neck. The lip is constructed to fold inwardly, and to engage a bead or flange on the neck portion of the body, thereby securing the head to the body. It is contemplated, in accordance with the present invention, that other appendages can be secured to a primary body in a similar manner.