A vehicle configured to move through a network of interconnected tubes includes a body, a motor, a motorized wheel, a biasing assembly, and a first element. The motorized wheel directly engages an inner surface of the tubes. The biasing assembly causes the motorized wheel to maintain continuous contact with the inner surface of the tubes during operation. A waist of the vehicle is constrained by an inner diameter (D) of the curved tube, a radius of curvature (R) of the curved tube, and a length (L) of the wheelbase of the vehicle. The waist of the body is sized such that the vehicle can freely move within any of the tubes without getting stuck therein.

A traverse and elevation mechanism and a toy robot using the mechanism. The mechanism is placed in a rollable spherical housing and includes two cams and cam follower that adjust radial and angular positions of an internal magnetic element. The internal magnetic element is magnetically attracted to an external magnetic element such that movement of the internal magnetic element moves the external magnetic element.

A traverse and elevation mechanism and a toy robot using the mechanism. The mechanism is placed in a rollable spherical housing and includes two cams and cam follower that adjust radial and angular positions of an internal magnetic element. The internal magnetic element is magnetically attracted to an external magnetic element such that movement of the internal magnetic element moves the external magnetic element.

Described herein is a method for producing a toy, in particular a toy car.

According to a preferred embodiment, said method envisages implementing a process of injection moulding that envisages a first step of forming the base body (40) of the toy car, and, then, a second step of forming the wheels (60), which is carried out directly on the base body formed previously.

The toy car obtained is characterized in that it presents a connection that cannot be separated between the wheels and the base body.

A reconfigurable toy vehicle launcher includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least a portion of a launching mechanism. The second portion includes a compartment configured to receive a set of launchable toy vehicles and is reconfigurable with respect to the first portion. In particular, the second portion is reconfigurable between a first position in which the launching mechanism can sequentially launch the set of launchable toy vehicles away from the toy and a second position in which the first portion and the second portion provide a toy or a storage solution.

The present invention provides apparatus for building a junk model, comprising an elongate member (118) attachable to a junk model body (106) and having a first end region and a second end region; a first attachment portion (130) for attaching a first surface engaging element (114) to the first end region; and a second attachment portion (132) for attaching a second surface engaging element (116) to the second end region; wherein the elongate member is selectively adjustable in length to set a distance between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. A kit of parts and method of building a junk model are also provided.

Recreational device including support including first guide defining main axis, slider movably constrained to the support and movable along the main axis, at least one covering element configured to be detachably constrained to the support, elastic element constrained to the slider and to the support and acting between them along the main axis. The elastic element defines a rest configuration wherein it is in a rest position between slider and support and an operating configuration wherein slider and support are in contrast to the elastic element. The covering element includes at least a first interaction surface, the slider includes at least one component protruding outwards and defining at least a second interaction surface configured to interact with the first interaction surface, and the second interaction surface is configured to undo the connection between covering element and support when the elastic element is in operating configuration.

A wheel well system and method for a model vehicle are provided. The wheel well system may include a wheel well apparatus having a wheel well configured to fit within a wheel well recess of a model vehicle body. The wheel well comprising body attachment bores, support member bores. The wheel well apparatus may include a support member configured to couple to the wheel well. The wheel well system may also have two wheel wells configured to fit within wheel well recesses and a support member attached to the two wheel wells. The two wheel wells are configured to fixedly couple to the model vehicle body via the body attachment bores. The method may include providing a wheel well fixedly coupled to a support member and fixedly coupling the wheel well to a model vehicle body.

A toy playset is presented herein. The toy playset includes a base section, a track section configured to receive a toy vehicle, and a biasing member coupled to the base section and to the track section. The biasing member is configured to bias the base section and the track section away from one another, and the biasing member is configured to flex to enable the base section and the track section to move relative to one another.

In an information processing system 1, an information processing apparatus 10 recognizes, when a user moves real bodies 120a and 120b arranged on a play field 19, the movement on the basis of, for example, an image taken by a camera 122 taking an image of the movement to interlock objects of corresponding characters 202a and 202b displayed on a display apparatus 16. In addition, when the user moves the characters 202a and 202b through an input apparatus 14, the information processing apparatus 10 transmits a control signal to the corresponding real bodies 120a and 120b to perform interlocking. When a situation in which interlocking between the real bodies 120a and 120b and the characters 202a and 202b is difficult occurs, an appropriate scenario is selected from the scenarios prepared in advance and realized, thereby maintaining the consistency.