Disclosed is a game method for a game machine for ticket output in which a puck dropped onto a rail unit through a puck feeder slides toward one end portion of the rail unit, in this case, when the puck is hit by a hitting device such that the puck is discharged to the other end portion of the rail unit, the puck slides along a score acquisition unit in proportion to a hitting force of the hitting device to fly into any one of a plurality of score holes, the number of tickets corresponding to the score hole into which the puck flies is displayed on a ticket output amount display, and the number of tickets displayed on the ticket output amount display is output trough a ticket output unit.

A swaying toy includes: a grounding-position-variable base member; a tubular tower member erected from the base member; a ball placing member which allows a ball to be placed thereon; and a piece placing member including a piece placing portion which allows a piece to be placed thereon and a ball-hit portion to be hit by the ball. The piece placing member is swingably attached to the tower member. The ball is released from the ball placing member according to a grounding state of the base member and passes through an inside space of the tower member.

In one implementation, a game apparatus includes a base with a playing surface that has (i) a first end with a first designated area for cups and (ii) a second end; a game piece; a tether that attaches the game piece to the base so as to permit the game piece to move freely within the tether's range; and a first launcher that includes a mechanism to launch the game piece as a projectile, the first launcher being positioned at or around the second end to launch the game piece toward the first designated area for cups, wherein the first designated area for cups and at least a portion of the first launcher are within the tether's range.

A toy includes a rotational lift mechanism having a rotatable drive shaft, a helical guide track positioned about the drive shaft, a receiver basin positioned atop the drive shaft, an upper track, a tilted panel, a chute having an opening formed therein and a lower track. In example forms, one or more balls traverse a closed-loop pre-defined path including along the guide track and within the basin, along the upper track, through an airborne trajectory into contact with the tilted panel, bouncing into the opening of the chute, and back along the lower track.

A ball striking apparatus comprises a ball strike member arranged on a free end of a resiliently flexible arm(s). The free end of the arm(s) can be drawn back manually and subsequently released to drive the bail strike member through a primary impact zone so that the ball strike member can strike a ball in the primary impact zone. The resiliently flexible arm is mounted at one end to a support structure with the opposite, free end adjacent the primary impact zone. The support structure is fastened to an edge of a table that defines a playing surface. A bail support arrangement is configured to support the ball in the primary impact zone such that the ball can be struck by the ball strike member and driven away from the primary impact zone.

A toy figure that is capable of launching a secondary projectile using a spring action. The toy figure is a solid molded body of flexible material, having a head, torso and limb appendages. One of the limb appendages is an action appendage. A spring is enclosed within the molded body. By bending and releasing the action appendage, the spring is cocked and released. The energy provided by the spring is transferred to the action appendage and to any external projectile that is attached to the action appendage or contacted by the action appendage.

A first game apparatus for inside or outdoor use comprising an elongated runway having a front end and a rear end with a ramp positioned at the front end, a target supported above the runway at the back of the ramp, said ramp having a curvature such that a projectile propelled along the runway from the rear end, passing under the target, and sliding up the ramp is given an upward trajectory curving towards a target of a second game apparatus. In one embodiment, the target is mounted on a U-shaped frame with ends forming a dogleg out of the plane of the frame for positioning the target at an incline or vertically. In most embodiments the target includes at least one aperture for receipt of a projectile such as bean bag.