Play table with brick toy well

A toy storage system comprising:

• a table including an upper surface and a lower surface with a fixed-size opening defined in a central region of the upper surface and lower surface, the fixed-size opening being accessible;
• a receptacle including an inside surface located beneath the opening;
• a piston defining a support surface normal to the inside surface and adjacent the opening and moveably received within the receptacle and moveable relative to the inside surface and selectively adjustable to various positions within the receptacle, wherein the entire fixed-size opening and the entire upper surface remain unobstructed and accessible at each of the various positions and the support surface is accessible at a lowest position;
• a mechanism positioned on the upper surface of the table adjacent the opening and coupled with the surface, the mechanism comprising
• a wheel, a crank rod, and a tension member, the wheel directly coupled with the crank rod and configured to be rotated, the tension member directly coupled with the crank rod and support surface of the piston;
• wherein a rotation of the wheel wraps the tension member around the crank rod and increases a vertical position of the piston;
• the inside surface of the receptacle and the support surface of the piston in a first vertical position form a storage compartment configured to store toy building elements;
• and
• the upper surface defines a plurality of upwardly extending studs.