Action skill toy

An action skill toy, comprising:

• a base appendage having an enlarged head, a shaft that extends from said enlarged head, and two hinge yokes extending from said shaft;
• two arm appendages, wherein each arm appendage has an enlarged head and an arm shaft that extends from said enlarged head, wherein each said arm shaft attaches to said hinge yokes on said base appendage with pivot joints that enable said arm appendages to rotate relative said base appendage in a common plane of rotation;
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• internal illumination units disposed within said enlarged head of said arm appendages, wherein said internal illumination units automatically illuminate when said arm appendages experience motion.

An action skill toy, comprising:

• a central area;
• a plurality of rigid appendages, wherein each of said plurality of rigid appendages has a first end within said central area and a free second end that extends out of said central area;
• illumination units that are disposed within said enlarged area of each of said plurality of rigid appendages,
• wherein each of said plurality of rigid appendages is coupled at a pivot joint to another of said plurality of rigid appendages within said central area, therein enabling each of said rigid appendages to rotate about said pivot joint in a common plane of rotation, and
• wherein each of said plurality of rigid appendages has an enlarged area, proximate said second end.