Animation Reveal Coloring Toy and Puzzle Devices

A lenticular animation kit for animating a coded image of a coded image member, the animation kit comprising:

• a coded image member with a coded image disposed thereon wherein the coded image is formed by a plurality of interlaced strips of plural images;
• a viewing device comprising:
• a base structure with a platen with a platen surface and left and right lateral edges, the platen surface for supporting the coded image member;
• a cover structure pivotally coupled to the base structure by a hinge wherein the cover structure has a closed position atop the base structure and an open position;
• a lenticular plate retained by the cover structure to span and to define a viewing area within the cover structure wherein the lenticular plate has left and right lateral edges and lenticles that communicate laterally between the left and right lateral edges;
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• a manually-operated actuation mechanism operative to produce longitudinal, reciprocating relative movement between the platen and the lenticular plate;
• alignment formations disposed adjacent to the left and right lateral edges of the platen and alignment formations disposed in the coded image member wherein the alignment formations disposed adjacent to the left and right lateral edges of the platen and the alignment formations of the coded image member are disposed in correspondence for engagement between the alignment formations when the coded image member is supported by the platen;
• whereby animation of the coded image of the coded image member can be perceived within the viewing area when the actuation mechanism produces longitudinal, reciprocating relative movement between the platen and the lenticular plate when the coded image member is supported on the platen with the cover structure in the closed position.