Toy game apparatus with vertically extendable appendage

A toy game apparatus comprising a body portion adapted to be received in a substantially upright disposition on a supporting surface, a substantially vertically disposed, extendable semi-rigid appendage, and manually controllable advancing means for selectively advancing said appendage from a retracted position substantially within said body portion to various different vertically extended positions relative thereto, said appendage being laterally bendable and collapsible in response to the application of a lateral bending force thereto, said appendage also being constructed such that it is vertically extendable to a point where it becomes sufficiently unstable to cause it to laterally collapse under its own weight, said appendage comprising a flexible center core element and a plurality of discrete tubular appendage segments on said core element, said appendage segments being disposed in a sequential order on said core element, wherein adjacent appendage segments are in biased engagement with one another.

A toy game apparatus comprising a character figure body portion adapted to be received in a substantially upright disposition on a supporting surface, a substantially vertically disposed, extendable semi-rigid appendage, and manually controllable advancing means for selectively advancing said appendage from a retracted position substantially within said body portion to various different upwardly extended positions relative thereto, said appendage being laterally bendable and collapsible in response to the application of a lateral bending force thereto, said appendage also being constructed such that it is vertically extendable to a point where it becomes sufficiently unstable to cause it to laterally collapse under its own weight, said advancing means comprising means for coiling said appendage into a substantially circular casing and for dispensing said appendage therefrom in order to advance said appendage upwardly.

A toy game apparatus comprising a body portion adapted to be received in a substantially upright disposition on a supporting surface, a substantially vertically disposed, extendable semi-rigid appendage, and manually controllable advancing means for selectively advancing said appendage from a retracted position substantially within said body portion to various different vertically extended positions relative thereto, said appendage being laterally bendable and collapsible in response to the application of a lateral bending force thereto, said appendage also being constructed such that it is vertically extendable to a point where it becomes sufficiently unstable to cause it to laterally collapse under its own weight, said advancing means including a spring-loaded release lever for selectively controlling the advancement of said appendage from said body portion.