Interactive toy shooting game having a target with a feelable output

A player-carried light detecting toy target which releases or ejects a liquid in response to detection of light having a predetermined characteristic projected from a light projector substantially only generally along a line of sight from the light projector to said target, comprising:

• a housing adapted to be carried by a player and having a light transmitting aperture;
• a light detector carried by said housing positioned to receive light entering said aperture which has said predetermined characteristic transmitted by the light projector substantially generally only along a line of sight from the light projector to said detector, and in response thereto providing an electrical signal;
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• a device coupled to said detector and adapted to being carried by a player with said housing which releases or ejects the liquid in response to said electrical signal.

The combination of a main light detecting toy target and an auxiliary light detecting toy target adapted to being carried by a player playing a light shooting game, said main target and said auxiliary target each comprising a light detector positioned to receive light projected thereat and provide an output signal in response to received light having a predetermined characteristic, and a connector;

• said light detector of said main target comprising an electrical circuit coupled thereto to receive and process said output signal therefrom;
• said connector in said main target being coupled to said electrical circuit and said connector in said auxiliary target being coupled to receive said output signal of said light detector in said auxiliary target;
• said combination further comprising a conductor connected to said connectors which couples said output signal of said light detector in said auxiliary target to said electrical circuit in said main target;
• and wherein at least one of said targets includes a device coupled to the respective detector which releases or ejects a material in response to said output signal.

A toy shooting game comprising a toy light projector and a toy target, said toy light projector comprising:

• a light source positioned to project light therefrom substantially along the direction in which said light source is pointed;
• an electrical circuit coupled to said light source which energizes said light source to emit pulses of light having a given characteristic;
• a manually actuatable control coupled to said electrical circuit;
• said electrical circuit energizing said light source in response to activation of said control and in response thereto said light source emitting light having said given characteristic;
• said target being adapted to be carried by a player and comprising:
• a light detector positioned to receive light projected thereat having said predetermined characteristic transmitted by said light projector substantially generally only along a line of sight from said light projector to said detector, and in response thereto providing an electrical signal;
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• a device coupled to said detector which releases or ejects a material in response to said electrical signal.