Toy vehicle grain loader accessory

A toy vehicle set accessory for use in a toy vehicle system comprising a plurality of toy vehicle track segments over which a toy vehicle travels, the toy vehicle set accessory comprising:

• a grain loader including a grain elevator assembly and a housing, the grain elevator assembly including a grain storage bin having a transfer belt for transferring a plurality of simulated grain pellets upwardly to a hopper and interconnected to an activation handle for providing movement to the transfer belt, the hopper including a pair of opposing, transparent side walls and a return chute for transferring the simulated grain pellets from the hopper to the grain storage bin, and the housing including a pair of opposing housing walls, first magnet fixedly attached to one of the housing walls, an entrance, an exit, and a track section over which a toy vehicle can traverse;
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• a grain car attachable to another toy vehicle including a vehicle body, a release mechanism for biasing a spring-loaded rotatable load between an unstable orientation and a stable orientation, the release mechanism including a flexible partition and a second magnet, the flexible partition being attached to the vehicle body at a fixed end and spaced from the vehicle body at a free end, the free end having a keeper for engaging a portion of the rotatable load and preventing the rotatable load from returning to the stable orientation, and the second magnet fixedly attached to the free end of the flexible partition wherein an attractive force between the second magnet of the grain car and the first magnet of the grain loader draws the flexible partition toward the vehicle body and releases the rotatable load from the keeper and the rotatable load moves from the unstable orientation to the stable orientation.

A toy vehicle set accessory for use in a toy vehicle system comprising a plurality of vehicle track segments over which a toy vehicle travels, the toy vehicle set accessory comprising:

• a base assembly including a track segment and a first activation member attached to a portion of the base assembly in a fixed position relative to the track segment;
• a toy vehicle for traversing along the track segment, the toy vehicle including a second activation member substantially alignable with the first activation member located on the base assembly;
• a magnet for providing a magnetic force between the first and second activation members;
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• a load having a stable condition and an unstable condition and retained in the unstable condition by a release mechanism operably connectable with the first or second activation member wherein substantial alignment of the first and second activation members creates the magnetic force between the first and second activation members and causes the release mechanism to operably release the load from the unstable condition to the stable condition.