Action toy and game

Claim 1

A puppet toy, comprising: (a) a configured body support; (b) an integral limb assembly comprising an upper limb element and a forearm element, each comprising a base wall and a pair of integral, perpendicular side walls, said upper limb element being pivotally carried by said body support at a first pivot point, the base wall of said upper limb element depending into said forearm element along the base wall of said forearm element, said forearm element being pivotally carried on said upper limb element at a second pivot point located at the joinder of said base walls, said second pivot point comprising an integral extension of said base walls which is reduced in thickness from that of said base walls whereby said forearm element can pivot with respect to said upper limb element by the flexing movement of said integral extension, said forearm limb element having a free end displaced from said second pivot point, said upper limb element and said forearm limb element having an at-rest position and a striking position; (c) activation means for activating said upper limb element and said forearm limb element such that said upper limb pivots about said first pivot point in a first direction of rotation and said depending forearm element simultaneously pivots about said second pivot point in a second direction of rotation opposite to said first direction of rotation, so as to extend said free end of said extendng limb forward to said body support from said at-rest position to said striking position, said activation means including a first triggering means for controlling said activation means, said first triggering means disposed relative to said body support so as to allow an operator to grasp and carry said body support in one hand while controlling said activation means simultaneously with the same hand; and (d) resilient means for biasing said upper limb and said forearm limb to said at-rest position.