Patent ID: 8011994

Claim:
A toy assembly system, comprising: a central compartment configured to house one or more toy bodies, each toy body having a plurality of magnetic hubs each arranged in an outer region of the toy body; a set of outer compartments each separated from the central compartment and configured to house one or more ferromagnetic outer components separate from the one or more toy bodies such that the ferromagnetic outer components are separated from the magnetic hubs; an assembly chamber, wherein each of the separate central compartment and outer compartments leads to the assembly chamber; a toy body disposed inside the central compartment before release, the toy body having a plurality of magnetic hubs each arranged in an outer region of the toy body; a set of ferromagnetic outer components, each ferromagnetic outer component of the set of ferromagnetic outer compartments disposed inside a different outer compartment before release; and a release mechanism configured to release the toy body and the set of ferromagnetic outer components into an assembly position in the assembly chamber, wherein in the assembly chamber the toy body and the set of ferromagnetic outer components are arranged to self-assemble by virtue of magnetic attraction between the magnetic hubs and the ferromagnetic outer components such that the set of outer components attaches to the toy body.