Patent ID: 7338342

Claim:
A toy manipulator comprising: an actuator handle; a control member having an axial cavity communicating therethrough between a first end and a distal end of said control member; a central control rod communicating through said axial cavity and defining a vertical axis, said control rod attached at a first end to said actuator handle and having a distal end opposite said first end; a toy figure having a pair of arms each rotationally engaged at a first end to a torso, and a having a pair of legs each rotationally engaged at an engagement end, to a lower body portion, said lower body portion engaged to said torso; means of engagement of said control member to said toy at a location adjacent to said distal end of said control member; a second actuator; at least one control arm communicating through said axial cavity; said control arm attached to said second actuator at a first end and having an attachment end opposite said first end; said distal end of said control rod engaged to one of said pair of legs; said control rod providing means for movement of said leg when said control rod is translated within said axial cavity by movement of said actuator; and said attachment end of said control arm engaged with at least one of said arms and providing means for movement of said arm when said control arm is translated through movement of said second actuator, whereby at least one of said arms and one of said legs of said toy figure may be moved by a user operating said actuator handle or said second actuator.