Patent ID: 7862428

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a first three-dimensional figure; a first primary access code packaged with the first figure, said first primary access code including a serial number formed of numbers and/or letters, and in a way that allows reading said serial number by a user; and an interactive gaming platform which carries out game play with a first character and which displays an image of said first character as part of said game play, and allows controlling a movement of said first character as part of said game play, said gaming platform accepting entry of said serial number via a user interface, and said interactive gaming platform restricting said game play of said first character unless the numbers and/or letters of the first primary access code are manually entered into a user interface of the gaming platform, wherein said gaming platform stores characteristics of the first character that effect said game play, and allows changing said characteristics by accepting a secondary access code via said user interface, where accepting the secondary access code changes said characteristics of said first character, wherein the image of said first character displayed by the gaming platform has an appearance that has a substantial resemblance to the first three-dimensional figure.