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A toy vehicle playset includes a trackway having a vehicle launcher coupled to a looped track portion and a dual tank unit positioned within the travel path of the toy vehicle through the trackway. The trackway further includes an exit ramp on the opposite side of the dual tank unit from the track l

A toy vehicle playset includes a trackway having a vehicle launcher coupled to a looped track portion and a dual tank unit positioned within the travel path of the toy vehicle through the trackway. The trackway further includes an exit ramp on the opposite side of the dual tank unit from the track loop which is coupled to a toy vehicle catcher and a display area. The dual tank unit includes a pair of tank portions separated by an intervening wall. The dual tank unit is supported within the trackway travel path such that either tank portion is alternatively positionable within the travel path of the toy vehicle. The playset further includes a multiply articulated robot arm supporting one or more thermally conductive tools or stamps which are immersible within the proximate one of the dual water tanks and appliable to the surface of the toy vehicle when resting in the toy vehicle catcher. The toy vehicle when launched down the trackway traverses the track loop and passes through the aligned one of the tank portions of the dual tank unit to receive a hot or cold water bath. The toy vehicle is at least partially covered with a thermochromic paint or coating and undergoes a thermochromic appearance change in the bath. Ideally, each of the tank portions is filled with a different temperature water supply.

대표청구항 ▼

For use in combination with a toy vehicle having at least a portion thereof bearing a thermochromic material, a toy vehicle playset comprising: a trackway for guiding a toy vehicle along a travel path having an entrance gate and an exit gate.; a tank unit having at least two tank portions each havin

For use in combination with a toy vehicle having at least a portion thereof bearing a thermochromic material, a toy vehicle playset comprising: a trackway for guiding a toy vehicle along a travel path having an entrance gate and an exit gate.; a tank unit having at least two tank portions each having a ramp passing therethrough; and a base supporting said tank unit between said entrance gate and said exit gate having means for aligning a selected one of said ramps within a selected one of said at least two tank portions within said travel path, said at least two tank portions each receiving quantities of different temperature liquid such that said toy vehicle traversing said selected one of said ramps is exposed to the liquid within said selected one of said at least two tank portions.