The invention relates to the provision of the toy. The toy comprising at least
one article, a play area and, in certain embodiments, a movement device. The play
area can be formed with a magnetically attractive base and walls or portions of
the same can be so formed. The article is formed with magnetically attractive material,
typically magnets, at spaced locations and the article is formed of flexible material
such that movement of the magnets by a magnetic moving force cause flexing and
movement of parts of the article. The article can depict, in a model form, an animate
character such as a human or animal and the movement allowed by the flexible material
improves the realism of the same.