A coil spring toy with the ball-trapping tool attached to one or more ends
is disclosed. The coil spring toy may be used with a game apparatus
having a toy stairway, and a set of lightweight balls of a specific size.
A method to play the game includes mechanically starting the spring toy
to move downstairs due to gravity and its known properties. If started
properly, a spring toy will capture the balls, located on the stairs,
with the trapping tool, while it lands on each stair. Captured balls may
be kept inside spring toy while it moves and finally stops. The balls may
be transparent and may be filled with particles to produce additional
visual and sound effects. Collected balls can be manually released out of
spring toy by means of its stretching. After balls are released and
counted, and are placed back on the stairs, the action may be repeated.
The goal of the game is to start a spring toy so that it will collect the
maximal number of balls on the stairs during one or several actions in
order to get the maximal number of points of designated values.