to spring forth from the volume v figurine 30 is supported around the perimeter of a weal spring constant coil spring not shown as is conventional to the art optionally the figurine 30 is in electrical communication with the printed circuit board 24 so as to provide novel functions to the extended figurine such as auditory presentation 33 by way of a figurine auditory generator 34 light emitting diode emission from leds 36 decorating the figurine 30 or an electrically powered movement each of these functions is provided alone or in combination unlike a conventional mechanical jack in the box the amusement device depicted with reference to fig1 and 2 preferably has a solenoid opening switch 28 that triggers at a random interval so as to create a heightened sense of anticipation alternatively to mimic the function of a conventional mechanical jack in the box the solenoid 28 is triggered to release after a cumulative time of crank manipulation optionally a switch 37 is provided to vary the mode of solenoid activation a schematic operational diagram for the device 10 as depicted in fig1 and 2 is shown in fig3 as an exemplary operational program in order to initiate play at step 38 one begins to crank.