contact electromagnetic signals such as infra red or radio wave spectrum signals not shown in the particular embodiment illustrated each of action fig1 and 3 is provided with a sword 15 each action figure is individually programmed to perform an action and to speak words with appropriate sounds in order to create a unique individual performance one or more audio speakers not shown reproduce these sounds under the control of integrated circuits in co ordination with synchronized corresponding movements of the character or action figure each figure may represent a different character with a particular persona in the case of characters taken from a motion picture or television program portions of the sound track from such productions may be recorded onto the integrated circuits the actions performed by the figures may be life like or robotic one of the remarkable features of the illustrated invention is the ability of the individual toys to interact each character is programmed to interact with one or more other characters in the embodiments illustrated character 1 may interact either with character 2 as illustrated in fig3 a or character 3 as illustrated in fig3 c when a connection is made allowing signals to pass from one toy to another each is able to generate a set of sounds and activities appropriate to the particular interaction in question for example if character 2.