housing 13 in overlying relation to the path of the vehicle member 51 receives a toy vehicle 28 from the path and positions the vehicle 28 outwardly at a predetermined position at the pickup station b for pickup by the robotic arm apparatus 12 member 51 is guided in its path by a slot opening 52 formed in housing 13 a handle member 53 extending from member 51 facilitates the sliding action for moving the vehicle 28 to the pickup station b and returning the slidable member 51 to the vehicle path referring to fig1 and 5 7 robotic arm apparatus 12 is positioned at the center of the annular track section 40 on support member 24 apparatus 12 includes a base support including base members 61 and 62 which serve to support upper arm member 64 and lower arm member 66 lower arm member 66 has a pair of universal joints 68 and 69 formed at each end thereof fig5 universal joint 68 is received by the support members 61 and 62 universal joint member 69 is received by outer arm member 70 which has claw members 72 and 74 secured thereto claw member 72 is pivotably mounted to move relative to.