This Hub unlock concept was used again years later by Activision for Skylanders. Tied in with software via a USB connection, a base station with a huge variety of add on modules to open up new levels of a game. An explore quest theme to collect objects and search out flash driven games to play. UB Funkeys first appeared in August 2007, produced by Mattel in conjunction with Radica Games and the software coded by Arkadium. After some research, turned out to be more then a memory stick or toy action figure. Okay, this answered the metal plates, but why are there five contact points? A couple of the circular pins are larger and maybe are switches, certainly look like small silver push buttons. But why the metal contacts behind its head? The similar looking smaller statues piggyback on top of the larger white figure with the built in magnet contacts. At first I thought the larger white statue with the USB cord was just a Memory Stick. The Funkeys are different from the normal action figure with odd but intriguing looking characters. The Funkeys are usually displayed with other kids toys for around a dollar each. I recently bought a few UB Funkeys figurines at the Swap Meet.

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