Starting:
I started out this projects like many, with few ideas and so I took to the drawing board and started planning.

I knew that I didn’t want to have a spinner for weight reasons and that I feel I am at ahigh risk of injuring myself if I do as I can be pretty dim - regularly.
Not much else to report but I have in the image bellow a couple requirements, marked up images for reference and a 3 linkage mechanism for the little flipper which will either be a servo or a geared DC motor with driver board - I havent decided yet - but the mechanism works when I drafted the joints and simulated it in fusion. YAY