Sorry for the delay i have been busy, nick12ab has been annoying me..
Sounds like pure gratitude. A forlorn case of a good rod wasted on an ultimately terminated equinine form. The bid to save forum members from attempted exsanguination of the old boulder has to be worth a bit of a thank you from the rest of us at least. Thanks Nick.
My limited view, given a look at the Toys 'R' Us link to the BeyBlade (BB) kindly provided by Eclectic leads me to believe that the BB top has a hexagonal drive boss that mates with the BB controller/launcher. I presume that having mated, the two "L" shaped spigots under the launcher will be inserted in two slots on the top surface of the BB top and lock by the top being rotated a few degrees anti-clockwise, as viewed from the top. Launch being effected by the hexagonal drive boss being sprung to eject and unlocking by physically rotating the static body of the BB top clockwise a few degrees.
It strikes me that the two spiggots are a bit of a weak point and is this the reason for the project - that one or both of them has become broken?
That might be reason enough to look for a replacement or improved launcher. Sounds more like a super duper Black & Decker router launcher project than a PICAXE one, but that's just my take on it.
Electromechanical replacement metal spiggots, with optical sensing/activation of the locking mechanism?
So, Kallesh, Have I got the right sort of idea? Are you looking to repair, upgrade or to replace the launcher with an electromechanical version?
Can you produce a drawing/sketch of the bits that are important to your project that you need help with?
My reading of Nick is that he has a lot of patience and is extremely helpful, so please do not dismiss his assistance so lightly as you appear to have done. Your responsibility in this matter is to provide, to the best of your ability, the information requested in order that forum members can actually help you.
Hippy's crystal is away being polished at the moment, so you will have to do your bit if you want to pursue the matter. Only then can we get to the PICAXE side of your problem/project.