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Three-year-old Kael Ireland decided to ignore the rules and crawled his way up into the promise land of toys.

The adventurous lad gave his mother the slip at their apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska, and wandered across the street to Madsen's Bowling & Billiards.

Like any youngster he headed straight for the cuddly toys in the Bear Claw game but instead of trying to use the claw to nab them he decided to simply crawl up the chute.

Customers and workers quickly gathered around the machine to get a look at the boy inside his new home.

"He was just having a heyday," said bartender Rachell Hildreth.

"He didn't notice anyone around him."

Ms Hildreth admitted she had no idea how Kael got through the opening.

While people in the arcade were watching on, Kael's mother Ashley Ireland noticed he was missing and panicked, calling the police.

"It was the most scared I've ever been," she said. "I'm just happy we found him safe."

Once the police found out where Kael had disappeared to, the company that owns the machine was contacted and a worker arrived to let Kael out – even though he didn't want to leave.

"He was just having fun in there," Ms Hildreth added. "I don't think he wanted to get out."

Luckily workers let him keep a stuffed animal from the machine.

Perhaps Kael thought he was Buzz Lightyear, who famously got trapped inside a Bear Claw in Toy Story.

Too infinity and beyond indeed.