Pros & Cons
Pros
Love playing this game with my 4 year old grandson. Brings back some memories for me playing along side him. It is fun to jump over another player's piece and make whoop-whoop- whoop sounds. Purchased this for granddaughter for christmas.
Cons
Also, as has been said previously, the spinner just allows for far too much confusion. Just a spinner and character pieces. The punch-out flimsy cards are the worse.
The 2014 edition of this game is not worth owning. Save yourself the mental aggravation and skip this and find the old version for $1 at a yard sale. Even though it's only five bucks i will be returning it to the store on principle.
Board looks slightly different but also has way too tiny of spaces and has many misprints. Board is overly busy with weirdly anime inspired too curvy figures. The board is completely cluttered with the new candy land style graphics and characters.
The playing pieces themselves are very cheap and fall over quite easily if the board gets bumped at all. The board is flimsy and she ripped the stickers off the pieces the first week. The pieces are lightweight plastic and you have to affix stickers t... Read More
Worst game ever. Everything is as cheaply made as possible. Shame shame, hasbro.
Highlights
Quality
Ok quality for the money but not overly sturdy.
This is a simplified version of the classic game with the bigger board and the cards.
Competitiveness
My daughter loved it as a chirstmas gift.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ok quality for the money but not overly sturdy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am glad i didnt pay more for the collectors edition as my daughter ripped the board 2 days after getting it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is not the large board and plastic game pieces that you remember from your childhood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For the price you get exactly what you pay for
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I honestly would have not bought this if i would have looked at the size of the board and known that the game pieces are just cardboard instead of plastic
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It the same traditional game except the board is opened twice to get to full size which is smaller than original game
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Kids like to win but they like to skip spaces by landing on a picture space and they giggle when someone gets stuck on the licorice
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i first opened another version of this game thought it would be cheap as it came with a spinner instead of cards