Operation
Monday, June 7th, 2010 at
4:24 pm
Operation
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5
- Brand new operation silly skill game features bells, burps, barks and more
- Grab your tweezers and “operate”; press cavity Sam’s nose to find out if your operation was a success
- This game is updated with fun sound FX, squishy and slippery ailments and a convenient clipboard and storage tray to keep everything together
- Features two skill levels
- There is a success button on the patient’s nose. Rather than cards or money, the game now prompts players on which part to remove next.
Product Description
Perform a successful operation and you earn money – make a mistake, and you set off an alarm! Cavity Sam’s got butterflies in the stomach, spare ribs and writer’s cramps! Remove these with the tweezers, but don’t get caught by the buzzer. One or more players. Requires 2 “AA” batteries (not included)…. More >>
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Operation – the game of fine motor control where a steady hand is required to grab the plastic bones without touching the metal sides and setting off the buzzer. It is (and always was) wickedly hard. Those holes look smaller now than ever (although the board’s dimensions are unchanged). The built quality is cheaper (the cardboard main board is thinner, the tongs more lightweight), although it’s not a significant difference (and I’m using my 30 year old recollections to compare).
The real reason I’m docking it two points is that my kids have little patience for this game – to my surprise. I used to play it a lot. Maybe the difference is the amount of television advertising? More likely it’s that we didn’t have Nintendo, Tivo, and the Internet around when I was a kid. In any case – it’s a trip down memory lane and a simple and tactile game for kids.
Rating: 3 / 5
I love this game! I got it for my sons 7th birthday and we play it all the time. Its great to play on play dates and sleepovers. My three year old even trys to play it! He loves the buzzer. I totally recommend this game!
Rating: 5 / 5
I love operation. I played this game when I was a little girl. I wanted to get this game for my classroom so the children would have some games to play with. The only thing that was wrong with this is it was missing one of the pieces. I was unhappy about this, however, it didn’t stop my children from playing with the game and having a great time with it.
Rating: 4 / 5
My 6 year old daughter loves this. I thought she would have a hard time getting the pieces out but she does a great job. I don’t remember it being ‘easy’ for me when I was a kid but maybe she has better coordination than I did or maybe the holes are a little bit bigger? It has a tray that pulls out to store the pieces in and that’s a nice feature. All in all, it’s easy to understand why this game has been around for so long and is still fun to play.
Rating: 5 / 5
I like the sturdy drawer that holds the fun new pieces but the sound effects are really annoying. My kids liked playing but most of the time were wishing it would just be quiet! There is a nice feature that allows younger children to play but allowing more mistakes before the buzzer buzzes. If they could just fix the annoying sounds this would be better than the original.
Rating: 3 / 5