🐸 Frogger Board Game by Milton Bradley - 1981 🐸

Another of my favourite games growing up was Frogger, which I'd play for hours on my Commodore 64 and oddly every time I went to an arcade too, I have no idea why I didn't try other games while there considering the amount of games to choose from, but for me, for a while Frogger was where it was at...

Just look at those graphics, is it any wonder that I was obsessed with getting my frog across that road?

This game still holds a special place in my heart, so my recent discovery of the existence of a Frogger Board Game was pretty mind blowing and once I had that knowledge I just had to get my hands on it, and yay I did too!

Anyone who's played the video game will not be surprised to learn that the object of the board game is to get your frog counter across the road to the safety area at the other side of the board.

Just like it's video game counterpart you have to avoid the cars that are moving across the road at the same time as your frog is attempting to cross.

Just like the video game both sides of the board have lily padded areas ( The Swamps) which are the safety areas, the black areas are Highways on which the cars you have to evade run, and the blue area in the centre of the board is the River which is where you place the coloured logs (red and yellow) where your frog can rest or leap from one to another to aid his journey across the board to safety.

At the time of purchase I'd stopped this game on Ebay and of course decided I had to have it, I hadn't seen another listing for this game and so decided I had to snap it up while I had the chance.

Unfortunately the listing stated that the cars were missing from the game, but they had been replaced with vintage matchbox cars instead, which I think adds to the appeal, as much as I would have loved to have found this game in it's entirety, little metal cars will do me just as well and definitely add to it's kitchness!

I did some research on this board game and discovered the section dedicated to this game on Board Game Geek  according to that site,  this is the second version of the game....

I found this cute close up of the frog counters on that site and had to share it as the photo's I've uploaded don't show the frogs in detail and as you can see from their photo, they are so darn cute!

BoardGameGeek.com

At times during the game you are able to move not only your frog counter but all the frog counters in play, this is determined by a throw of the die. The frog symbol on the die will bring this movement into effect. At any other time in the game you move only your counter. You have the ability to hinder an opponent's passage across the board, one way to do this is to move either a log or a car across the board using part or all of the number of moves dictated by your dice throw.

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Another photograph I found on that site, is a close up of the "logs" as you can see from the picture below, they are reversible with a fly symbol in the centre of each, on one side only. Like the video game, landing on the fly will give you a bonus - 2 extra spaces in which to move. The logs can be moved across the board or turned over to take a bonus (fly) out of play for a period of time.

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The image above shows the car pieces with which you can "squash" your opponent's frog, just like the cars in the video game. 

There is of course much more to game play than I've written about here but like all board games playing them is much more fun than reading or writing about them, plus if I was to tell you very nuance of play here, I'd totally spoil it for you when you play the game yourself! 

Pac Man Board Game by MB Games - 1982

Here's my newest requisition, well I actually bought it for Aaron - he doesn't know it yet though!

Aaron has inherited my love of Retro Games and Retro Games Consoles, I have to say I still can't get used to the things I loved and played in my childhood and into my teens as now being "Retro" and "Collector's Items" when the hell did that happen?!

Still it's best not to dwell on that, at least in some ways it makes me considered cool!

My favourite game growing up was Pac Man and at a push  (i.e. when no Pac Man was available) Ms Pac Man and I guess it must have been the favourite game of many others too as, not being a company to miss a trick MB Games brought out the board game version in 1982.

I'm pretty sure that Aaron doesn't know this game exists, so that's going to be fun, when he finds out that not only does it exist, but he also owns it, and I think he's going to be really happy to have this as part of his Retro Gaming Collection - even if it isn't computer game, it will still look great sitting next to his Binatone TV Master MK 8 (from 1977) actually that's kind of crazy when you consider how much Gaming progressed in just a few short years... But enough of that, I'm sure if you don't know about this game, you want to know all the specifics and how to play it, so here goes...

As you can see the game box comprises of a board designed to look just like the boards on an Arcade or Console version of the Pac Man game, it's for 2 to 4 players, but is much more fun, the more players you have...

It comes with 4 Pac Man (or should that be men?) counters and a corresponding colour coded tray, you have 2 ghosts and 2 die and a lot of white marbles, some yellow ones too; and here's what you do...

Firstly you need to set up the board, you do this by placing the marbles onto each of the indents on the board, these are colour-coded so you know where to place the yellow ones.

 The Ghosts are placed in the middle square, place the Pac Man counters in their colour coded spaces, with the corresponding tray on on the table in front of  each player ... then you fight over who gets to be the Yellow Pac Man, then who's going first (or be sensible and throw the die to find out!) and then it's "Play Time"!

And here's how you do it:

You throw both die, one determines how many spaces your Pac Man can move, and dots (marbles) he can eat and the second relates to how many places a ghost can move.

Now the cool thing about the moves is you do so by placing your Pac Man over each dot and pressing down, his mouth makes a "munching" motion and the dot is retained inside him, after you have finished your go, you empty out the dots into your tray and it's the next player's turn.

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/395162/pac-man-game

The aim of the game is of course to munch as many dots as you can whilst simultaneously moving your Ghost away from you and closer to your opponent's Pac Man... if he get's Ghosted, he has to go back to the starting square.

Interestingly, the colours of the Ghosts differ from box to box, the one I have purchased has yellow ones, but I've also seen Blue, Green and Red ones, I can't help wondering why they didn't include Ghosts of  more than one colour in each set, or why they chose these particular colours for the Ghosts, but then again "Who cares?"

Pac Man is awesome and this board game is well cool!

Ice Cream Floats .... Apparently!!

Now this is seriously cute!

By Fischel Toys I'm unsure of the date, but I suspect Early 1980s, possibly even late 1970s

Float-able Tub doll

she comes with a comb, sponge and ring....

The doll is non movable, with rooted nylon (I'm guessing) hair, but instead of legs, she has an ice cream cornet!

The sponge she comes with is coloured in blocks of brown, cream and pink, to resemble Neapolitan Ice cream and  can be used by her new owner in the bath.

It has a whole in the middle of it which the doll can sit inside and "float" on top of the water... surely this would sink?   ...  Sponges soak up water after all !!

              Her "inflatable" ring is also to keep her afloat in the water.

      The writing in the bottom right of the packaging reads:

  Manufactured in Hong Kong for K mart Corporation. Troy Michigan 48064

Debenhams Sindy - Sold by Lorraine - need to keep an eye out for one!

Birthday Pressies from Jules on Dolls More Dolls - Gifts from Jules -2009

Original post 20th June 2009 - 11:22 PM

wooot!!

"Hello Ducky"

Dunno what he says to you but he informed me he was a sailor so I guess he'll be getting his seafaring togs when I come home from my trip to the sea side!

He may even turn out to be a pirate...ya never know!

1980's "Honey" Keypers (2nd Series) by Tonka Toys

These little guys were ace I remember having one when I was small *grin*

Aww little thumb sucker!

I had one of these too...I'd forgotten how much I missed her until I held this little one...and yay punk pink knitted pants too...so cool!

Oooh Wow...Look who I got??

lol...this crazy lot are going to sit in my front room on my new shelves that my Dad's putting up for me!!

Thank's so much Jules...they're just great!

Totty Shop Bargains - 9th July 2009

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I went to the Railway Society Charity Shop on my way home ... And bagged me some bargains!

Trollz Hair salon

Large Size Trollz Doll...You place her inside the hair-dryer then brush her hair and it glows lol take her out of the dryer and it still glows wooot!

Reduced from £2.99 to £2.00!

Large Talking E.T

He cost 80p!!

His heart & His Finger lights up when he talks!

He still had the tag toggle on but no tag :(

He says about 5 or 6 phrases and one of them is a burp!

Stolen by Aaron tho' :(

Raggies!

Vintage Strawberry shortcake Rag doll... Maybe a hard one finding the right sized dress tho' :(

Dark skinned Rainbow Brite Friend Hallmark INC 1983... 

I'm debating whether I should remake her like a looby-lou ... only Aaron says "NO MUM!!"

A cute little Birdie I couldn't resist and neither it seems could Aaron as He claimed it straight away!

All for 20p each!!

Woooooot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recent Bargains - 05 / 02 / 2009

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2 x 1970s Charlie's Angels dolls - bought for £1.80 for the pair!

                                               Vintage 1970's Amtoy fashion Doll - cost 99p!

                                             2 x Cybermen Bought for £3.00 for the pair!

                                                   Fairykite Doll bought for 29p!

Mystery Machine with Shaggy & Scooby - bought for 20p! Sadly it is missing one of the front doors, but that doesn't really bother me as I've wanted one of these for ages, ever since visiting my friend Sasha and falling in love wit her one!

Vintage (1960's or 1970's) Soda-Pop Doll - these dolls came inside a bottle, but that's really all I know about them :( still for 99p she was an absolute "Have to have" and looks great in my Triang Doll's House!

I went to my Mum's and asked her if I could have the "Woody" that belonged to my Niece when she was little ... only to find that my parents puppy Dodger, had taken a liking to him and chewed his beak off! Anyhoo, after being totally gutted by this and searching for ages on Ebay, I found another one, I bought him for £1.50.  He's by Pedigree although in some ways he looks very similar to Sekiguchi type toys.