60 years ago, May 1, 1952, one of the most clever and innovative toys was introduced....since it was a 'make your own' design where you supplied the head and they gave you the accessories, so to speak!
I wonder if they can still sell it these days....it's not outlawed for being a choking hazard, is it?
I was disappointed when I saw that they started selling the head, some lump of cheap plastics with slots in it. Part of a disappointing trend in which the packaging becomes more important than the contents.
[aside: I bought one of the very first "Boggle" games ever to hit the market. It was wooden cubes in a flat tray with an egg-timer. No fancy shaker container, just a small cardboard box, white with a picture of the game and "Boggle" in red letters. Paid something like $1.29 for it. We still have it, 40 years later. I recall Dick Cavett one time talking about how he liked to make as many words as he could from the same collection of letters.]
I wonder if they can still sell it these days....it's not outlawed for being a choking hazard, is it?
I was disappointed when I saw that they started selling the head, some lump of cheap plastics with slots in it. Part of a disappointing trend in which the packaging becomes more important than the contents.
[aside: I bought one of the very first "Boggle" games ever to hit the market. It was wooden cubes in a flat tray with an egg-timer. No fancy shaker container, just a small cardboard box, white with a picture of the game and "Boggle" in red letters. Paid something like $1.29 for it. We still have it, 40 years later. I recall Dick Cavett one time talking about how he liked to make as many words as he could from the same collection of letters.]
