One day when I was babysitting at the Schneidler's Isaac wanted to play Candy Land. All of these memories flooded back to me of when I was little and would play it with my brother or cousins. I found the game but when I pulled it off the shelf I was horrified to see that now it is different. The characters are all newly done and they look nothing like the ones I remember on my board game. There are now 4 little boys and girls on the board, one black, two white, and one Asian. When I played there was only a little blond boy and a blond girl. The names of some of the characters are completely different. Instead of Queen Frostine now it is Princess Frostine. Instead of Princess Lolly now it is just Lolly. Plumpy, the little green dog, is gone. Perhaps they felt saying "plumpy" was rude. Even though there were lots of changes Isaac and I still had lots of fun playing together. He had a great time shouting out the color squares as he picked them. I am sure when he sees this game when he is older it will bring back lots of happy memories for him. But I bet when he is my age the game will have changed even more. This gave me an idea. I wanted to look up on the internet all of the games I played as a child, see what they looked like then, and see what they look like now. So here are some of the games a played "then and now". :)
Candy Land THEN
Candy Land NOW
Chutes and Ladders THEN
Chutes and Ladders NOW
Mouse Trap THEN
Mouse Trap NOW
Memory THEN
Memory NOW
Battle Ship THEN
Battle Ship NOW
Twister THEN
Twister NOW
Guess Who THEN
Guess Who NOW
One game I am so delighted to say has changed hardly at all, The Uncle Wiggly Game!!
Uncle Wiggly THEN
Uncle Wiggly NOW
2 comments:
They changed a lot from when I was little to when you played as a little girl! I too was disappointed when I bought them for you. Isn't that funny?!
Ah the memories are all flooding back! I used to LOVE battleship and Mouse trap :)
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