ThinkFun Hoppers
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Brand: Think Fun
List Price: $12.99
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Kids will love this humorous game design depicting wide-eyed green frogs on a lime green lily pad. Players set up the board according to the pictures on each challenge card, then ¿leap frog¿ all the green frogs until only the red frog remains. Small and compact, this family-friendly game will keep children endlessly entertained on long road trips or rainy days.
DESCRIPTION:
Amazon Maximum Age: 12
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 12
Amazon Minimum Age: 96
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Think Fun
EAN: 0019275067007
Feature: Four levels of play
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: ThinkFun
Manufacturer: ThinkFun
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 96
Model: 6701
Publisher: ThinkFun
Release Date: 2006-01-01
Studio: ThinkFun
FEATURES:
• Four levels of play
• Forty challenge cards with solutions
• Self-contained game board with storage drawer
• Teaches critical thinking, problem solving, strategy development
• For ages 8 years and above
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fun and entertaining
Comment: This is a great stocking stuffer, or little gift for anyone from 8 yrs old and up (fun for adults, too!). There are plenty of cards to challenge yourself with, and it's fun for a rainy day or to play in the car on a road trip.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for Travel!
Comment: Love, love, love this game. I bought the original version (without the red frog) over five years ago, and still love it. I take it every time I fly, as it is a great way to pass time waiting at airports and while in flight. Compact, engaging, challenging, universal appeal.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth every penny....
Comment: I delayed buying this game, thinking it was "just" peg solitaire, which it is, but it is really a lot of fun and is currently my son's favorite "ThinkFun" game. There is clearly something much more appealing about moving frogs rather than pegs around. I do have to admit the frogs are kind of cute.
Unlike other ThinkFun games where everything is supposed to be tossed in a bag but more often than not ends up strewn across the floor, my son actually puts the pieces away because he likes putting the frogs in their slots and sliding the lid on.
It is a great addition to our "Wait Bag" (a bag I keep in the mud room with items to engage kids at Drs. offices, or wherever we might need to wait) because it is compact and light. There are 40 cards with increasing degrees of difficulty (and answers on the back), making it appropriate for kids from elementary school on up.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Loads of fun and challenge
Comment: If you like puzzles, you'll love this game. You are given a formation of frogs and some very simple hopping rules (similar to checkers). The objective is to remove all but a specified frog from the formation using those moves. Some puzzles are very simple and others are a bit challenging. Overall, the challenge is just right that it can be addictive as well.
This is a solitary player game and NOT a multiplayer game. However, two or more people can solve puzzles together as well if you like it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: FUN WAY TO MASSAGE YOUR BRAIN!
Comment: This is a great toy to develop your child's strategic thinking. The game is relatively simple. Organize your frogs as per the cards, jump one frog over the other and remove the jumped-over frog. The objective is to leave just one frog. You can only jump `adjacent' frogs along the lines (see picture).
The recommended age is 8 but younger children (supervised!) are just as enthralled. I had to improvise on the instructions, but I've taught the concepts to two 3 year olds - my buddy's son and my own. You will be amazed that they get it!
It is the greatest travel game. My son got this when he was 3 years old, and 4 years later it is still his first choice when we ask him to pick some toys for a trip........and he has a GameBoy!!
It is very durable, constructed very well and has seen no wear in 4 years of regular use. This is one of the toys that'll, literally, last you a life-time.
This is definitely a precursor for any parent looking to teach their kids Chess. Solving each situation requires you to think a few steps ahead.
This is probably the least expensive way to develop a new dimension in your child's brain.
VARIATIONS:
This toy also comes with a single "Red Frog". The objective is to leave the red frog standing.
OTHER SIMILAR TOYS:
FlipIT - This toy made by the same company, is a more difficult version of Hoppers. It is a 4X4 grid with Turtles instead of Frogs. The turtles can be placed on their bellies (green side up) or can be turned-turtle (orange side up).
One jumps over the turtles but the turtles do not come off the board - they just flip over. They flip over each time they're jumped over - green to orange and orange to green. The objective is to turn all turtles the right (green) side up.
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