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Old 10-12-2017, 12:06 AM   #1
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So I'm looking to buy a board game which a mate had when I was a wee lad and I'm buggered if I can remember its name and as a consequence, how to track it down if possible.
It was a square board with a chrome steel ball which you had to move through an obstacle course type setup comprising or a couple of rods which you had to manipulate to make the ball move along, a set of steps which you had to tap the levers to get the ball to jump from one to another etc and a few other disciplines.
I saw it for sale in BigW a few years ago so it is/was still in production but I didn't grab one at the time or take enough notice to remember the name.

Any idea's?
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Old 10-12-2017, 12:15 AM   #2
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Run yourself ragged or snafu os screwball scramble?

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Did it look like this...

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Old 11-12-2017, 09:56 AM   #4
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That's it!!

I loved this game as a kid.

Thanks guys.
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Old 12-12-2017, 09:34 AM   #5
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I remember that! Another one of those games that comes to mind is Mouse Trap.

Ages 5 and above...lol. I wonder how many kids were rushed to the emergency room with some of those pieces lodged in their windpipe
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This board games are much better in teaching us how to socialize than the gadgets we have today.
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This board games are much better in teaching us how to socialize than the gadgets we have today.
Except for monopoly......
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Except for monopoly......
Monopoly is banned in my household, relationship wrecker
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Old 17-01-2018, 10:10 AM   #9
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We were given Monopoly as a present, GO ORANGE!!!
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Old 17-01-2018, 11:22 AM   #10
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Same, Australian edition.. I think it’s under the short leg on the work bench in the garage
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