What is great about this item:
It has an average rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars!
- These four hungry hippos want to munch a bunch of marbles
- The faster you press their tails, the more marbles they try to chomp
- If your hippo gobbles the most you win
- Game includes Hippos game base 4 Hippo heads 4 levers label sheet 20 marbles instructions
- Color of parts may vary.
Product Description
Down by the river in a shady grove, live the Hungry Hungry Hippos. There’s HoneyPotamus (who loves anything sweet), VeggiePotamus (who loves all things green), PickyPotamus (who’s very, very picky), and his big brother BottomlessPotamus (who isn’t picky at all!). Come on down to the riverbank and join the Hungry Hungry Hippos for a gobblin’ good time. The player whose hippo munches the most wins! This heritage game with its frenetic, colorful gameplay is a recogniz… More >>
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What is great about this item:
It has an average rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars!
These four hungry hippos want to munch a bunch of marblesThe …
5 replies on “Hungry Hungry Hippos”
This toy is not worth the money! I remember playing this game with one of my brothers when I was little, and we always had a good time. I was hoping to replicate the experience for my children; unfortunately, this game has been brought back in a junky, poor quality version. The hippos have to be removed from the game board with their necks extended and locked into place in order to put the game away in the box. My kids (6&4) have a hard time putting it together or putting it away by themselves (huge minus in my book!). The hippos sometimes become detached from the game during play. Their necks *frequently* get stuck in the extended position, necessitating stopping the game so that it can get fixed. The marbles are cheap, hollow plastic rather than the heavier marbles I remember from my childhood. The stickers don’t stay on the hippos very well, so none of our hippos have eyes anymore. Even the box itself is incredibly flimsy if you hope to use it as a storage box for the game. Don’t waste your money! Our game is sitting in the donation bin waiting to be taken to charity!
1 stars
My 5 year old niece just received this for her birthday. It was opened for the kids to play while we were there and I was appalled at how cheap this game was made.
plastic marbles, er, I mean balls really?????
It is not one continious baord like the old origional but you “slide” the hippos into place. Which makes them flimsy while trying to play the game, becuase they will shift and make the “board uneven.
I can even tell it is much smaller than the origional, and the hippos had a tendency to get stuck while extended out with thier mouths open. And this was all noticeable the first time we took it out of the box.
shame shame….
1 stars
I bought this for my 4 year old son’s birthday. I remembered playing it as a kid and LOVING the game. I will say that the construction is not as good as I remember it and sometimes the poor hippos get stuck with their mouths open, but it is just as much fun as I remember. I gave it 5 stars because when I asked my son what his favorite present was (and he got some fun toys), he said “Hungry Hungry Hippos!”
5 stars
Like so many other reviewers, I have fond memories of playing this as a child and was excited when my 3 1/2 year old asked for it for Christmas. And like so many other reviewers I am HUGELY disappointed with the changes that have been made to this game’s construction.
It truly is made of the cheapest plastic and the hippos heads/necks get stuck frequently which is extremely frustrating for the kids and adults alike. But worst of all once the game is assembled it DOESN’T FIT INTO THE BOX!!! Who sells a board game that can’t be stored in the box in which it comes?? Ridiculous! Of course the box does suggest that you disassemble the hippos from the game board in order to store it, however I have been unable to get them back out and am afraid to force them since the plastic is so flimsy I am sure it will break.
If I had read the reviews before purchasing this game I would have talked my daughter into asking for something else. It’s a real shame because the original version that I had from the 1970’s was so sturdy that my family passed it down over the years and was still playing with it up until just a few years ago. I’ll be surprised if thi game lasts more than 1 year. I guess it is just another sad example of how we have lowered our standards and expectations over the years. So sad.
2 stars
My son got this game for Christmas 08. The game is fun and easy for him to play, but it’s so hard to take apart/put together! In order to put it in the box it needs to be disassembled, which a 4 year old cannot do. The clips are near impossible to unhook! Hasbro needs to make a bigger box for this game that you don’t have to take it apart to put it away!
3 stars