| During these 'short', cold days of Winter, it takes 'little' to amuse me, but I 'think' you may get a chuckle out of some of my recent finds, too! .  |
The fabulous Miss R (my roadtrippin' buddy) joined me on Wednesday for a leisurely breakfast, some 'errands' and a little Thriftin'. My Wednesday thrifting finds ran the gamut from the 'Usuals' (Part of a Sweater Clip -2015#3, some shell jewelry parts and enamel pins) To GAME LAND. NOT a place I venture often, but sometimes you gotta do, what you gotta do. I had never heard of ANY of these games before... The first game- 1971 'CAREERS' by Parker Bros. The cover has Seriously Retro 'flower power' graphics - the box was sealed at the edges by 'someones' diligence with clear packing tape. Thus, I couldn't check out the playing pieces, or actually know 'For.Sure.' what was within. I came home and carefully sliced the seal. As I was preparing to lift the cover, my thoughts roamed... Did a previous owner do this, and even the Thrift has no idea as to the contents?... Did the Thrift do this to keep a TON of UNIQUE playing pieces from getting pocketed?... and here's what I found... |
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| A COMPLETE game with fun cards and almost .65¢ ! (one penny is Canadian, so technically we can't count that as a full cent.) The 2nd game 'MixMax' is missing it's dice, but has FUN GRAPHICS! |
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| 1982 by: OTTO MAIER VERLAG RAVENSBURG |
The third game really had me scratching my head ~ TIPSY LAND!
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| It has the rules of 'Shutes and Ladders', but instead of a 'shute' there is a 'puke path'. The final destination 'BAR'. It does have adorable GLASS shot glasses and a wonderfully graphic GLASS playing board... But, really? Mixing this many GLASS objects with intoxicated people can't possibly end good!!! |
