Hasbro Operation
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: HasbroBrand: Hasbro
Model: 4545
Product features:
- Doctor, the patient is here to see you
- Use all your skill and coordination to remove the patient's "ailments" with the tweezers
- If you successfully remove the ailment you collect the amount shown on your card
- The winner is the player with the most money after all the pieces have been removed
- Ailments include: Brain Freeze - an ice-cream cone located in the brain
- Without setting off the buzzer and making the patient's nose light up
- Writer's Cramp - a pencil in the forearm, Water on the Knee - a pail of water in the knee and tons more
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hasbro Operation
Customer Review: This Buzzer is Loud and Obnoxious!
Summary: 3 Stars
Operation has been around for generations. First made by Milton Bradley Company, it was later being manufactured by Hasbro, Inc. as were many other toys originally designed by Milton Bradley Company. If you don't believe me about it being around for generations, well it first arrived in toy stores in the mid 1950's and has been going strong ever since. There's just something about this strange little board game that appeals to most children.
The "board" is an electronic device that resembles a patient on an operating table. This is all run on batteries. The patient has open spaces in his body to show "body parts" - ok so it's not really body parts, but more like a spoof on the body parts.
The object of the game is to be paid for removing "ailments" from the patient and when all the "ailments" or body parts are removed, then the doctor with the most money wins. Sounds simple, right? It can be difficult to remove these considering you're given a pair of tweezers and you have to take out the body part without touching the sides of the area containing the body part. If you do, you'll set off a buzzer that has a very obnoxious sound and the patient's red nose lights up. I'm not sure what the nose is about, but it is fun to watch his nose light up like Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer!
Just how do the players determine what "ailment" to remove? You have to draw a card and it will tell you which one gets to be taken out. You have "specialist" cards that have you remove things like the Adams apple, ankle bone, bread basket (that actually looks like a slice of bread), spare ribs, writers cramps, charlie horse, water on the knee, wish bone, funny bone, butterflies in the stomach (yes, these too look like butterflies), wrenched ankle (can you guess what this looks like?), and broken heart (complete with a crack in the heart).
Some of the body parts are easy to remove (the bread basket and broken heart), but others are much more difficult (there is even one part that has a rubber band that holds the pieces together).
Although this game is fun to play and takes a tad bit of skill, there are several negative aspects to it. This is definitely trying for very young children and if they keep trying to remove body parts, the buzzer can be annoying and frustrating. Constant encouragement is needed until they can master the use of the tweezers. The biggest problem I've encountered is the loss of body parts. Since these pieces are small, they are easily lost. Once enough body parts are lost, the game is useless and you either have to try and find replacement pieces or throw the game away.
I'd recommend Operation for children under eight years old and can be a fun addition to family game night. Younger children may become too frustrated when trying to play, especially with older children playing too. One thing that seemed to work for us was to keep the playing pieces in a Ziplock baggie so they couldn't get lost easily.
So, don your scrubs and get ready to play doctor - you'll have a great time as long as the buzzer remains silent!
Description of Hasbro Operation
Perform a successful operation and you earn money - make a mistake, and you set off an alarm! Cavity Sam's got butterflies in the stomach, spare ribs and writer's cramps! Remove these with the tweezers, but don't get caught by the buzzer. One or more players. Requires 2 "AA" batteries (not included).Surely countless medical careers have been launched because of this humorous game. The Operation game board features Sam the patient, lying atop a red plastic "operating table" with 12 body cavities exposed. Players perform highly skilled procedures with a pair of tweezers such as removing a broken heart or butterflies in the stomach. This kind of surgery requires a steady hand! Doctors must remove the offending body part without touching the metal lining of the cavity. Touch the metal edge, and you'll set off the buzzer and make Sam's nose light up. Then the designated Specialist steps in--for double the fee! If you're playing solo, try performing all 12 operations without getting zapped. Two AA batteries are required. Operation is for one or more players. --Elizabeth Ward
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