Hasbro Operation
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hasbro Operation
Customer Review: Operation & Cavity Sam - The Same Today As In Yesteryear...
Summary: 5 Stars
When I read all of the bad reviews for this Gen X classic board game, I just laughed! Especially the review about the young child that played this game and got so nervous because of the buzzer that he/she threw up! Then... I wondered about the world we live in... Who would have thought that a simple game like Hasbro's Operation could make a person question the social decline of the next generation? Firstly, Gen Y parents... This is a game for 6 to 12 year olds. it's called "reading the front of the box before you buy".
Secondly, the pieces and the cavities that the pieces fit in are the EXACT same size, made of the EXACT same plastic, and is an EXACT duplicate of the game board I owned in the 70's, so stop your GEN Y whining!
The object of the game is to practice, have a steady hand and beat your opponent. It ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EASY! Just like the Gen Y's offspring is being taught today - if it's too difficult, too scary, too loud, too ANYTHING, then it's just OK to throw it down and give up. What a wimpy generation we soon will have running this country in 25 to 30 years.
I had three kids, ages 6 to 12 over to our house and got out this game for them to play with. I helped the 6 year old some but all three ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Obviously, they are the exception to the rule among the children being raised today...
Cavity Sam is the patient and you are pitted against your opponent with "doctor" cards that describe what part of the body to operate on and if successful, get paid. If your oppponent isn't successful, you get the next shot at the same body part but with a "specialist" card. Specialist, of course, get more money for operations than do doctors. If you touch the sides of the body cavity with the tweezers, Sam's nose lights up and a loud buzzer sounds. The person with the most money in completed operations wins!
This also teaches kids about body parts, reading, and to establish some great hand/eye coordination. Much more than, oh... let's say a Game Boy or an X Box would. Great family fun! Two "D" batteries not included...
Happy Playing!
Customer Review: A Classic!
Summary: 4 Stars
I had this game when I was little, I'm 30 now and still love this game. The object is to collect money for every successful operation you perform. The one with the most money wins. If you can't perform the operation, then the person with the specialist card appropriate for the operation gets a chance to get even more money. My five year old really loves this game because she wants to be a doctor, but the buzzer is a little too loud and scares her, so often she is too afraid to perform an operation when she really wants to so bad! So we have to leave the batteries out. When you are really concentrating, the loud buzz can give you quite a jolt! But that is half the fun, at least for me (not for my five year old) and is good for a laugh. The game is actually very good for my daughter for her dexirity as this game forces her to take her time retrieving very small objects with a pair of tweezers. Her teacher suggested similiar exercises to help her with her printing. The down side, it can be very easy to lose the pieces, so after you are done with the game, it is probably best to put all the pieces back into their little body parts. This makes a really fun game on a rainy day or for those would be doctors in the house!Customer Review: Perform Surgery Without A License!
Summary: 5 Stars
Poor Sam. For almost half a century, the star of Hasbro's "Operation" (who looks suspiciously like Shemp from the Three Stooges) has been poked, pinched, and prodded by millions of bumbling would-be surgeons from San Jose to Singapore, none of which have been able to cure his mysterious ailments. Now it's your turn. Grab those tweezers and dig in! The object of "Operation" (as if I needed to tell you) is to perform a series of bizarre surgeries ("Remove Adam's Apple", "Remove Spare Rib"). You've got to have a steady hand, though, because one slip up and ... ZAP! Sam gets enough electricity sent through him to light up his red rubber nose like a certain unnamed reindeer. As if that's not enough, pick the wrong card and you'll be slapped with a malpractice suit. ("What?! All I did was remove this man's butterflies...", you tell the befuddled judge.) Yes, Operation is, despite the cartoon patient, an eerily realistic game where the surgeon with the most money, and least malpractice suits, wins. Now's your chance to be the doctor your parents always dreamed of. Get Hasbro's "Operation" and help end Shemp's, er ... I mean Sam's misery.Customer Review: Good Classic Game
Summary: 4 Stars
I played this game as a kid, and this past Christmas we gave it as a gift to my wife's nephew and niece who are within the appropiate age group. As a bonus, we even got a rebate for the item, since removed the Toys R Us shelves.
I have to admit, the contruction is pretty cheap and the pieces could get easily lost by kids if they are not careful to put them back in the box. As a warning, you should not buy this game if there are small kids in the house because of the choking hazzard of the small pieces. Also, you gotta get your own batteries.
That said, we had a lot of fun playing this game. Trying to fetch the little pieces with the tweezers (which I had to sometimes manually bend into a better shape) required patience and dexterity. You have to coax some of the pieces out of the crevices and some the harder items (Writer's Cramp.... Argh!) may take a lot of tries. The buzzer is an effective way to suprise you while you are deeply concentrating to fetch out the pieces. We had a lot of laughs! BTW, older kids and adults played the game too. This could be a good family bonding game.
Customer Review: Shame on Milton Bradley
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a hard enough time shielding my children from all of the violence and gore on television, the last thing my family needs is a game promoting it."Operation" is a game that features a man with his internal organs exposed. The children that play this game are encouraged to remove said organs "with a steady hand", or risk being electrocuted.
Pavlov is rolling in his grave.
Granted, the shock the child receives is minor -- it's actually more of a sustained vibration (comparable to a personal massager), but this is not the type of reinforcement my children need.
I prefer to encourage my children -- not terrify them with buzzers and shocks when they do something wrong.
And for a game that's been around as long as "Operation", don't you think it's about time that Sam the Patient found a new doctor to fix what ails him?
If you're looking for a game that promotes wholesome goodness and a steady hand, chatchi's family recommends "Don't Break the Ice" or "Cootie".