Hungry Hungry Hippos
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hungry Hungry Hippos
Customer Review: Great idea... poorly made
Summary: 3 Stars
I too remember this game from childhood, and remember it working much better. I purchased this for my daughters 3rd birthday thinking she and her older brother (4 1/2) could have a game they could play without too much adult help. The problem is that the (...) heads dont flip up well to eat the marlbes, the necks stick making them not work, and sometimes the hippos spit out marbles they have eaten. On top of all this if there aren't four players the game fails to work properly and all the little marbles cluster by the hippo not in use out of reach of the other "hungry" hippos. Even when we played with 3 people I kept having to reach in and make the marbles move out of that area so they would be reachable by the other hippos. Overall I am not impressed and would not have purchased the product had I known then what I know now. (...)Customer Review: Milton Bradley Does It AGAIN!
Summary: 4 Stars
After the fantastic game that was "Connect Four" (a timeless classic, on par with chess), the experts in board game fun bring us Hungry Hungry Hippos.The idea is beautifully simple, so simple its the kind of thing you wish you'd have though of yourself. You see, in this game you take the role of a HIPPO. And you are HUNGRY. In fact, not just HUNGRY but HUNGRY HUNGRY. This makes them quite peckish.
Anyway, upon assuming this hard-to-give convincingly role, your mission is to begin the rapid consumption of MARBLES.
Now, it isn't fully explained in the literature why the hippos are eating marbles, but anyway there we go.
You and three of your friends, or colleagues, family members, even that special someone you want to impress with your gaming prowess, gobble up as many marbles as you can.
Sheer entertainment, a classic.
Customer Review: Just not very durable
Summary: 2 Stars
My daughter always wants to play with it, but the levers stick, the hippos fall off, etc... You also have to take the hippos off in order for it to fit back into the box. They are very easy to take on and off, but because of that, they also seem to slip off during play sometimes. Maybe it's our carpet, but it's the only place she has to play. As for marbles, they only give you 1 extra. My daughter is very anal about storing things back, and even with that, we constantly lose the marbles. The last thing is that she loves to play with it for a couple of rounds, and then it bores her. I do like the game, but lately I am much more into quality and durability of games.I'm trying to minimize the amount of junk we have, and I ended up getting rid of this game. It just constantly needed attention when she played.Customer Review: Fun for youngest toddlers, but gets stuck a lot
Summary: 2 Stars
I agree with the others about the hippos getting stuck, not lifting their heads, etc. Only the youngest toddlers get some fun out of this, basically making noise, and eventually getting the plastic marbles. Since the hippos are not all working the same way, older kids who are more competitive will argue and fight for the better hippos and this takes away from the fun. I usually just settle for the worse hippo, the one that gets stuck and rarely lifts his head, just to let my toddler win. I tried filing the hippos' jaws to make them more rounded and more likely to open, but it seems to only help a little. There is a small educational value in learning to count. But any child that is old enough to count will quickly get frustrated by the uneven performance of the hippos.Customer Review: I Hate Hippos
Summary: 1 Stars
I was only 4 when it happened. This is a TRUE STORY. This really happened.
My older cousin Kiana, was playing "Hugry, Hungry Hippos." The game would not work and it fell apart. She was 6. Her and her friend Darlene decided it would be a good idea to suck on some of the marbles. Kiana fell down and swallowed 4 marbles and was sent to the emergency room. Luckily, she survived, with a surgery resulting in huge medical bills.
Kiana almost died from this, she was 6.
Hungry Hippos teaches NOTHING except for bad idea and horrible accidents.
Please do NOT, NOT, NOT buy this for children under 7. Infact, don't buy it at all. I doesn't work, and if it was 1 penny more cheap, it would be made of cardboard