Hungry Hungry Hippos
- 4 years & up
- 2 to 4 players
- No reading required
Product Description
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! For 2 to 4 players. Game includes: Hippo game base, 4 Hippo heads, 4 levers, label sheet, 20 marbles, instructions. Color of parts may vary.Editorial Review
Four hippos try to eat as many marbles as they can–as fast as they can. This game is fast-paced and riotous for kids who get to take turns popping a white marble into the ring, then furiously pressing on their hippo’s levered tail to catch the prize. As if that’s not enough, in the advanced game, all 20 marbles are released at the same time. Utter mayhem ensues, and whoever snares the most marbles wins. If only it would get kids to clean their plates as well as those pudgy hippos do! –Lynne Sampson
This post has 5 comments
November 9th, 2009
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
Rating: 1 / 5
November 9th, 2009
THIS IS THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUY IT AND/OR CRY, NOW!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
November 9th, 2009
Every child loves Hurgry Hippo!!!!!!!!!! Every child has to have one!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
November 10th, 2009
Ok, I just have to say that all of you that are complaining about how cheap the game is and how “your cousin almost DIED because of this game” need to get a reality check. The girl who “almost died” was playing the game WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION (when the game clearly suggests it). And for all you parents that complain that the game is cheap and it falls apart when your kids play with it - could it be that your kids are simply POUNDING as hard as they possibly can on the game when they play? I know kids get excited and can hit it pretty hard (I used to play it when I was little and I remember my friends and I hitting it pretty darn hard, but it NEVER fell apart or broke), but it seems your kids are simply hitting it way too hard. There is no reason to be hitting it so hard that it falls apart or breaks. So instead of telling everyone that the game is cheap and not to buy it because YOUR kids break it, why not just go out and get a different game for them and let all the parents who have kids with self control buy this great family game so they can enjoy it and not miss out on such a classic.
I loved this game when I was little and I still think it’s a great game. I’m planning on buying it for my little brother (age 3) for Christmas, and I have no worries about him breaking it or the game “falling apart.” I look forward to playing this game with him and I hope that all the parents (or anyone else) who are/is reading this and are/is considering buying this game end up buying it and don’t get turned away by the people who are complaining about this game- their kids were most-likely unsupervised, which I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND and neither does the game.
BUY THIS GAME! YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
Rating: 5 / 5
November 10th, 2009
I love the old games we used to play and especially the ones that are not electronic. My girls really like to play hungry hungry hippos as they are very competitive. Lot’s of fun for the family.
Rating: 4 / 5