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User Submitted Hungry Hungry Hippos Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-07-08 Why did they have to mess with a good thing? I had this toy as a child and loved it. I wish my parents had kept it so I could have passed on the original, more durable toy to my kids. I remember it being one piece and fitting into the box just fine. We got it yesterday and haven't had any trouble with it staying together. Our problem is we can't get it to disassemble to put back in the box. We're also running into the problem of the plastic balls popping back out of the hippos mouths. Our 2 and 4 year old play this game with one hand hovering above it so they can catch the marbles the hippos "spit out" and shove them back in. Sometimes the heads of the hippos get stuck and you have to really smash the lever to free them. The kids really love the game so I'm glad we got it but I was so disappointed to see how the quality has suffered. It doesn't look as if it will be very durable but so far we haven't had any problems. We'll be building a better box for storage since we can't get it to disassemble. Date: 2007-05-07 fun toy but difficult to assemble Once this toy was assembled it was thoroughly enjoyed by my grandchildren ages 3-4. It is difficult to assemble and I have now found that the mechanism for the hippo heads is jamming. The marbles fly all over the place so if you have crawling babies - beware! Date: 2007-03-08 Cheaply Made I loved playing this game as a child! I bought it for the children I watch. They absoutely loved the game. They did not get the basic idea though and ended up throwing the marbles and what not. The game is cheaply made. It kept falling apart and I had to re-attach the hippos at each new game. The marbles are also small cheap plastic. Good game, kids love it, but it is made poorly. Date: 2007-02-15 Terrible quality This is a poor quality version of the original game. The hippos get stuck constantly, the balls don't roll well (since they are injection molded plastic with flaws from the process), and the board feels like it is constantly breaking. Date: 2007-01-11 Not as good as the old one... definitely not as sturdy as the one i had when i was a kid. this one broke as we were putting it away in the box after using it for the first time on christmas morning. it seems really cheap. think i'll give my old one to the kids instead since it's held up better than the new one.
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