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User Submitted Hungry Hungry Hippos Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-01-11 hungry hippo Works fine. Daughter enjoys. Only complaint is that once assembled, it doesn't fit in box. Difficult to store. Date: 2007-01-09 Poor quality This is not the Hungry Hungry Hippos I grew up with as a child! You actually have to assemble the game each time you play it, and disassemble it to put it in the box! The hippos don't seem to be level, making it very frustrating for my children when their hippo doesn't 'eat' any marbles! Don't waste your money! Date: 2007-01-09 What a let down This game is the worst. The hippos get stuck if you push with any kind of force, the game is a piece of plastic junk, and I wouldn't recommend this if I was being paid to. Date: 2007-01-01 Doesn't fit back into the box! it's just as fun as you remember, and it's fun to introduce your child to this game. But once you assemble the game it does not fit back into the box. So you are left with this cumbersome game and tons of loose marbles. Good luck keeping your game room tidy with this game. Also, the heads and necks get stuck. You're trying to gobble gobble gobble but your hippo gets paralyzed. It's very frustrating. The kids will have fun with it, but you might want to think about gobbling up a different game. And finally, our game arrived with the yellow hippos head! Uggh! Date: 2006-12-31 Not like the one when we were kids. I bought this for my 5 year old, Christmas 2006. I don't like the way that the main part to this game comes in 5 pieces that you have to set up every single time. I also don't like the cheap plastic balls this comes with. I remember the original version coming in one main piece and having real marbles. I think they make it that way (the newer version) just so they can package it in a smaller box. When it came time to store it, it was difficult. The "push down levers" just stayed up in the box, so I can't get the lid down all the way and the levers are also making the top of the box bend because of it. I hope the packaging doesn't ruin the toy. I am also considering buying real marbles for it. Maybe they are using plastic "marbles" to make it more safe in case they pop up in your face. What is really aggravating when playing this game is that the "marbles" get stuck in the neck and they don't go through the hippo's body all the way when you catch them. Probably because of the fact that it comes in 5 parts instead of one and therefore, has to cross over a dip from the main part to the hippo part. It might also be because the balls are so light weight compared to real marbles so they have a harder time making it though. And because the "marbles" get stuck in the neck, they actually bounce back out of the mouth after the hippos eat them. When the game is complete, everybody has to take their finger and fish the "marbles" out of the hippo's necks. Half the marbles don't go down to your own tray like they are suppose to do. I've noticed that the quality of games and their packaging have decreased tremendously over the years.
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