Operation! The Age Old Classic…
Operation – the game of fine motor control where a steady hand is required to grab the plastic bones without touching the metal sides and setting off the buzzer. It is (and always was) wickedly hard. Those holes look smaller now than ever (although the board’s dimensions are unchanged). The built quality is cheaper (the cardboard main board is thinner, the tongs more lightweight), although it’s not a significant difference (and I’m using my 30 year old recollections to compare).
The real reason I’m docking it two points is that my kids have little patience for this game – to my surprise. I used to play it a lot. Maybe the difference is the amount of television advertising? More likely it’s that we didn’t have Nintendo, Tivo, and the Internet around when I was a kid. In any case – it’s a trip down memory lane and a simple and tactile game for kids.
My 6 year old daughter loves this. I thought she would have a hard time getting the pieces out but she does a great job. I don’t remember it being ‘easy’ for me when I was a kid but maybe she has better coordination than I did or maybe the holes are a little bit bigger? It has a tray that pulls out to store the pieces in and that’s a nice feature. All in all, it’s easy to understand why this game has been around for so long and is still fun to play
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