In the 1920's two brothers created a company selling textile remnants. They soon started making and selling pencil cases and things for schools. This company was Hasbro. Over the years Hasbro purchased various other toy companies. Working with children for many a year I have played with lots of Hasbro toys. I was in the playground at work this week and joined in a game of connect four on the giant garden edition of this game. A large garden connects four /four in the row is made by a couple of other manufactures but ours is the Hasbro one.
Product description . ~~~~~~~~
The giant connect four is a giant edition of the smaller table top toy. It is a large plastic toy. It is 1.1 metre tall. The main playing frame is a blue colour. This is slotted at the top so that you can post the discs in it. There are 7 rows of 6 round holes in the frame so that you can see the counters when they are in position. The bottom of this frame has a bar that can be released to let the discs fall through when you have completed the game. The playing blue frame is supported by two green struts these have feet on to balance and hold the game upright. The playing frame does not go right down to the floor it finishes just above it so that the discs can be removed from the base of the playing frame, At the side and bottom of each of the green struts is a little shelf this is to stack the playing discs on there is also the lever to pull to remove the base strip that keeps the playing disc from falling through the frame while the game is being played. (Pull these and the discs fall out of the bottom of the game) There are 42 red or yellow discs/counters provided enough to fill all the spaces there are equal amounts of red and yellow discs.
This toy is a very sturdy toy made of a strong plastic. You can leave it outside the entire year probably best if in a shed or garage during winter though.
Price is ~~~~~
RRP £136 at http://www.gardenoasis.co.uk/giant-connect-p-1112.html?osCsid=999dc5ace1376 8cf59824d21bc46c03b its £144.98p at http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/giant/giant-captains-mistress.htm its £123.32 ($245).
Suitable for:- ~~~~
This toy is suitable for outside or inside games. For a school, a youth club, a pub or for a party maybe. If you are a really keen player then yes buy one for your home garden.
How to play ~~~~~~~ This game is easy it is a game for 2 players. Each player chooses which coloured disk/counter they are going to use. It is a turn taking game first one player drops their counter into a column the aim is to get four of your counters in a row vertically horizontally or diagonally. The winner is who gets four in a row first.
There is some skill and strategy in this game and some luck. I can not say it a game an intelligent adult, or child will play very often once they have mastered the skill. But it does have some play value.
Ours at school gets used mostly as a toy just simply to put the discs into. We have several children who will play for a long time just dropping the counters in and filling the spaces then releasing the counters on the floor. We have others who will make attempts to make patterns using the same coloured counters to make rows. Few of the pupils at my school use it as a game played the correct way, I work in a special needs school. So this connect four is used more as a posting toy. It does have value used as this as it helps fine and gross motor skills. Also develops concentration.
Thanks for reading about one of my schools playground toys . Mary
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