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Product Information
Technical Details
| Item Weight | 1.5 Kg |
| Product Dimensions | 40.4 x 27 x 10.2 cm |
| Manufacturer recommended age: | 0 - 10 years |
| Item model number | 48221 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries Included? | No |
Additional Information
| ASIN | B0006GWQ14 |
| Best Sellers Rank |
996 in Toys & Games (See top 100)
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| Shipping Weight | 1.5 Kg |
| Delivery Destinations: | Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered. |
| Date First Available | 1 Jan 2002 |
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Build a better mousetrap? We dare you. Naturally, the object is to trap mice in the mousetrap, while avoiding getting trapped. By rolling the die, you proceed around the game board, collecting cheese pieces and building a mousetrap bit by bit. Once complete, you set the wheels in motion, as it were, to try to capture the opposition's mice. But this is no ordinary trap. With this contraption you start by turning the crank, that rotates the gears, that push the lever, that moves the shoe, that kicks the bucket, that sends the ball down the stairs and into the gutter, that leads to the rod that releases a second ball, that falls through the bathtub and onto the springboard, that catapults the diver into the washtub, that causes the cage to fall and-whew.- hopefully, capture a mouse. The last "mouse" left uncaptured wins.
The crazy zany game of catching rodents using the wildest mousetraps in the world. Flush the toilet to activate 1 of 3 great traps.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Having had this as a child, I remembered just how over sensitive our trap was. After setting this up - which took quite a while, I was quite impressed at the new traps... the loop and the flushing toilet especially and couldn't wait to play it.
Boy was I disappointed! The ball hasn't enough momentum to EVER go all the way round the loop, and our cage NEVER goes down - even when we hit it, it gets stuck half way. It looks great till u play it.... needs a lot of tweaking by the makers!
Boy was I disappointed! The ball hasn't enough momentum to EVER go all the way round the loop, and our cage NEVER goes down - even when we hit it, it gets stuck half way. It looks great till u play it.... needs a lot of tweaking by the makers!
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bought this game hoping my children would enjoy playing it as much as I had enjoyed playing the original and have been so completely disappointed by it.
It is so badly manufactured that almost half of the 'traps' don't work due to inferior materials used to produce them. It claims to be a game targetted towards 6plus year olds but it requires such manual dexterity to construct and set the traps that i think even the finest jeweller or seamstress would struggle to get it prepared. I doubt the bosses at MB have actually bothered to watch children setting up or playing this game. Have never been able to finish a game all the way through. I urge you NOT to part with your money and waste it on such an inferior product - so sad that a concept so wonderful could be delivered so spectacularly badly.
It is so badly manufactured that almost half of the 'traps' don't work due to inferior materials used to produce them. It claims to be a game targetted towards 6plus year olds but it requires such manual dexterity to construct and set the traps that i think even the finest jeweller or seamstress would struggle to get it prepared. I doubt the bosses at MB have actually bothered to watch children setting up or playing this game. Have never been able to finish a game all the way through. I urge you NOT to part with your money and waste it on such an inferior product - so sad that a concept so wonderful could be delivered so spectacularly badly.
52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By M. Cochrane
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This game is very unreliable. There's a trap which requires a ball to do a loop-the-loop, and predictably the ball loses momentum before reaching the end to trigger the trap. Many parts are made of cardboard rather than plastic, and it's hit and miss whether any of the traps actually work correctly. Don't waste your money on this game. I haven't - I'm taking mine back to the shop I bought it from.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By ben
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mousetrap - more like mousecrap. The only thing that worked properly was the toilet, and the rest would have gone down ours if it had fit. Great (old) idea, lousy (modern) execution. I would seriously think twice about buying ANY toys from this well-known brand, who should be able to do much better if they really cared to.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Carol May
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Same as the others on the page - the traps don't work!! We bought this for my 6 year old as the big birthday present and after 1 hour of fiddling with the cage (which gets stuck) and never seeing the loop-the-loop work, I am putting this in the closet with the other cheap plastic games. A disappointment.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Mamamia
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I loved this game when I was a kid and was delighted my eldest daughter wanted one for her birthday. Like all MB toys I've bought in the last few years, it is made from inferior plastics and cardboard - hardly durable and very disappointing. Its not easy for some of the parts to stay in place as the cardboards tries to unfurl and pieces slide out of their slots on the board very easily. If you are looking for some short term fun buy it. If you want a game that will last, this is not the one for you.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
As with all other reviews, this product is just useless. We also have not made it round the loop the loop yet, the basket consistently just falls down whenever the board is touched and it took ages to put together. Flimsy cardboard, tacky cheap bits of plastic. Loads of small bits with no where to store them. How are you suppose to pack this game away? It took nearly an hour to make and surely not every parent is going to keep doing this every time their child would want to play it?
I only bought this as I remembered how much fun I had playing this as a child so was hugely disappointed :o( How come there are 3 different traps, I always remembered this game as one big trap at the end. My son just sits there putting the balls in the toilet and flushing them - with only the boot trap going off. The other traps the ball just falls of and rolls off the board.
I can't believe they have changed this classic game to a pile of rubbish. Why did I sell mine at a boot sale years ago!!
If anyone knows where I can buy the original please write a comment to this message as I can't find it anywhere on the internet, thanks.
I only bought this as I remembered how much fun I had playing this as a child so was hugely disappointed :o( How come there are 3 different traps, I always remembered this game as one big trap at the end. My son just sits there putting the balls in the toilet and flushing them - with only the boot trap going off. The other traps the ball just falls of and rolls off the board.
I can't believe they have changed this classic game to a pile of rubbish. Why did I sell mine at a boot sale years ago!!
If anyone knows where I can buy the original please write a comment to this message as I can't find it anywhere on the internet, thanks.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By tubster
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Initially I was very impressed with the new version; the three different traps get set off throughout the game which makes it more interesting, and it seemed pretty sturdy and a big improvement on the old version. But one piece arrived with a broken hinge which was irritating; also like another reviewer the loop the loop section didn't work, the ball just didn't have enough momentum. Unless I'm doing something seriously wrong this is a pretty major design flaw. As there is no help or support number to call this one is going straight back to the shop; shame, if it worked properly it would be a great game.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mouse Trap
This was a Christmas request from my grandson who wanted it so that all the family could play it together.
Published 1 day ago by Glyn Scarth
5.0 out of 5 stars
Way better than the original!
My 5 yr old nephew asked for this as a birthday present and I was really skeptical after reading the other reviews on here. Read more
Published 6 days ago by A Mc
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much improved
This is so much better than the version I had when I was a child. My daughter really loves having to flush the toilet to trip the traps. Read more
Published 1 month ago by TRE
1.0 out of 5 stars
not what it used to be!
Now I know nothing stays the same and things change, but I was hoping my children would have as much fun playing mouse trap as I did when I was a kid back in the 80's. Read more
Published 1 month ago by pattie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fab
Great game, fun for all the family. Kids love it and play for hours. Quality game for the price, recommended.
Published 2 months ago by lynn daniels
4.0 out of 5 stars
A bit tricky to put together
Takes a while to put it together and is slightly frustrating at times but got there in the end!
My daughter loves it though! Read more
My daughter loves it though! Read more
Published 2 months ago by David Baddeley
5.0 out of 5 stars
asked for
This was on my Granchildrens xmas list as we always buy a game at xmas, It was bit hard to put together & is not as good as the old one
Published 3 months ago by C. A. Bringloe
2.0 out of 5 stars
Poor quality but still fun.
This would have been a great game if they had built it with some quality materials. The game is well thght out but the traps don't work properly. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ben Doof
2.0 out of 5 stars
Takes to long
Takes far too long to put together. Son not really impressed with it, said its boring! Put together once then put back in the box not to see the light of day again.
Published 3 months ago by lisa davies
5.0 out of 5 stars
MOUSETRAP
I BOUGHT THIS ITEM FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS THEY LOVE IT AND PLAY WITH IT ON A REGULAR BASIS
Published 3 months ago by TANZI
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