Glow-In-The-Dark BONEY HEAD !! (Boney Head)

Member Name: The-ex-Raven

Product:	Boney Head
Date:	18/12/07 (102 review reads)
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Advantages: Ideal for kids 4 + and grown - fun !

Disadvantages: losing to a 4 year old . . .

Glow-In-The-Dark BONEY HEAD !!

The Electronic Pick-Up-Styx Game

One of a few games we have around the place that still has all its bits intact, and one the boy will actually sit still and play. It's a Skull 'n' Bones version of pick-up-sticks and I agree with little boy it's actually pretty good fun !

It comes in a fair sized orange/yellow box covered in pictures and descriptions / instructions and suchlike. Plus it actually fits back in the box easily too always a bonus.
The game is classed as suitable for ages 5+ though my boy is four and can play fine - he can get it out and set it up himself and the game is simple enough for him to understand and play. Has been dropped a few time too and still works fine. It's suitable for 2 players or more.

The Skull part comes in 2 pieces and you simply click them together (so easy little boy can do it) It Takes 3 AA Batteries (or normal size batteries as I call them) So you have to unscrew the bit on the bottom and get them in, though the batteries have lasted for ages in this one unlike some toys which eat batteries soon as you change them. This is partly due to the ' SLEEP' mode so after about 5 minutes it will turn itself off - GREAT for small kids who get bored and wander off leaving things turned on.
Once you've got good old Boney together you need to put the bones in, You get 18 bones Long ones Medium ones and small ones - 6 of each. The great thing about these is they're Glow-in-the-Dark ! and it was great fun to trying to play in the dark - the skulls eyes glow too !
The bones also have numbers on 3 points for big 2 for small and one for the little ones, Boy enjoys counting them up at the end to see who's won the game so guess good for counting practice.
Well you've got your Boney Head full of funky green bones now what ? everybody sits down and as per instructions:
" players try to carefully remove one bone from Boney's broken bonce without disturbing him"
It made me jump when it made a noise - Its got this creepy shriek laugh noise that goes off and a flashy LED light flashes if you disturb the other bones. If you make him shriek you have to leave the bone, if he's quiet you get to keep it. You can play against each other or if enough want to play you could play in teams. Count up your bones and the player with the highest points wins

A very good feature this thing has particularly if your playing with young children is it has a twiddly bit on the back next to the on/off switch which let you adjust the sensitivity so you can make it as easy or frustratingly hard as you like.
We actually won this game in a raffle a few months back but have seen it advertised on the TV lately. But is readily available from lots of places. It's made by 'Character' you can find their website here: www.character-online.co.uk where it's up for grabs at £14.99

Can also be found at Woolworths £14.99 or Tesco Direct for £9.97 Had a search around is £9.99 on Amazon but when I looked there were none in stock.
I'd recommend this game over a few others as it's one the kids will get out again - not just leave forgotten in it's box after it's bought - maybe a good one for christmas fun. Can see it being good for sleep-overs in the dark too ! A good game for big kids little kids and the grown-ups to play together. Great Game.

(Also on ciao with photos)

Thanks for reading,
Manda.

Summary: Good fun game for everyone.....