Mr Pop

In this game you have a plastic face with out any features, a lot of different pieces to put on your face, eyes, ears, mouthes, noses, glasseas, etc and 9 cards which are 3 different skill levels and coloured in 3 different colours. When you first unpack the game you have to stick the stickers onto the pieces to make the eyes and other bits as they are just plain plastic when you get them. Playing the game is very simple, you wind the timer up, push the face down untill it clicks into position and then let go of the timer and choose a card. You then have to copy the face on the card using the right pieces, ie blue or brown eyes and ...

Since it's rapidly approaching Christmas, I thought I would try and write some reviews on family games that most kids will love and adults may remember playing in their youth. I've started with Mr Pop as we have just rescued this one from our box of games in the attic to introduce to our son. This game has been around for many years and still has as much appeal today as it did when it first appeared in our shops. We have had this one in our family for around 12 years and my girls both had loads of fun playing this as they were growing up. It is made by MB Games which are also responsible for popular games such as Twister and Mousetrap as well as many others ...

There I was a few weeks ago strolling around a car boot sale. Actually it was the first one I had been to for a couple of years. My neighbours are always coming back home with their car loaded full of bargains. After weeks of promising to go one day they finally persuaded my husband and I to join in their weekly scoop. The car boot sale, which was only a five minute car journey away and I was really surprised as to how large it was. With the car parked we headed off in search of the bargains. Within five minutes I found a board game from the past its called Mr Pop and for only £1.00 what a bargain. Grinning from ear to ear I clutched my bargain and ...