Do you fancy a tumble? (Tomy Tumblin' Monkeys)

Member Name: carebare

Product:	Tomy Tumblin' Monkeys
Date:	27/12/03 (73 review reads)
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Here is one of many of the ops that I will be writing about the gifts me and my family recieved over the festive period.

I don't know if any of you have heard of the game in the past but you may well have heard of a game that is very similar. Which one is that I hear you say? Well, it's Kerplunk. Still dont know which one I am talking about? Do you remember the one with the tall tube with holes in, sticks and marbles? Penny dropped? Good! Well if you like Kerplunk you will love Tumblin Monkeys (No its not a typo!).

The principals of this game are exactly the same as Kerplunk, you poke the sticks through the tube (in this case its a palm tree) and out the other side, tip in the marbles (in this game its obviously monkeys) and then take turns throwing the multicoloured dice and remove the coloured stick that coresponds to the colour that the dice has landed on. Sounds simple and boring? Well its not!

My oldest children are only 4 and 5 but they have been going on about this game for months since they visted my Sister in Law and played with my nephews copy of this game. My sister relented and bought them a copy for christmas and it is one of their favorite presents needless to say. We played it 4 yimes yesterday (xmas day) and 3 times today!

So whats the difference between Tumblin monekys and Kerplunk?

Well there are only a few differences between the two games, the first being that instead of having a boring tube to put the sticks in, on the tumblin monkeys version the tube is made to look like a plam tree. The main difference between the two is that instead of using marbles like in Kerplunk, in tumblin monkeys you use small plastic monkeys with longs curled tails. When the sticks are pulled out from underneath the monkeys, their tails catch on any sticks below them, this makes the game more interesting and a lot more fun.

The idea behind both games is to pull the sticks out when it is y
our turn and avoid making a monkey fall all the way to the bottom. The person with the least monkeys at the end of the game is the winner. Even after all the times that I have played this game over the last few days, the kids still keep beating me at it. I'm sure they cheat!

This game is made by Tomy and can be found in all leading toyshops and large stores such as Tesco and Sainsburys. I have recently seen it in our local woolworths priced at £6.99, which I think for the amount of excitement and fun it has brought to my household is well worth every penny and I am sure it is something that will be played in our house on a regular basis.

The game is for 2 or more players and is aimed at children aged 4 plus although my nephew is only just 3 and he loves playing it too. As well as being fun it also helps children to recognise colours and helps with their counting skills. Removing the correctly coloured stick will help with learnign which colpur is which and counting how many monkeys you have dropped at the end of the game is a great way to brush their neumber skills up.

On the whole, a great game which comes highly recommended!

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