Original Battling Tops

This game has been a consistent hit among (adult) friends.It's amazing how easy it is to anthropomorphize those little spinning tops!Sometimes they cautiously circle and taunt each other, other times they clash with such violence that some get thrown feet out of the ring, and still other times they fall down spinning but regain balance to continue the epic struggle ... it's genuinely thrilling, and totally absorbing.Each time I've brought it out with a group (often by request) it's been played for at least an hour solid.

Other reviewers complain that it's too hard to spin the tops.This baffles me a bit.As a kid, playing an older version, I don't remember being frustrated learning to spin the tops--I just remember enjoying the game.At any rate in my recent experience it takes adults with standard motor skills no more than five minutes of patience.

I don't have anything at stake in this product or company.I just feel that strongly about this crazy little game!It deserves more attention simply because it is so good, and I feel a duty to spread the word.I'm thrilled with this re-issue of the classic game.

To call this game "The Original Version" is false advertising.It's like the original except much smaller. I was sorely dissapointed when I got mine in the mail and saw that it's a very small version of the original.

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Just as much fun as the 1986 version.We would spend hours playing.It's amazing how something so simple can cause such fun and laughter.No problems with any of the parts.Great toy!

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My MIL had this game for her kids ages 6-13 and they introduced it to my kids ages 4, 6, and 8. I thought my 4 year old would have trouble but he quickly figured it out and has been talking about it non-stop! He begs to go to grandma's to play it. Tonight for atleast an hour we had a 4,6,10, and 12 year old "battling" it out. I couldn't pull them away. It might be on the flimsy side but who cares it's fun!

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I got this game for my birthday in the late 1960's.My friends and I all loved playing it.I was delighted to see that the game is back in production, but disappointed when I received it.The tops in the new game are almost exactly the same size as the original tops. The plastic in the tops appears to be more durable than the originals. The original top spindles would eventually break after heavy use.Thenew top pullers have slightly smaller finger loops (OK for kids, but not as good for adult hands).The real drawback of the new game is the fighting arena.It is MUCH SMALLER than the original. Also, the new top puller locations are in the corners of the arena.The original game had the pulling sites in the middle of each side of the arena.This allowed you to hold on to a corner with one hand, while pulling your top with the other.I have four of the original games (which had no working tops left).The smaller arena would work all right, if there were places to grabhold of it while pulling the tops. (You need to hang on the arena with one hand, while pulling your top with the other, to keep it in one place on the ground).Four fifth grade boys struggled to make the new arena work while pulling their tops hard. Eventually they gave up. I finally took all the tops and pullers from the three games I bought recently, and moved them into the four original vintage tops arenas and boxes that I still own (each new game gives you 6 tops; only 4 are needed to play the game).These new tops work perfectly in the old game arenas. My fifth grade students beg to play these games at recess!If You really like this game, I suggest picking up an old Battling Tops game arena on ebay, and buying the new Battling Tops game for the tops and pullers. It's worth it!This was and is one of the great classic action games of all time!