KerPlunk
A children's game of removing straws to avoid dropping marbles.
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KerPlunk is a children's game that uses a transparent plastic tube, plastic rods called straws, and several dozen marbles.[1] The game was first marketed by the Ideal Toy Company in 1967.[1] The game's name is onomatopoeic, mimicking the noise made when marbles fall to the tube's bottom during a round.[2]
Quick Facts
- Inventors
- Eddy Goldfarb with Rene Soriano
- First marketed by
- Ideal Toy Company
- Year first marketed
- 1967
- Field
- Children's game
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Eddy Goldfarb and Rene Soriano invented the game.[1] The plastic rods, normally 26 to 30 in total, are predominantly yellow and red.[1] The base contains four separate numbered trays.[2] The game is manufactured and marketed by Hasbro in the UK.[3]
It was formerly marketed by the Milton Bradley Company.[3] Mattel markets the game in the USA.[3] A drop tower amusement park ride themed after KerPlunk is planned for the Mattel Adventure Park in Glendale, Arizona.[4] After the lattice is in place, marbles are loaded into the tube's upper section, where the lattice prevents them from falling.[2]
What the cited sources add
Cooper's 2021 list includes KerPlunk among Milton Bradley board games released in 1967.[5] Davis-Friedman reports that the planned KerPlunk drop tower is one of about 25 attractions on a 10-acre site in Glendale, Arizona.[6] The Mattel Adventure Park website lists a "Kerplunk™ Drop Tower" as "Coming Soon!".[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "KerPlunk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "I Love the 1970s (series celebrating 1970s pop culture on BBC Two Wales)", bbc.co.uk, 31 May 2014; Cooper, "Milton Bradley Board Games: History Throughout the Years", LoveToKnow, 3 August 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "KerPlunk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kerplunk Game" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "KerPlunk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cooper, "Milton Bradley Board Games: History Throughout the Years", LoveToKnow, 3 August 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "KerPlunk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Davis-Friedman, "6 new Epic Resort Destinations properties planned by 2034", Attractions Magazine, 2024-12-01; "Mattel Adventure Park Rides & Attractions", www.matteladventurepark.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Cooper, "Milton Bradley Board Games: History Throughout the Years", LoveToKnow, 3 August 2021. facts only, no text reused. lovetoknow.com
- Davis-Friedman, "6 new Epic Resort Destinations properties planned by 2034", Attractions Magazine, 2024-12-01. facts only, no text reused. attractionsmagazine.com
- "Mattel Adventure Park Rides & Attractions", www.matteladventurepark.com. facts only, no text reused. matteladventurepark.com
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: KerPlunk (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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