Candy Land 50th Anniversary Game Tin

by Milton Bradley

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 10.6 x 10.7 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• ASIN: B00000JGQA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,931 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This perennial favorite prereading game has gotten a makeover for its 50th anniversary. The basics are the same: players still move ahead according to the color of the card they draw; they still try to avoid getting stuck in the Molasses Swamp; and they still thrill when they draw the magical Queen Frostine card. It's the game's graphics that have been updated. A three-dimensional version of the Candy Castle beckons at the end of the trail; the playing pieces look remarkably like gingerbread-folk come to life; and even the color blocks on the cards have a tastefully decorative frame around them. The whole thing is packed in a collector's tin for safekeeping. --Lisa Whipple

Product Description

Five decades after Milton Bradley introduced the Candy Land game in 1949, it is still an enduring memory from our collective childhood. Now you can make sweet new memories traveling down the colorful path with all of the young children in your life. Revisit the Peppermint Forest, the Lollipop Woods and the Gumdrop Mountains in our 50th Anniversary game.

Includes: Commemorative embossed tin, 4 intricately sculpted plastic gingerbread character pawns, colorful gameboard and 64 cards with rich gold-colored details, yummy-looking three-dimensional cardboard Candy Castle and full-color Candy Land Story booklet with game history and rules for gameplay.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thankfully, a Better Way to Store Candyland!, July 26, 2000

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N. Graves "nickielea" (Great Falls, MT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Candy Land 50th Anniversary Game Tin (Board Game)

I enjoyed playing Candyland as a child. Now, it's my turn to share Candyland with my kids. This anniverary version of Candyland is fantastic! The game pieces are made a bit more ruggedly than before, plus it comes with a terrifi tin to store the game in. In addition, Amazon has it listed for a terrific price, about $5 less than I paid for the game at a "regular" store.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blast that cardboard castle!!!!!, February 5, 2001

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E. M. Rivera (San Juan, PR) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Candy Land 50th Anniversary Game Tin (Board Game)

I bought this game for my toddler because I thought it would be nice for her to have the tin box, which is beautiful and very helpful since it has molded spaces for the parts inside. The playing pieces are great, and they're not flat. Very sturdy too. The big problem with this edition of Candyland is that after they went through all the trouble of making the greta box, board, playing pieces, they added a cardboard castle that needs to be assembled each time you play (at leats my daughter MAKES me put it together, I'd play without it!). The cardboard is thin and starts to wear immediately after the first time you assemble it, not to mention how awful it gets after many uses. Get the kid the game, but throw away the castle before you give it to him/her.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Candyland 50th Year Edition, December 26, 2001

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Rhonda F. Adkins (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Candy Land 50th Anniversary Game Tin (Board Game)

Great game, but why make the beautiful castle out of paper and too big for the box!!! We can not even store it with the game and games for 3 year olds should be durable. Very disappointing. The gingerbread men are adorable. Of course the game is a classic. Change the castle! Thanks!