Sesame Street Chutes & Ladders

by Hasbro

Product Features

• 2 to 4 players.
• Ages 3 to 6

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 10.6 x 15.9 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001IU5GA
• Item model number: 42049
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,867 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

You'll love the ups and downs of this exciting game for little folks ¿ in a special Sesame Street-themed edition! The gameboard is filled with beloved Sesame Street characters! There's no reading required to play, so even the youngest Sesame Street fans can join in the fun!

Product Description

The classic "up and down" game that little ones love now comes in a special Sesame Street themed edition. The packaging and game board feature colorful images of favorite Sesame Street characters. Land on the ladders to race ahead, but go back if you end up on a chute. No reading required to play. For 2-4 players.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More fun more sturdy version of a classic board game, January 20, 2005

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Thida Cornes (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sesame Street Chutes & Ladders (Toy)

My daughter who's almost 3 has little idea of how to play and is yet very excited about playing it, because it has the familiar Sesame Street characters that she loves. We tried the original, but she quickly lost interest, because the pieces are flimsy and hard to play with.

The pawns are much better than the original. The original has annoying cardboard pieces that fit into plastic stands. Sesame Street has 4 sturdy solid plastic pieces that are Zoe, Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster. My daughter enjoys playing with these pieces just on their own. The pieces have wide bases, which makes it easy to stand them up. However only one piece will fit on a square at a time.

Like the original Chutes and Ladders, the game consists of a board of 100 squares, and a spinner with the numbers 1 to 6. The board seems visually appealing to kids, because my daughter just likes to look at it sometimes. As far as I can tell, the placement of the chutes and ladders is the same as in the original. The chutes mostly show accidents of various Sesame Street characters like tripping on a banana peel. Unlike the original, there's only two chutes that show morals: Zoe won't share with Elmo and Cookie Monster eats too many cookies and gets a stomach-ache. The ladders show the kindness or heroism of Sesame Street characters like cooperation. So the board has a more positive feeling than the original.

The spinner is separate from the box which is nice.

For those not familiar with the original, here's a further review. You take turns. You spin the spinner and move your piece the appropriate number of spaces. If you land at the top of a chute, you slide down it to a different space. If you land on at the bottom of a ladder, you climb up to a new space.

It's a very simple game which teaches young kids how to count, recognize numbers, take turns, and deal with the wins and losses of playing a game. Like most simple kids' games, it's pretty boring unless you're playing it with someone who's still learning these skills and is excited about it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Children's Classic, September 21, 2005

By 

HerouxFamily - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sesame Street Chutes & Ladders (Toy)

A classic kids game, with a Sesame Street twist. My kids love playing this game and Mom loves the characters she grew up with (did I just date myself?)!!! We are currently living overseas and this is one of the small things that we do to keep our kids "in touch" with their US peers.

5.0 out of 5 stars good fun for all!, February 5, 2010

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E. Saylor "esaylor" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Sesame Street Chutes & Ladders (Toy)

Bought this for my 2 1/2 year old son. Although he doesn't have much patience to play it correctly he has fun matching the seseme figures with the pictures on the game board. But the older he gets the more he will love it. My 7 year old daughter actually has a blast playing it as well!