Hasbro Operation Skill Game 2003 Edition

by Hasbro

• Doctor, the patient is here to see you
• Use all your skill and coordination to remove the patient's "ailments" with the tweezers
• If you successfully remove the ailment you collect the amount shown on your card
• The winner is the player with the most money after all the pieces have been removed
• Ailments include: Brain Freeze - an ice-cream cone located in the brain

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 10.6 x 15.8 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: Made in USA and Imported
• ASIN: B00000DMFM
• Item model number: 4545
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 years and up
• Batteries 2 AA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,798 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Surely countless medical careers have been launched because of this humorous game. The Operation game board features Sam the patient, lying atop a red plastic "operating table" with 12 body cavities exposed. Players perform highly skilled procedures with a pair of tweezers such as removing a broken heart or butterflies in the stomach. This kind of surgery requires a steady hand! Doctors must remove the offending body part without touching the metal lining of the cavity. Touch the metal edge, and you'll set off the buzzer and make Sam's nose light up. Then the designated Specialist steps in--for double the fee! If you're playing solo, try performing all 12 operations without getting zapped. Two AA batteries are required. Operation is for one or more players. --Elizabeth Ward

Product Description

You're the doctor when you play Operation. Take turns removing various "ailments" from the patient's body with tweezers, but watch out! Don't set off the buzzer! This classic game is great fun for everyone. For 1 or more players, ages 6 and up. From Milton Bradley. Made in USA.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

217 of 231 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Operation & Cavity Sam - The Same Today As In Yesteryear... May 24, 2004

By Sheila Chilcote-Collins VINE™ VOICE

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

When I read all of the bad reviews for this Gen X classic board game, I just laughed! Especially the review about the young child that played this game and got so nervous because of the buzzer that he/she threw up! Then... I wondered about the world we live in... Who would have thought that a simple game like Hasbro's Operation could make a person question the social decline of the next generation?

Firstly, Gen Y parents... This is a game for 6 to 12 year olds. it's called "reading the front of the box before you buy".

Secondly, the pieces and the cavities that the pieces fit in are the EXACT same size, made of the EXACT same plastic, and is an EXACT duplicate of the game board I owned in the 70's, so stop your GEN Y whining!

The object of the game is to practice, have a steady hand and beat your opponent. It ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EASY! Just like the Gen Y's offspring is being taught today - if it's too difficult, too scary, too loud, too ANYTHING, then it's just OK to throw it down and give up. What a wimpy generation we soon will have running this country in 25 to 30 years.

I had three kids, ages 6 to 12 over to our house and got out this game for them to play with. I helped the 6 year old some but all three ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Obviously, they are the exception to the rule among the children being raised today...

Cavity Sam is the patient and you are pitted against your opponent with "doctor" cards that describe what part of the body to operate on and if successful, get paid. If your oppponent isn't successful, you get the next shot at the same body part but with a "specialist" card. Specialist, of course, get more money for operations than do doctors. If you touch the sides of the body cavity with the tweezers, Sam's nose lights up and a loud buzzer sounds.... The person with the most money in completed operations wins!

This also teaches kids about body parts, reading, and to establish some great hand/eye coordination. Much more than, oh... let's say a Game Boy or an X Box would. Great family fun! Two "D" batteries not included...

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars a classic fun game that any child can enjoy September 14, 1999

By A Customer

Durability: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This game is one of those classics you just have to have. It is great for boys and girls with a wide age range. It's good for manual dexterity and gets lots of laughs. Could be frustrating for the younger range, but you can just ignore the buzzer. The only drawback is that the pieces can get lost, otherwise we give it 2 thumbs up- (my kids ages 11,9,5 all enjoy it).

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars updated classic is still fun July 23, 2003

By audrey TOP 500 REVIEWER

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

Like a lot of people, I have fond memories of this classic game. Our cousins had it, and we were always excited when we visited them so we could play, but if we did anything to annoy them they wouldn't bring it out. Oh yes. Good times.

So we got the game out of nostalgia and we have enjoyed it. The pieces are all here -- wishbone, breadbasket, wrenched ankle, broken heart -- 12 in all. They are smaller than I remember, but that may or may not reflect reality. It runs on 2 D batteries, and when they run low the buzzer stops working. There's no on/off switch.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Operation: Fun October 5, 2001

By Amy B. Gilmore

Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

My kids (ages 4 and 5) really loved this game. I purchased it for them because I remember playing it as a child and thought they would enjoy it. Something inside of me feels good when I see my kids playing these "classic" games. The pieces are small and not recommended for very small children. My daughters had trouble successfully reaching the object of the games which is pulling the game pieces from the patient without setting off the buzzer, but they didn't experience frustration with this because the buzzer was hilarious to them! They would have set it off on purpose anyway!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly frustrated and disappointed! November 8, 2010

By David

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

If you view the photo associated with the purchase above, you think you will receive the original version of Hasbro's Operation game. This was not the case for me! I received the newer, revised version of the game with strange sounds and awful parts! I paid more for this product because I thought I would get the orignal. You could easily pay $10 or $15 for the version that I received. I am very frustrated and I will be returning this game.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great FUN!!! December 12, 2005

By G. Willey

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I can't believe all the negative comments on here. First of all you don't get shocked, it's a vibrating game. NO SHOCK! I also agree with Sheila. People now-a-days expect everything to be easy, well this game is challaging, and it's fun. My kids 5 and 7 loved this game(as well as mom and dad). It is not an easy game so if that is what you're looking for play duck, duck, goose. This is a game that requires patience and a steady hand. My kids learned to slow down, life doesn't have to happen in a second (unless it's my five year old that is too young to play and he is just going in for the buzzer...haha). And by the way who said operating on someone was easy? If you can take the time to slow down and have a good laugh this is a GREAT game.

My kids are rough on games and we have had no problems with it. The only thing is the pieces are very small and easily lost so keep them in a baggie.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS GAME - IT IS NOT THE ONE REPRESENTED ON THIS LISTING December 31, 2011

By Tundra08

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

I WAS DECEIVED AND THE SELLER IS NOT OFFERING A FULL REFUND!
I ordered this classic version of the Operation game and received the new version. This is not the classic game!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars what you see ISNT what you get December 12, 2011

By ivy league

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

Heads up! I ordered the more expensive ORIGINAL version of this game with real bones and body parts. I did not order the new version with cell phones and boogers. I did not receive the original version that was double the price. I received the new and cheaply revised version but was charged the more expensive price. I should have listened to one of the reviewers that it happened too but I gave Amazon the benefit of the doubt that they would represent stand up companies.....apparently not!!If anybody knows of a place to order the original operation that will actually ship it, please let me know. Thank you. Shame on you, Amazon.