Customer Reviews

Original Battling Tops

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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.

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!

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!

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. The new 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 grab hold 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!

This game is great!!! TOTALLY LOVED IT!! It brought back such good memories from mine & my husbands childhood. Now it is around again and making new memories for my 10 yr. old child, who loves it as well. The trick is to pull the string nice and easy and it works great every time. Thank you for having this game available. I would definitely buy it again and give it as a gift!!

This is a great game and a great way to remind today's children that there is more to life than video games. It takes a bit to get used to the proper way to start the tops, but once that is figured out the fun kicks in easily. The tops beat one another to a bloody finish, knocking one another down or out of the ring altogether. A nice, inexpensive toy that works as well today as when us parents were kids.

I bought this for my son who has autism after he had seen a similar game played on Model Me Kids "Time for a Playdate" dvd. Unfortunately, because of his difficulty winding the string, this game was more than a disappointment for us. I also tried and failed more than half the time to get them spinning. I went looking for wind-up tops to use on the stage area that works much better (at a dollar a piece, they saved the day!) If your child has any kind of motor planning problem, fine motor difficulty, or is under 9 years old, I wouldn't waste the money on this one.

I remember playing this game as a child and I think this version feels and plays the same as the original. I am guessing that people might have false memories of how good or how big the original game was.

I recently went to visit my grade school and was shocked as to how low the water fountains were...I am pretty sure they didn't lower them since I graduated.

I would bet that they are using the same tooling and molds to make the current version and the size of the game and quality of the plastic is very similar if not exactly the same. The game was never very heavy or sturdy but it was and still is a lot of fun.

Had this game as a kid and was thrilled to find it as an adult. It looks and plays the way I remember it as a kid. I crushed my children while playing it so that added to the fun. Although the children enjoyed playing the game, I am not sure it compares with XBOX and all the gadgets the children have today. To me it will always be a classic.