USAopoly Donkey Kong Jenga

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Product Features

• 54 Donkey Kong girders wooden blocks
• 1 custom Donkey Kong and Pauline game-piece
• Spinner with directives
• Four collectible Mario playing pieces

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 3.1 x 11.4 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00168QWCK
• Item model number: JA005135
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,569 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The classic tower building game features 54 black hardwood blocks decked out with the iconic Donkey Kong girders. Build your Donkey Kong-themed Jenga tower the traditional way or climb the girders with your Mario mover and save Pauline from Donkey Kong in a new and even more challenging way to play. Custom Mario, Donkey Kong and Pauline playing pieces and a Donkey Kong themed spinner are included for alternate game play. Either way you play you are guaranteed edge-of-your-seat excitement.

Product Description

The classic tower building game features 54 black hardwood blocks decked out with the iconic Donkey Kong girders. Build your Donkey Kong-themed Jenga tower the traditional way or climb the girders with your Mario mover and save Pauline from Donkey Kong in a new and even more challenging way to play. Custom Mario, Donkey Kong and Pauline playing pieces and a Donkey Kong themed spinner are included for alternate game play. Either way you play you are guaranteed edge-of-your-seat excitement. Product Description Help Mario? climbs the tower and save Pauline from Donkey Kong?! In this custom Donkey Kong Edition of Jenga., you?ll carefully build and balance the tower as your Mario climbs his way to the top. Spin the spinner and make your move. The Mario that reaches the top and saves Pauline from Donkey Kong or is closest to the top when the tower falls wins the game! Includes 54 Donkey Kong girders (blocks), 4 custom Mario game pieces, 1 custom Donkey Kong and Pauline game piece, a custom spinner and special Donkey Kong rules. Ages 6 to adult 1+ players

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Next Up: Pac-Man Checkers, November 18, 2008

By	Don Walton Jr. (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

Jenga and old school Donkey Kong. Two things you wouldn't necessarily associate with one another, but they go together perfectly!

The game comes with your regular, wooden Jenga blocks, but each is dyed black with red scaffolding painted on either side and holes drilled in each end. You can play standard Jenga with this set, or play with the DK rules. Each player is given a colored Mario player piece, and the wheel is spun to decide how many pieces must be removed, and how many scaffolds Mario may climb on that turn. Pieces are moved to the top of the stack, making it harder and harder to reach Daisy with every turn. The first player to reach the top wins, or the highest player on the tower before it falls. It's Jenga. People get it by now. It's just as much fun, and as maddening as ever.

The downside... Your Mario pieces have a little post on them that must be inserted into the Jenga blocks as you move up the tower. The holes are a little too tight, so you risk toppling the tower just by advancing your piece. Like most Jenga sets, it needs to be worn in to really be fair and fun. The blocks are also a little rough and can catch on each other. Both aspects can be frustrating until the set is worn in.

This really is a brilliant idea for a piece of retro gaming merchandise, and a solid game to boot.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars great idea, poor execution, December 24, 2008

By	Pen Name - See all my reviews

Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

The idea is great. However, the blocks are painted, which creates two problems: 1) the plastic Mario pieces don't fit in the holes as they should because the holes are too tight, and 2) the blocks are very wobbly because they are not level like the classic Jenga blocks.

Avoid this one and buy the original. Very disappointed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and challenging take on Jenga, April 8, 2009

By	Tour86rocker "Tour86rocker" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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

This is a LOT of fun! I'm 25 and my friends enjoy this. It's annoying that the spinner isn't more durable. The Mario pegs don't fit in all the holes initially; you merely have to break the set in. It's worth doing so.