Reviews Monopoly® SpongeBob SquarePants™ Edition

Products by : Hasbro

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Monopoly® SpongeBob SquarePants™ Edition Feature

• Monopoly® SpongeBob SquarePants™ will have your child buying and selling 22 hot properties all over Bikini Bottom
• Treasure Chest cards may set you back but Life Preserver cards could move you forward
• Collect the most clams to win!
• Includes classic rules and special Plankton rule for shorter game, plus 6 unique collectible tokens: SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Gary and Squidward
• For 2 to 6 players

Monopoly® SpongeBob SquarePants™ Edition Overview

It’s the world’s most popular board game — SpongeBob style! Buy and sell spectacular Bikini Bottom properties, from the Chum Bucket to the Krusty Krab. Improve your properties by building pineapple houses and opening Krusty Krab franchises. Wheel and deal, sink or swim. The player with the most clams wins.

Game includes classic rules and special Plankton rule for a shorter game, plus 6 unique collectible tokens: SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Gary and Squidward. For 2-6 players.

Monopoly® SpongeBob SquarePants™ Edition User Review

I really like this version of monopoly. The Spongebob theme makes gameplay exciting. I can’t say that I have ever watched an entire episode of spongebob — I don’t even watch TV — but I get a kick out of the craziness of spongebob.

Instead of dollars you use clams. It’s still just paper monopoly money but I actually prefer the paper money to the electronic banking edition. I can see how it would slow game play if you have to wait for young ones to count money but I think children learning to count money is more important than a fast game any day. Playing with people in my age group (mid 20’s), the paper money doesn’t really slow us down. There is also a little rack in which to sort the money which is very nice.

The spaces on the board (with the exception of the corner spaces) have new and exciting names. I’m always battling for ownership of the Weiner Hut. The life preserver (chance) and treasure chest cards have the same effects as in the original monopoly but again are in the style of spongebob.

The game pieces in this set are amazing. All of the main spongebob characters are there. The pieces are LARGE and durable as opposed to some versions of monopoly. The Pineapple Houses (houses) and Krusty Crab Restaurants (hotels) are plastic but seem durable and add to the overall theme.

I really enjoy the plankton coin rule. When my girlfriend and I play it, we use the rule that when you land on a property with the coin you either 1) get the property for free or 2) pay twice the rent BUT we don’t use the rule that the game ends when the coin reaches go. When it’s only the two of us playing, the game is always over before the coin makes it all the way around anyway.

The game board is the only downfall in this version of monopoly. The board itself is beautiful but it is folded in four (half and then half again). This leaves a fault line down one half of the board which is a pain if you are not playing on a level surface. I’m also worried about the longevity of the board with all of its creases.

I found Spongebob Monopoly on sale at Toys R Us for about half of what it costs on Amazon. I would recommend this game to those of you who want a cool take on monopoly regardless of whether or not you actually watch the show. 

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Reviews Cranium Spongebob Squarepants

Products by : Cranium

Top Model : 16580

Cranium Spongebob Squarepants Feature

• Cranium Spongebob Squarepants Edition brings to life the magic of Bikini Bottom through 8 kid-tactic activities.
• Get acting, puzzling, sketching, sculpting, and code-cracking with SpongeBob-themed challenges, earn Bikini Bottom tokens and place four in a row to win.
• Earn Bikini Bottom tokens and place four in a row to win.
• Act out ‘jellyfish’, guess which sea creature has the most arms, sculpt ’spatula’ and more!
• Packed 300 SpongeBob-themed cards, SpongeBob Decoder Goggles and cool Krabby Patty Clay.

Cranium Spongebob Squarepants Overview

Cranium Spongebob Squarepants Edition brings to life the magic of Bikini Bottom through 8 kid-tactic activities. Get acting, puzzling, sketching, sculpting, and code-cracking with SpongeBob-themed challenges, earn Bikini Bottom tokens and place four in a row to win. Act out ‘jellyfish’, guess which sea creature has the most arms, sculpt ’spatula’ and more! Packed 300 SpongeBob-themed cards, SpongeBob Decoder Goggles and cool Krabby Patty Clay.

*** Product Information and Prices Stored : Nov 20, 2009 02:20:09 ***