I'm higher than a kite after buying a game at a yard sale. it's called...

[NYC_SKP]

Blockhead!!!



I love this game!

[krispos42]

1. Are you smoking the blocks or something?

:D

[NYC_SKP]

2. I'm smokin the BOX!

And playin with da pieces!

BLOCKHEAD!

:hi:

[krispos42]

3. Well, it does look old enough to have some... interesting... chemicals in the ink or paper

;-)

[NYC_SKP]

5. It's from the mid-seventies, baby!!!! There's some nasty purple microdot acid out dere!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooo...

BAM!





Awwwwwwwwwwwwww......


ZOOM!

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Bring it over here and we can combnie our sets and play a while! LOL I love that you got such an old

version. That's wicked cool!

[NYC_SKP]

6. Sweet! Double sets!

Double fun!

:bounce:

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Actaully, more like 2 and 3/4s sets. LOL

[pokerfan]

7. It has its own wiki page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockhead!

Editions
1952: G.W.D'Arcey square box
1954: Saalfield tall box #7563
1954: Saalfield square box #7563
1969: Saalfield Executive Edition #6163
1969: Saalfield Giant Edition #7625
1975-76: Parker Brothers
1982: Pressman
1992: Pressman Super Blockhead! - 30 Pieces
2001: Pressman Cylindrical Box
Current: Pressman



and,,,

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3427/blockhead

[NYC_SKP]

8. Oh, I see the number of blocks has changed over time, 20, 25, hmmmm.

It's a fun game, and so simple!

:bounce:

[pacalo]

9. That's something I'd like, too! I love board games, too.

(Your emoticon in your sig. line really adds to your "high".)


:)

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I think I had this... The colors look different, but the shapes are awfully familiar...

:D :hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I had one of those!

[applegrove]

13. We had that game I think.

[csziggy]

14. We had a set of those when I was a kid!

Which puts the time period at least in the 50s.

Mom & Dad probably got it for my older sisters, which could make it back into the late 1940s (sisters born in 46 and 48, I was born in 52). We never played it as a balance game. Mostly we used the blocks to add architectural interest to our real wood Lincoln log set.



We also had a wooden set of diamond shapes that we also added to the Lincoln logs. I never saw the original box for those, so they probably were very early toys in our family. I can remember when the Lincoln log box fell apart and Mom ended up designating a drawer in the buffet in the living room for the wooden bits.