Posted 7 years ago
vintagelamp
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From the internet:
Astro Launch is a tin (steel) game from the Ohio Art Company, a toy maker probably most well known for the Etch-A-Sketch. The game is played like Parcheesi/Aggravation/Trouble with a twist that one can take a short cut across the globe back to home if they are lucky with the roll of the die. A precursor to the "Pop-O-Matic", the die is rolled via a knob on each side of the game that pulls and releases a small spring-loaded "plunger" under the die.
I found this in a local shop. This game has the instructions and is complete with all pieces. Item number 542 dated 1963. The box has some tape reinforcement on the inside of the lid but is generally in good shape.
I somehow missed this when I was a kid, still have Trouble but like this much better love the globe detail on the Pop-O-Matic
PoliticalPinbacks, Thank you! I'm ready to play a game:)
What a neat game!! This would have came out the very year I was born. So, I don't remember this one.
jscott, Thank you! I did not remember this either.
Love this, not been on the computer too much these last couple of extremely hot days, (30 degrees). Love the atomic design and takes me back to mad men, the tv show !
PhilDMorris, Thank you! Great hearing from you! 30 degrees...brrr!
This is really cool. Love the design :)
buckethead, Thank you! Glad that you like it!