[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 28 2004, 07:59 AM\'] Forgive the caps, but THANK YOU, John - I knew I wasn't nuts (about that, anyway), because I used to watch the show and saw a copy offered as a prize. Jack Linkletter says he didn't remember one, and I've been trying to find out if Carl Jampel is still around to ask! Bless you! We know that Lakeside attempted a copy of Runaround that didn't seem to get mass distribuition - could you or anyone else confirm one more possibility? I'm very certain that in a Sears Christmas wishbook issued somewhere between 1963 and 1966, I saw a copy of a game based on Queen For A Day - possibly Standard Toykraft. That again would be among the ultra-rares. Thanks again, John.
PS - Since some of us celebrate numbers of posts, I'm delighted you all have allowed me to slip in and babble 200 times - and glad this one is a note of appreciation. Thanks to all. [/quote]
I remember very well seeing the promos for a Runaround home game, that I asked for a copy for Christmas back in 1972. Never got one, and have never seen an actual game. From my recollection, the box shown in the promos indicated that it was electric, and it wouldn't surprise me, if indeed it was to be electric, that the game didn't hit store shelves because of safety standards.
I was surprised to read of a Rebus Game from Ideal. I checked inside the comprehensive book "American Games," by Alex Malloy, and DIDN'T see a listing for it, under TV Game Show games, nor under the Ideal toy listings. I wouldn't say it means the Rebus Game game never existed, because there were some other rare, and/or hard-to-find games not listed (The book listed just one game from Gamut of Games, but they released Dealer's Choice and Diamond Head home games, as well as a good number of other fun games not relating to game shows).
Among the more recent game show games "planned--but not released," were a Beat the Geeks game from Imagination Entertainment, and Twenty One, based on the Maury Povich version, from Mattel. I confirmed such games were in the works through reliable sources at each company.