Game Information
All-Fair, Inc. (publisher) AGPI # · P-100Full Publisher Info
Blinky Blinx Tiddledy Winks (game title) AGPI # · G-224
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
ALL-03v1
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case

BLINKY BLINX TIDDLEDY WINKS

Title Language · 
English
Date · 
© 1928 
Additional dates · 
1930
Date Source(s)

cover

Date Source(s) · Trade Catalog(s)

1928 All-Fair catalog (new in it)

1930 All-Fair catalog

Copyright on Game (Most Recent)

© 1928 Alderman Fairchild Co.

Copyright Registration Information
Country · 
USA
Title · 
BLINKY BLINX TIDDLEDY WINKS
© year · 
1928
Copyright date · 
1928
© registration # · 
47446
Claimant · 
Simms, Harold H.
Item · 
Label
Copyright Registration Information
Country · 
USA
Title · 
BLINKY BLINX TIDDLEDY WINKS
© year · 
1928
Copyright date · 
1928
© registration # · 
A1066418
Claimant · 
Simms, Harold H.
Item · 
instructions
Publisher Name on Game

Alderman-Fairchild Co.

Publisher Catalog #

411

Publisher Mark(s)

"TOYS &" around top, "ALL FAIR" across center, and "GAMES" around bottom of a circle, with "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." around the bottom

Cover Text

COPYRIGHT 1928 BY ALDERMAN-FAIRCHILD, ROCHESTER, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A

ALL FAIR TOYS & GAMES

411

MADE IN U.S.A.

Variant Description

The company name (Alderman, Fairchild Co.) appears at bottom left on the cover. The publisher number shown is: 411. The cover has the "TOYS & GAMES ALL FAIR" rondel logo. The target in the game has 3 cups.

Made In Location Marked · 
USA
Game Type · 
tiddlywinks
Price

50 cents (1928 and 1930 All-Fair catalogs)

43 cents (source: Sears, Roebuck catalog, 1929, No. 159, page 615, item 49T176)

Rules Format

under box lid

Rules Overview

"Blinky Blinx---Tiddledy Winks Directions for Playing the Game"

Container Type

box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

10 ⅜ inches wide — 8 ½ inches high — 1 ½ inches deep

32.7 cm wide — 102.9 cm high — 14 cm deep

Weight of one measured game · (measured in grams)

234.0 grams

8.3 ounces

Cover Description

The cover has a light blue outer border, and the primary background color is red. "BLINKY BLINX" appears at top in blue and black with a yellow outline. "TIDDLEDY WINKS" is shown below in black with a yellow outline. A large yellow circle overlaps both and covers the center. Three circle-headed men with slicked-back hair, red cheeks, and checkerboard pants appear below. One of the men at left and one at right are holding a yellow, red, and blue trampoline and are wearing light blue and white pants. The man in the center, over a yellow circle, is upside-down and is wearing red and yellow pants.

Apron Descriptions

2 sides: 5 hopping men on light blue background. Other 2 sides: same plus 2 more men.

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup and numbered targets
Tiddlywinks Targets

3 metal pans; 3 concentric numbered targets (5, 10) in cardboard in box bottom; 3 images of running or leaping character

Winks

4 square squidgers; round winks

Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Document Sources

2000 · Alex G. Malloy · American Games: Comprehensive Collector's Guid · (book)

2000 · Alex G. Malloy · American Games: Comprehensive Collector's Guid · # 2294 · (book)

© 1990 · David Longest · Collector Books (Schroeder Publishing) · (Paducah KY) · Toys: antique and collectible · page 132 · (book)

August 1994 · American Game Collectors Association · Game Times, issue number 24 · page 519 · note: Reproduction of an advertisement in Playthings magazine. · (periodical)

More Sources

James Spero (Sears 1929, #159, page 615

page 67)

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