TIDDLEYWINKS

Ilex Series

UK

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

«TIDDLEYWINKS»

ILEX SERIES

MADE IN
ENGLAND

brown mottled compression-molded cup cup marked "R. TURNER LTD."

Cover the same as ILX-01, but box is larger.

(no rules present in games examined)

cardboard box

5 ¾ inches wide — 4 ⅝ inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

33.7 cm wide — 14.3 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

Label: "TIDDLEYWINKS" in red with white and then black outline, at top over green background. Below is a yellow table surface with a blond girl at left and black-haired boy (with yellowish streak on top of head) shooting at a green pot. Both are wearing red outfits. The box bottom appears in upper-right on the yellow surface.

"ILEX SERIES" is shown at lower left, and "MADE IN" above "ENGLAND" in lower right, in black.

red

Red with no design.

tan with edges of red label on box bottom, empty

Dark brown mottled Bakelite cup, marked on the bottom: "R. TURNER LTD.", " LONDON N.16.". Bottom center of cup sticks out and is marked "MADE IN ENGLAND".

Dark brown mottled compression-molded plastic cup (1 15/16" top diameter, 1 7/8" bottom diameter, concave sides that is 1 1/4" diameter at minimum near base) with one extruded ring near bottom. The bottom of the cup is marked: "R. TURNER LTD." around the upper part and "LONDON N.16." around the lower part. The center of the cup bottom sticks out in a small flat circle that is marked "MADE IN ENGLAND". The inside bottom of the cup is flat.

One copy (copy 1) of this game includes:

1 bone squidger (1 1/8" diameter): deep blue, red, and yellow.

1 plastic squidger (15/16" diameter) with no burrs: green.

Plastic winks (around 5/8" diameter) with no burrs: 1 green, 1 slightly larger and faintly yellower green, 2 slightly larger medium green, 2 darker green, 1 yellow, 1 red, 2 blue.

Thin plastic winks (around 5/8" diameter) with burrs: 3 yellow, 2 yellow with burrs, 4 red, and 4 blue.

Rick Tucker