Game Information

Article in the Daily Mirror, Tuesday 07 March 1933, page 17, column 2 • // Nippi-winks is a new type of tiddlywinks played with novel catchers and counters // .

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[title NIPPI-WINKS]

MADE IN ENGLAND

label under box lid

11¼ inches wide — 2½ inches high —⅝ inches deep

28.6 cm wide — 6.4 cm high — 1.6 cm deep

Label with white outer border, with a black background across top and for most of center to bottom; otherwise, the background is green.

"NIPPI-WINKS" (red serif text with white outline) appears across the top on the black background, with the letters shrinking from "N" to "I" in "NIPPI", and enlarging from "I"" to "S" in "WINKS".

"MADE IN ENGLAND" appears at lower left (in black) on the green background.

At center are three children playing the game. At left a boy (red/white horizontal stripes), brown hair) is holding the shooting device (called a "Catcher") from the game, which is a long, narrow red rectangle with 6 places for holding winks, and a metal loop at its end, which is used to propel a wink. At right is a girl (green outfit, brown hair) holding another shooting device, this time green, as a red wink moves in the air above it. Another girl (red outfit with orange collar, brown hair) is to her right.

purple

purple, empty

yellowish-gray, empty, with edges from purple wraparound label

Two colored wooden and metal shooting devices are provided (9 7/8" long, 15/16" wide, and 1/4" thick), each having 6 recessed and unpainted "Catchers" along its length where a wink is shot to land, plus a metal trapezoidal loop at one end, which is used to propel a wink. One provided shooting device is painted red (matte), the other orange (matter).

Two circular (1 3/4" in diameter, 1/8" thick) green felt pads are provided, each with a thick cardboard backing.

3 winks (5/8" in diameter) are provided in each of blue, green, red, and yellow.