MATCH TIDLEY WINKS

On cover: "PROTECTED".

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

(no publisher name on game)

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«MATCH»

A
NEW
Version
of

A
Popular
Game

«TIDLEY WINKS»

PROTECTED

British Manufacture

Version 2 has a rectangular box with a dark blue background. The title on the cover is shown as: "MATCH" (pink/red with black outline on yellow banner at top) and "TIDLEY WINKS" (same, at bottom). The cover illustration has a hand with a 4 cup target; the target is wooden.

(none present in copies examined)

cardboard box

5 9/16 inches wide — 4 ¼ inches high — 1 inches deep

9.4 cm wide — 26 cm high — 2.5 cm deep

128.0 grams

4.5 ounces

The top square label is dirty or has darkened on Copy 1.

The square top label has a yellow border and then a frame consisting of black and green lines and red flourishes.

At top, "MATCH" (pink at top, red at bottom, black outline, shadow to the right and down) appears on a yellow banner that also has a green line parallel to its borders.

At center left, "A" above "NEW" above "Version" above "of" (in black) appears in a white square with black surrounding it.

At center is an illustration of a right hand at upper right holding a light blue squidger on a light blue wink, aiming it at the four-pot target. That target consists of cylindrical cups, one each in light blue, yellow, green, and red. 6 green winks, 5 red, 5 light blue, and 5 yellow are also shown on the green playing surface.

At center right, "A" above "Popular" above "Game" (in black) appears in a white square with black surrounding it.

At bottom, "TIDLEY WINKS" (pink at top, red at bottom, black outline, shadow to the right and down) appears on a yellow banner that also has a green line parallel to its borders.

"PROTECTED" is shown at lower left on the yellow border.

"British Manufacture" is shown at lower right on the yellow border.

dark blue

tan, empty

dark blue, empty

light brown label, empty

The game has a square wooden target (3 13/16" square. 13/16" tall) with unfinished, natural wooden sides and a thick cardboard nailed into each corner from the bottom. The top of the target has 4 square quadrants, each with a recessed circular target inside. The square quadrants are painted a shiny medium blue, yellow, green, and red.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1 1/32" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 offwhite, 1 deep red.

Squidger (1 1/8" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 deep purple.

Winks (9/16" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 offwhite, 2 eroded deep purple, 4 red, 4 faded/eroded green, 3 yellow.

Wink (5/8" diameter, 1/16" thick, quality plastic with no burrs): 1 red.

Rick Tucker