Vent - the dumbing down of "operation"

JReacher1

I bought the board game operation last night. It used to be a fun game that was quite informative as it contained the different parts of the human body and I think it aided children's education.

I was horrified when I got home and discovered that all the human body parts have been replaced with commercial products eg iPhones, headphones, trainers etc..

It's a sad reflection on modern society when an educational board game gets dumbed down like this. I would suspect the number of kids who want to become doctors will now sadly go down

philatio

its the Jeremy Hunt version

boo_star

philatio wrote: »

its the Jeremy Hunt version

Or the A&E version.

You'd be surprised what ends up stuck in places where it shouldn't be.

George_Michael

boo_star wrote: »

You'd be surprised what ends up stuck in places where it shouldn't be.

Tell me something that I don't know!

Exile_geordie

George_Michael wrote: »

Tell me something that I don't know!

An elephant walks backwards in his sleep

shaun_from_Africa

JReacher1 wrote: »

I was horrified when I got home and discovered that all the human body parts have been replaced with commercial products eg iPhones, headphones, trainers etc..

Hasbro were probably worried about being sued by the parents of children who were scared/horrified/terrified, and couldn't sleep at night after playing with a game that involved them taking pretend bones and other human bits items out of a plastic body.

timbstoke

Return it and buy a vintage one from a charity shop.

JReacher1

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Hasbro were probably worried about being sued by the parents of children who were scared/horrified/terrified, and couldn't sleep at night after playing with a game that involved them taking pretend bones and other human bits items out of a plastic body.

I think any child that is scared/horrified/terrified by playing the board game operation is doomed to a lifetime of being bullied!

shaun_from_Africa

JReacher1 wrote: »

I think any child that is scared/horrified/terrified by playing the board game operation is doomed to a lifetime of being bullied!

You know that, I know that and any sensible person knows that but with the amount of frivolous compo claims that seem to occur nowadays, I'm convinced it would only have been a matter of time before someone tried to get a few £'s from the makers.

Kim_13

timbstoke wrote: »

Return it and buy a vintage one from a charity shop.

Hopefully the OP won't have opened the game before realising this and will be able to do so. Downside of course that one or two body parts may be missing out of a preowned version.

enfield_freddy

Kim_13 wrote: »

Hopefully the OP won't have opened the game before realising this and will be able to do so. Downside of course that one or two body parts may be missing out of a preowned version.

that's ok , they can always go to a "second hand" shop