# Game for children involving weights and a scale? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337 "2012-12-17T19:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/1 "2012-12-17T19:38:16Z")
I know I have seen this in one of the many online or “hard copy” toy catalogues that I’ve received in the past few weeks. It is a game to try to balance the scales using different sizes and weights of pieces. I remember reading that it gets increasingly tougher as you play. I think it was for ages 7 and up? I recall it being something that you wouldn’t find at Toys R Us or Walmart - it was more of an educational type toy. Any help out there Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/2 "2012-12-17T19:44:31Z")
> [@Stainz](#): > > I know I have seen this in one of the many online or “hard copy” toy catalogues that I’ve received in the past few weeks. > > It is a game to try to balance the scales using different sizes and weights of pieces. I remember reading that it gets increasingly tougher as you play. > > I think it was for ages 7 and up? I recall it being something that you wouldn’t find at Toys R Us or Walmart - it was more of an educational type toy. > > Any help out there Dopers? this? > **[Amazon.com: Mattel Tip It Game : Toys & Games](https://www.amazon.com/Mattel-43619-Tip-It/dp/B00008MIHU)** > > From the Manufacturer Tip It is the ultimate balancing game requiring concentration and skill. Each player spins the pointer to find out what color disk to remove- without toppling the Tip It tower. The player that removes three discs of the... ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/3 "2012-12-17T19:46:51Z")
Thanks, but nope. It was simpler than that, and looked more “natural” … might not have been made out of wood, but wasn’t overly plastic-y or colourful. I don’t believe it was made by one of the big toy companies. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/4 "2012-12-17T21:06:29Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/5 "2012-12-19T15:59:26Z")
I was thinking Tip-It as well. [Older](http://www.darwinsgamecloset.com/images/TipIt1986.jpg) [versions](http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/l-ggign7oppwnwvf.jpg) looked a bit different than the one ministryman linked. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/6 "2012-12-20T23:59:19Z")
It is a lot like this one … [Account Suspended](http://www.blueorangegames.com/index.php/games/chickyboom) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-for-children-involving-weights-and-a-scale/644337/7 "2012-12-21T00:17:34Z")
There are tons of these, but maybe if none of these is it, it’s something you may like anyway. We just donated our old one of [this fun clown guy](http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-hot-cute-clown-colorful-ball-balance-game-puzzle-children-intellectual-toys-kids-gift/598558186.html). Great for little ones. ETA: [CooCoo](http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Orange-220-CooCoo/dp/B000EPJHO6/ref=sr_1_fed1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1356049089&sr=1-1&keywords=balancing+clown)! That’s his name! Another simple one, but a little tricker because of the way it[hangs instead of sits](http://www.amazon.com/Stormy-Seas-Game-of-Balance/dp/B0042RVNHG). [This one brings numbers into play](http://www.aliexpress.com/item/promotion-Arithmetic-learning-Balance-educational-toy-kids-toy-children-toy-2020/493066330.html), so 4 and 5 together weigh the same as 9. [This one is a tray balance](http://www.amax-toys.com/e/products/Learning%20And%20Education/Preschool%20Learning%20Toys/LN-1086901.html), with activity cards, as opposed to a competitive game. [Topple](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000IZEL/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2895590025&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1806973374124941899&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_51yenzhcar_b)is a popular one; my kids love it. Good for older kids and adults who are bored by most kids’ games. Plastic, made by Pressmen.