# What was this game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 7, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249 "2010-12-07T06:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/1 "2010-12-07T06:50:41Z")
When I was a kid I had a game where you had to wind up some kind of knob, I think, and then put a bunch of little plastic pieces into a plastic board with indentations shaped like the pieces. You had to get them all in there before a certain time, and then after that time was up, the plastic board would spring upwards and scatter the pieces everywhere. What was this? It’s basically impossible to Google, with the information that I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/2 "2010-12-07T06:53:44Z")
Was it [Perfection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection_%28game%29)? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/3 "2010-12-07T07:01:15Z")
That seems to be it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/4 "2010-12-07T15:26:08Z")
Great, now I have that damned “Pop goes Perfection!” song in my head. But only that one line. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/5 "2010-12-07T15:26:14Z")
Moving to The Game Room from GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/6 "2010-12-14T17:40:30Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Great, now I have that damned “Pop goes Perfection!” song in my head. But only that one line. Thanks. You can tell someone’s age by which Perfection jingle they know. “Pop goes Perfection!” was from the 90’s, but I still remember it as (and new we see what I can do from memory): _When you’re into Perfection, you keep on your toes You have to be quick, because here how it goes Push the plunger down, set the timer Put the pieces in place, don’t be slow With Perfection you gotta move real fast, move real fast Or else the pieces’ll pop up before you put in the last That’s Perfection!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/7 "2010-12-14T17:50:00Z")
Bah! Perfection was for kids, we played [Superfection](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnorlaxj84)! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/8 "2010-12-14T20:55:43Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Great, now I have that damned “Pop goes Perfection!” song in my head. But only that one line. Thanks. Same here! It got stuck in my head as soon as I read the thread title before even entering the thread. Pop goes Perfection! ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/9 "2010-12-14T21:25:29Z")
Was anyone else unimpressed with that game? It’s either win or lose. You can’t lose and then see how well you did, nor can you win and see how much time left you have. And after 3 or 4 times playing it, it’s really easy. I’d rather play Boggle. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/10 "2010-12-14T21:30:14Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > You can tell someone’s age by which Perfection jingle they know. “Pop goes Perfection!” was from the 90’s, but I still remember it as (and new we see what I can do from memory): > > _When you’re into Perfection, you keep on your toes > You have to be quick, because here how it goes > Push the plunger down, set the timer > Put the pieces in place, don’t be slow > With Perfection you gotta move real fast, move real fast > Or else the pieces’ll pop up before you put in the last > That’s Perfection!_ I hate you now. I had _good_ music stuck in my head, and that’s a rare thing. And now it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game/563249/11 "2010-12-14T23:06:24Z")
_Put the pieces into the slot Make the right selection But be quick - you’re racing the clock! **POW**! POP goes Perfection!_