Hi Woodsy
While looking for something else, I came across this old game on Pininterest. It is called Uranium Rush - An exciting new electric game for the family - make a million dollars. Your 'Geiger Counter' lights and buzzes your way to fun and fortune. It was made by Gardner Games in the 1950s, here is a site with more information.
Paul Adams New Zealand
Are we sure this is real?
ReplyDeleteSeems almost like a spoof atomic age toy from the Fallout video game to me.
Mish.
Your reply came as a bit of a shock - it never occurred to me it might be a fake. Just had a quick look on line, and there seem to be several references to this game, some showing the contents of the box. There is even a magazine article on nuclear themed toys - JOM seems to be the Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials society. Here is a link:
ReplyDeletehttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11837-007-0046-z.pdf
This shows a number of models and toys - the Nuclear Waste Delivery van is a Hot Wheels model from 1990, based on The Simpsons cartoon, so that is certainly real; it also shows the game. I do not have any board game reference books to consult - perhaps Woodsy could find it in his games book ?
I have never heard of Fallout, as I do not play video games - never got the hang of them.
Does anyone have further information ?
Don't play Fallout either, but it's a post apocalyptic game with a partly ironic, retro feel, I believe, so your game just made me wonder. I may be completely wrong.
ReplyDeleteMish.
I'll have a look in my 2 board games books and see if it's listed in there. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteGet rich and die trying! Radioactive materials were often used in all kinds of household goods, before the dangers were fully understood. Although it probably wouldn’t contain any minerals, it clearly does reflect the eagerness for real life uranium prospecting
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