Update and When did Candy Land become a $145 game?

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Update and When did Candy Land become a $145 game?




Update:
The previous post was about Tuesday the 10 of January. For those of you still wondering, I went to my OBGYN appointment this past Tuesday the 17th of January for little boys heart rate check. Long story short, his heart rate is still low but not yet low enough for the doctors to get "cut happy." I spent about 30-45 minutes on the non stress test monitor again and was pretty anxious to see his results. I tried not to look at the monitor which averaged 112-115 BPM unless he moved. When he moved his rate spiked to 120 but never higher than 128. The nurse again asked what I ate that morning and then asked me to eat something sweet. I ate a granola bar from my bag, but that didn't seem to make any difference to his rate. I was told that I will be coming in weekly for heart rate checks from now on and it will be the first thing I do before seeing the doctor. (I think they realized I was there for over 3 hours at that point waiting for the machine. Parking is NOT FREE or reimbursed here in NY.) That's all I have for an update as of right now.

When did Candy Land become a $145 game?
So, this is, at least to me, an interesting thing. I've been looking to get Chunky P some board games so that we can have some family game night with her. I find it's great to spend a little time all of us together and I think it would be more fun if it were a game. Now, I also have my "teacher" reasons for getting a board game. 
FLASHBACK..............2013 I'm interning in kindergarten and I've just pulled out Hi Ho Cherry-O and Shoots and Ladders. The kids are excited and I've now heard from several students in my 4 rotating groups how they've never played a game "like this" before. When further pressed to elaborate, the kids have never played a board game! Now, as I stated in a previous post, Hi Ho Cherry-O is a math and counting game. Shoots and Ladders had been "modified" by another teacher for vocabulary. (I can see someone rolling their eyes at this screen and arguing what the hell I was teaching. Now we know.)
Present day.....2017 I am shopping on Amazon for Candy land. It's an easy beginner game while also teaching counting and colors. As I select the $7.95 game, something makes me glance at the reviews of the game. Not sure why, but this has now sparked the incredible title for this post. People who purchased the game, were quick to point out that the playing cards were pop outs from a thin sheet of almost paper like material. One even said it ripped the first time she and her son played and wasn't a good quality. I frowned upon that because I thought, yeah, a toddler game should at least have better quality cards. They are learning how to handle items and quickly get frustrated. So, I clicked the next inexpensive Candy Land game. $14.95. Seven dollars more gets you the better quality playing cards. Again, I scanned the reviews. (WHY, I don't know) Parents who purchased this game were quick to point out that not only was the road to Candy Land longer, but that the fairies or princesses were dressed like sluts.....

Now my curiosity was quite peaked. I further read that these parents didn't want their children playing games that exploited women and girls in that fashion. They wanted the

1980's version

1980's/1990's board back. Now, as much of a feminist as I am and want to raise my daughter the same, I can sometimes overlook small things such as slutty fairies. (that was difficult to type without laughing!) I want my daughter to grow up being respected yes, but I'm not about to ask my 2 year old what she thinks of the slutty fairy now am I? Or point out that the hoe of a princess is maybe sitting too close to the old King and is probably out to get his castle but like he doesn't care because he's a sugar daddy. Lets not forget to mention that the old game could be completely racist since those people were speaking on equality. I don't see anything in the 80/90's version but white people. Surprisingly these same people didn't comment in the reviews about race. Can't fight one without the other. This lead me to research the 1980/1990's games on both Amazon and Ebay. To get the complete game, without missing pieces no joke, can cost you between $100-$145. Like what the hell people?

2016 edition $7.95

Guess which one I bought?




$7.95. It was a F*** that moment and I told myself we have plenty of tape.



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