Remember Candyland?The lollipop woods? the ice cream floats? hmmmm. a fairyland of candy and neverending possibility. My memory about these things hasn't faded and I remember the romance.
It wasn't just the candy that made this game so great. Candyland was all about the calming pastel world of imagination, where adventure and surprise were just around the corner . It was about the exhileration of making it to the coast (cool winds blowing) and through the (presumably not-so-sweet-smelling) molasses swamp.
The photo shown here is as close as I could find to the version I played in the 70's and 80's and I feel a sad and disappointing void when I see 'new Candyland' at the toy store.
That beautiful, imaginary, pastel world has been coloured-up with primary blue, yellow & red (better for a child's educational development) and Dora-ed & Winnie-the-Pooh-ed to gather the homogenized masses.
I'm feeling a little crotchety for yesteryear. But really. When I was a kid....
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