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Elefun

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Elefun is a children's game first published by Hasbro in 1993, built around a plastic elephant-shaped unit with a roughly one-metre-long trunk that acts as a chute. A small motor inside the unit blows air through the trunk, launching light paper butterflies into the air above the players, who race against each other using long-handled nets to catch as many butterflies as they can before they fall to the ground. The game requires no reading or counting, relying instead on quick reflexes and hand-eye coordination, which has made it a durable preschool and early-childhood party staple for decades; it has been reissued periodically since its original release, including later editions from Hasbro and, more recently, Goliath Games.

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Game Type (category)
Children's Game 1
Classification
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Origin Year
1993 1
Sources
1. Elefun (Wikipedia)
  • lead paragraph
    Elefun is a 1993 children's game from Hasbro.
  • Infobox players parameter: 2-4
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