Flip-O-Potamus is a children's motorized action game dated 1986 by its Board Game Matcher listing, which records the designer as uncredited. It belongs to a series of games called T.H.I.N.G.S., short for Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill, and has a hippopotamus theme built around a pop-a-shot mechanism. The goal is to flip all eight plastic marbles into the hippo's mouth before a timer stops, while the mouth opens and closes as the player shoots. The box invites the player to flip the hippo a mouthful of marbles. It is meant for ages five and up, for one or more players, and a round lasts only about five minutes, so it is a quick game of hand and eye skill rather than strategy.
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1. Flip-O-Potamus (Board Game Matcher)
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Year 1986
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for 1 or more players
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Action / Dexterity
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Children's motorized action game
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