Wacky Washer was a success with them, and in testing had better results than Mr. Bucket, the reigning preschool game at the time. When Mattel took Spears over, the game came to the US as Dizzy Dryer. Another success with them was Escape the Blob, a board game inspired by an idea that my mother once had. 

        

Most of the domestic toy and game industry in the UK, Germany, and elsewhere has since been vaporized - vacuumed up by the far larger international toy companies. Over and over again in business, as in nature, the large eat the small, the powerful consume the weak. All that remained of Bluebird was Polly Pocket, of Waddingtons - Clue. Of Spears - Scrabble. Gone, but not forgotten.      

 

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