VTG Vintage 1949 The Game of Cootie - W.H. Schaper COMPLETE & Original Minnesota

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VTG Vintage 1949 The Game of Cootie - W.H. Schaper COMPLETE & Original Minnesota. Condition is in good shape for its age. It does have a small spot where cardboard missing on front and box lid is torn on one corner as pictured. Two legs have plastic piece chipped off/missing. Still usable. This is the original game. The Game of Cootieis a children's dice rolling and set collection tabletop game for two to four players. The object is to be the first to build a three-dimensional bug-like object called a "cootie" from a variety ofplasticbody parts. Created by William Schaperin 1948, the game was launched in 1949 and sold millions in its first years. In 1973,Cootiewas acquired byTyco Toys, and, in 1986, byHasbrosubsidiaryMilton Bradley. The game was given a new look and continued to enjoy commercial success. Several companies published cootie games in the first half of the twentieth century, but only Schaper's featured a free-standing, three-dimensional cootie. In 2003,Cootiewas named to theToy Industry Association's "Century of Toys List".