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Title: British "Concentration" games
Post by: Bob Zager on August 15, 2012, 11:54:03 AM
I saw THREE different versions of the British "Concentration" TV show

First is a card game:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1960-GRANADA-TV-CONCENTRATION-CARD-GAME-/370639925418?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564bdc70aa

Second is a board game, where it's all about matching prizes:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONCENTRATION-GAME-1950S-CHAD-VALLEY-RARE-GAME-BARGAIN-PRICE-TV-GAME-/310415980757?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item48463bf8d5


Finally, a "DE LUXE" version (apparently the first British version to use rebus puzzles):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CONCENTRATION-DELUXE-TV-Board-Game-By-CHAD-VALLEY-Circa-1950s-/221096225383?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item337a5caa67
Title: British "Concentration" games
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on August 15, 2012, 07:59:32 PM
I see your games and raise you an edition based on the 1980s revival...with full color rebuses (http://"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Concentration-Board-Game-Paul-Lamond-Fully-Complete-Cheap-/261055898193?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item3cc824e251#ht_1152wt_922").
Title: British "Concentration" games
Post by: pds319 on August 15, 2012, 11:43:51 PM
Quote from: Jeremy Nelson on August 15, 2012, 07:59:32 PM
I see your games and raise you an edition based on the 1980s revival...with full color rebuses (http://"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Concentration-Board-Game-Paul-Lamond-Fully-Complete-Cheap-/261055898193?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item3cc824e251#ht_1152wt_922").
I have a copy of this and can say the full color rebuses are fantastic. I'm not positive, but I think they were taken directly from Classic Concentration.
Title: British "Concentration" games
Post by: alfonzos on August 16, 2012, 06:52:25 PM
I find it interesting that the De Luxe edition kept the American rebus on the cover art. Surely, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" means nothing to the British.