Now *that’s* pretty sneaky: Connect 4 vs. Connect Four

October 6, 2008 in Toy Review
Tags: Connect 4, Connect Four

It turns out that the Connect 4 game we bought for J isn’t “new and improved” as much as “completely different” than the Connect Four game we played as kids.  Apparently whether you use the numeral or spell it out makes a big difference.

While the game we bought may be the “original Connect 4,” as it proudly exclaims on the box, it is not the “original Vertical four-in-a-row checkers game,” which in fact is still sold as Connect Four by Hasbro.

(Just, it seems, not at Target or Walmart.)

That said, I’m not sure I can come down hard on one side or the other in terms of what I’d recommend, other than Connect 4 at $7-8 is about half the price of Connect Four at $15.