A board game "Animal Advent-ure" devised by a 7 year old child, a big hit at Christmas

A 9-year-old Scottish boy was old when he was 7 years old two years agoAdvent calendar(A calendar that opens small windows containing sweets and toys one day a day by Christmas)Board game"Animal Advent-ure (animal adventure)" was commercialized, "MonopolyOrdered shoulder and standard game such as "old-fashioned department store'sHarrodsBut it seems that it is treated as a hit item of this year's Christmas sales warfare.

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Crack Manangshire StateTillicoultryScott Ballantyne (9 years old) said that he was remodeling the advent calendar into a board game two years ago when he was sick and was absent from school.


Scott seems to have invented various things since he was a child, but "Animal Adventure" was particularly popular among families and friends. Tricia Ballantyne, a mother, said, "There is something special in this game," Mother Tricia Ballantyne said after seeing Scott, who made a new version for each event, such as Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Then, I began to move toward commercialization.

For games set in the zoo, you can play with up to 8 players at age 4 and above. Aiming to go around all animals by the time limit (closing time), it is a scolloog game in which the player who finished first got a winner, opening a small window like the advent calendar as the game progresses and winning the prize Where you can do is doubling the fun.


Handling starts at Harrods, a luxury department store in London in autumn this year at a regular price of 24.95 pounds (about 3200 yen), and on December 1st, Harrods'online storeHowever, sales began. According to Harrods' spokesman, among the items sold in Harrods, it probably was probably handled by the youngest designer. In addition, Scott was invited to a London store before Christmas, was scheduled to see the "Animal Adventure" actually displayed, but the visit was postponed to next year because of bad weather.

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Following the strong sales of Harrods, "Animal Adventure" is nowToys' R UsIt is said that it is sold also in major toy selling such as toys and Scott 's local Tillicoultry shops. Karen Mackay, a buyer at the retail store Sterling Home Store at Tillicoultry says, "We are always looking for new and innovative products.This game is worthy for us as we have invented local boy Scott There is no new product. "

By the end of NovemberChicago Toy FairScott Ballantyne that you visited. "I think that various people played in my game and I can see that the games I made are lined up on the shelves of the store, I think it is a really good experience. Only two years since the first making It is like becoming a product with "Monopoly" and "Crew" or something along the shelves of Harrods, it seems like a dream.


Scott is currently working on a new game with the theme of the space era based on chess, and her mother Tricia believes that the invention of the toy may be a lifetime career for Scott That's right.