This version of the Candy Land board game was released in 1984. It is famous for introducing characters into the Candy Land formula, as opposed to simply having locations placed on the board without any people, as in previous versions. These characters have since become a popular fixture of.

Original Candy Land Game Character NamesThe 1949 version of the Candy Land game did not feature characters, but they were added soon thereafter. Some Candy Land Characters evolved or changed, while others were replaced entirely.

Changes in the game at times reflect and trends, and at times some characters have for how they are depicted. The game has continued to be popular, however, with anniversary and special editions still being sold decades after its inception. There have been over a dozen versions of the original game, as well as special character-themed games, and children continue to today.

Related Articles. Gingerbread KidsThe original board game had a simple colored pawn to move across the game board.

The featured plastic gingerbread people to use as game pawns. Later Gingerbread Kids appeared on the board with Mamma Ginger Tree. The KidsThe images of the kids on the board evolved over the years. Early versions of the game featured a Caucasian boy and girl.

Added an African-American boy and a girl of Asian descent. The Kids and the Gingerbread characters were the only ones features in 1960s and 1970s versions of the game. 1980s Characters and BeyondIt was only in the 1980s game versions and later that Candy Land added a more colorful cast of characters beyond the Kids and Gingerbread pawns.

Mint is a tall fellow who lives in Peppermint Forest. He wears red and white stripes just like a candy cane.

In early versions he is seen as a candy can woodcutter, but later shown wearing ice skates. Duke of SwirlThe Duke of Swirl was a character with a human face shown dressed in a Duke's outfit on the Ice Cream Slopes in the. Mint returned in subsequent versions of the game. King KandyKing Kandy is central to the game. It is the lost king who players are searching for in the game. JollyA friendly, colorful creature who lives in Gumdrop Pass. Jolly doesn't appear in later versions of the game.

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Plumpy the Plumpa TrollPlumpy is the last of the Plumpa trolls, he is in charge of gathering the plums from the plum trees. Plumpy's character in 2000s versions of the game. Mamma Ginger TreeMamma Ginger Tree replaced Plumpy briefly, but was does not appear in the 2010 game editions and beyond. The 2010 version uses a location, Cupcake Commons, in Mamma Ginger's place.

Princess LollyPrincess Lolly is a young girl whose appearance changes in various editions, but is always seen in a lollipop-covered dress. In some versions of the game she is only referred to as Lolly. Lord LicoriceThe bad guy of Candy Land, Lord Licorice tries to turn everything to licorice.

Queen Frostine/Princess FrostineA beautiful and graceful lady seen in an icy wonderland. She loves to ice skate, and magical snowflakes follow her around.

Her appearance, like Lolly's and other characters, changes with different editions. Queen Frostine was renamed Princess Frostine in 2000s versions of the game. GloppyInitially, Gloppy was known as Gloppy the Molasses Monster, a friendly monster. Gloppy the Molasses Monster became the Chocolate Monster, who lives in the chocolate swamp. Winnie the Pooh Candy Land, which offers the adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his pals, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore, as they gather picnic goodies Disney Princess EditionThere is also a available. The game board itself features a wide range of Disney Princess characters including Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Snow White. You can use either a Rapunzel, Cinderella, or Aerial pawn to play the game.

Candy Land My Little Pony the MovieYet another themed version is the. The game board features Storm King, Tempest Shadow, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Disney Deluxe Theme Park Candy LandThis edition features dozens of popular Disney characters.

These include classic characters like Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto, as well as princesses like Snow White (and her seven dwarves) and Cinderella. Other featured characters include those from the Alice and Wonderland film, the Perter Pan cast of characters, main characters from The Little Mermaid, and more. Willy Wonka Candy LandIt's only natural the one of the most famed movies about candy should be depicted on a Candy Land game board.

The features Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas. Candy Land Castle GameThe is meant for younger children such as preschoolers or toddlers. It is different from the classic game. Children use game boards shaped like gingerbread houses and race to find the Gingerbread Kids' missing decorations. They pull levers from the King's castle to get different shaped tokens and fill in their gingerbread board to win. The game is only available from third-party sellers, auction sites, or used game stores such as.

Give Kids the WorldIn 2006, Hasbro joined forces with Give Kids the World, a Florida resort dedicated to granting wishes and fantasy vacations to terminally ill children, to create a life-size Candy Land board. The game was also produced as a. In addition to the traditional characters, this game also features Mayor Clayton, Ms. Merry, and other characters from Give Kids the World. Playing Candy LandThe premise of the game is a simple one: the king of is lost!

Players must move around a colorful board, counting spaces and following arrows until they find the wayward king. Since there is no reading required, children as young as three years old can easily play, but kids up to and first grade may still enjoy it. It is an for young kids since it involves counting and logic. Only the ability to match colors and count is required, making it a game that has been beloved for years. Whether you play the classic Candy Land or one of the updated versions, kids will fall in love with the colorful, fantasy-like characters.

The characters help make this classic board game a regular addition to family game night across the world.

Here is the original Candy Land, circa 1949:Yum. Here is the game in 1978:I dreamed of those ice cream floats.Things begin to change more significantly in the 1980s. That's when Candy Land ditched the Dick-and-Jane outfits for generic his-and-hers overalls:They also added some friendly candy characters: Plumpy with his plum tree, Mr. Candy Cane, Gramma Nutt, Princess Lolly, Queen Frostine. More on some of them in a moment.Then we hit 2010.

On the upside, Milton Bradley finally recognized, at least in some versions, that there are children who are not white and blonde (nothing against blonde white kids—I was one myself—I'm just saying):Beyond that, though.Yikes! Check out today's board!In case you can't see it: here's the new Princess Lolly:And Queen Frostine turned into a Bratz doll:Candy Land isn't the only classic that has, without our notice, gotten a hot makeover. (And I'm not the only one who alarming.) The Disney Princesses have grown gradually more. And, Strawberry Shortcake, Rainbow Brite, Trolls (now called 'Trollz').

Even Care Bears and My Little Pony have been put on a diet. Toymakers say they are reflecting the changing taste of their demographic. Maybe, but then it's the change that's so disturbing. Consider on body image among elementary school-aged girls. Psychologists at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois used paper dolls to assess self-sexualization in 60 girls ages six to nine recruited largely from public schools.

The girls were shown two dolls: One was dressed in tight, revealing 'sexy' clothes and the other in a trendy but covered-up loose outfit. Both dolls, were skinny and would be considered 'pretty' by little girls.Using a different set of dolls for each question, the researchers then asked each girl to choose the doll that: looked like herself, looked how she wanted to look, was the popular girl in school, was the girl she wanted to play with. In every category, the girls most often chose the 'sexy' doll. In, researchers engaged three-to-five-year-old girls in games of, yes, Candy Land as well as Chutes & Ladders, asking them to choose among three game pieces—a thin one, an average-sized one and a fat one—to represent themselves.

While in the past children that age showed little ability to distinguish between average and thin weights, today's wee ones grabbed thin pieces at higher rates not only than fat ones but than those of 'normal' weight. When asked by researchers to swap a thin figure for a fat one, the girls not only recoiled but some refused to even touch the chubbier game piece making comments such as, 'I hate her, she has a fat stomach,' or 'She is fat. I don't want to be that one.' There's ample evidence that the ever-narrowing standard of beauty in our girls to low self-esteem, negative body image, eating disorders, poor sexual choices.

Not to mention the negative impact fat-shaming has on overweight kids. I think a lot about something that, a historian of childhood, once told me: that toys traditionally have communicated to children our expectations of their adult roles. What are we telling girls we expect of them with this?This post is adapted from that was originally published on the author's personal website.We want to hear what you think about this article. To the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.

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