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    Buck-a-roo!

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    buckarooBuck-a-roo! came from Milton Bradley. The idea was to load the buck-a-roo mule with picks, shovels and all kinds of stuff.

    But if it got too heavy he would kick it all off and, er . . . you would have to start again.

    Like Ker-Plunk! and Mousetrap, Buck-a-roo! was one of those games which used as many plastic bits as possible, thus ensuring they were unplayable after three days because some-thing would invariably go missing.

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