Toys of Christmas Past - Part 24 - Wrestle Around

Wrestle Around - Ideal - 1970

Wrestle Around was a simple marble game for 2 to 4 players.  You and your opponents would grab one of the 4 "handles" of the playing arena, and using your wrists and your strength move the arena around.  The idea of the game was for each player to release a marble into the playing arena, and  try to have your opponents marbles drop down the hole in the center while preventing yours from doing so.  Each player had 4 marbles.  If your marble went down the hole then you had to release another marble.  If you ran out of marbles, you lost and had to release the playing arena and sit out the rest of the game.

It took strength and firm wrists to play this game.  I remember my wrists aching after a half hour or so of continuous play.

Here is a commercial showing how the game worked !