It came from the Toy Chest: Crossfire

 I lost the pics I took for game night and guess what: Crossfire is a once assembled you can't put it back in the box. I hate that. So I had to throw away the box, that's a minus. Then we have a bigger issue:

The ball bearings used. A Google search informed me that 9mm bearings are the ones used on the Hasbro version of Crossfire. I mentioned this, Because the game being so frantic, Will lead to losing some ball bearings, if you are playing near couches, Or shaggy carpets. 

As a kid I wasn't allowed to have this game. The reason being was my younger brother. The ball bearings were a choking hazard. To be honest, It wasn't my little brother the one that mom should have been wearing about. Kid me would have tried to put as many ball bearings in my mouth as I could and tried to spit them out increasing the chances of choking on balls. I'm well aware how gay that sounds, But it's the truth. Kid me loved putting strange things in his mouth. So no matter how much I pleaded crossfire was a big no-no game.

Not mine, but this is the one I have.

I've had my TRY Exclusive version ofCrossfire  roughly before Toys.R Us closed down on Puerto Rico. Since I was strongly fighting depression, My social life was rather non existent. Right now I'm struggling to get a bit better, but that's not the point here. Recently, I've been socializing a little bit. Yay progress! First it was Jumanji, now it's Crossfire.

Real life is not as exciting. It's a bit slower and having to stop to look for fallen bearings is no fun. I tried using the commercial music as a way to make the game more exciting it period it's failed horribly. My friends forced me to use headphones and keep the advertising music to myself! 

The object of the game is to get 3 goals on your opponent. BUT the Hasbro version of the game has an issue with the pucks. They jam and the bearing inside them doesn't spin fluidly. And you just end up pushing the pucks away with little to no spin at all. Some folks recommend that you buy vintage Milton Bradley Crossfire (preferably incomplete) and use the Milton Bradley pucks on the new Hasbro version. 

Don't use the Milton Bradley ball bearings on the Hasbro shooter because they are not made for the same size bearings.

I already mentioned that the game is not as exciting as the commercial made it to be. It's not a bad game but an overhyped one. For a guy that has had over 30 years of anticipation to play this game; real life was really disappointing... but I still got the thrill of eliminating a thing from the bucket list.

No! Putting my balls in Mr. Bucket's mouth IS NOT on the list.