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'''Jenga''' is an [[Earth]] game. | '''Jenga''' is an [[Earth]] game. It seems to, in some way, involve stacking blocks. | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===''Angry Birds Transformers''=== | ===''Angry Birds Transformers''=== | ||
Some of the toys made for Angry Birds Transformers were Jenga. This was similar to other Angry Birds toys, most notably the Angry Birds [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] toys. These toys included a slingshot you would use to launch the birds at the pigs, sitting atop Jenga blocks, you had set up. This slingshot <s>never worked. It just never worked. You would try to use it, you'd put the birds on the little [[5 mm post|post]] on top of the slingshot and pull back to launch, but it never worked. Well, it'd actually work ''just'' often enough that you always wondered if you were just bad at this, or if it was a universal experience, until one day you're writing a lengthy rant about this on the wiki of a property you don't even care that much about but ah well.</s> was notoriously difficult to utilize. Meanwhile, the Angry Birds Transformers ones <s>thankfully</s> used a more traditional launcher. | |||
====Vehicles==== | ====Vehicles==== | ||
Each game includes a vehicle with removable Bird/Pig, a launcher, and blocks. | Each game includes a vehicle with removable Bird/Pig, a launcher, and blocks. | ||
Revision as of 19:25, 28 February 2024
Jenga is an Earth game. It seems to, in some way, involve stacking blocks.
Fiction
Titan Prime comic
While "baby-sitting" the humans at Autobot Outpost Omega One over Christmas, Arcee and Bulkhead passed the time by trying to find something they had in common. When this didn't go well, Jack asked what plan B was, and Raf suggested Jenga, though the two Autobots eventually settled on ice skating. Ice Breaker
2005 IDW continuity
When the crew of the Weak Anthropic Principle were incapacitated by Tyrest's universal killswitch, the brain-damaged Grimlock continued to play Jenga by himself. Arm the Lonely
Later, Fulcrum and Spinister found themselves playing Jenga for the fate of the entire universe against a giant cosmic jellyfish. As of the consequence of their victory, neither Scavenger retained their memory of the match or the perfectly logical series of events that had given rise to it. Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots
Toys
Angry Birds Transformers
Some of the toys made for Angry Birds Transformers were Jenga. This was similar to other Angry Birds toys, most notably the Angry Birds Star Wars toys. These toys included a slingshot you would use to launch the birds at the pigs, sitting atop Jenga blocks, you had set up. This slingshot never worked. It just never worked. You would try to use it, you'd put the birds on the little post on top of the slingshot and pull back to launch, but it never worked. Well, it'd actually work just often enough that you always wondered if you were just bad at this, or if it was a universal experience, until one day you're writing a lengthy rant about this on the wiki of a property you don't even care that much about but ah well. was notoriously difficult to utilize. Meanwhile, the Angry Birds Transformers ones thankfully used a more traditional launcher.
Vehicles
Each game includes a vehicle with removable Bird/Pig, a launcher, and blocks.
- Heatwave the Fire-Bot Bird Game
- Soundwave Pig Game
- Galvatron Pig Game
- Lockdown Pig Game
Playsets
- "Bumblebee Battle Game", includes ramp and launcher plus:
- Bumblebee Bird vehicle
- Megatron Pig collapsing statue
- "Optimus Prime Attack Game", includes ramp and launcher plus:
- Optimus Prime Bird vehicle
- Galvatron Pig vehicle
- Starscream Pig
- Decepticon Stinger Pig
- Grimlock Bird frame
External links
- Jenga at Wikipedia
