I'm watching this with my three year old, and he just said, "Hey, how about we get one of those, mom?"

damn thing ...er "EFFING" thing always worked for me [shrug]

My Mousetrap worked flawlessly.

Always worked for me.

maybe they revised the tolerances on the toy for later generations because mine never worked right either. What year were you guys born?

Note to O.P.:

You're doing it wrong.

Always worked for me too. Born in '80.

It always works for me AND my 7 year old daughter.

It worked some of the time...until one of my sisters broke the hand-on-a-stick piece.

I never had any problem getting the trap to run after I'd finished it. I remember the only thing disappointing about it the first time I ran it was how fast everything happened except the part where the steel ball rolls down the steps and along the gutter. It was still pretty fun though. Maybe they're not making the pieces right anymore.

I could always get it to work, but could anyone else actually get another person to play it with them?