Above you see a short clip showing the climactic moments of the classic version of the Rube-Goldbergian board game, Mouse Trap…slowed down so you can follow all the action. Mouse Trap (originally “Mouse Trap Game”) was created by Marvin Glass Associates and was first introduced in 1963 by Ideal Toys. Over the years the game has changed hands a few times, first to Milton Bradley, and now is a product of Hasbro Gaming. The origin of the game is a bit of a sordid story itself, as you can see in this video…

From 1963, here’s the very first commercial…

Over the years elements of the game were redesigned, and at some point the rules were changed so that building the mouse trap was no longer part of the game at all. In the 2000s, a new version of Mouse Trap was introduced, which hardly anybody likes, except for this kid, apparently…

Some British folks love to make videos about Mousetrap, and here a guy and his kids compare the version from the early 2000s to the original…

Hasbro Gaming has recently switched to a redesigned edition to the game that’s somewhat closer to the original design (the stubborn crank has been replaced with a rubber band), and here’s their official video showing how to build it…