![]() At other times, he’s just not where you think he is! If you can catch this thief, you’ll earn a large reward. With luck, the police will arrest the thief and cart him off to jail. You’ll need all your skills of deduction and logic to follow the thief and corner him. Each sound you hear is a clue that will help you track him down. You hear him, too, as he opens a door, crosses a floor, breaks a window, runs on the street and escapes on the subway. You can hear him in the act of committing a crime. But you can hear him! With your ELECTRONIC CRIME SCANNER you can eavesdrop on the thief whenever he moves on the board. The thief you’re after is computer controlled and completely invisible. In the jewelry store? The bank? Where will the thief strike next? You and your opponents are licensed private detectives. Most of the scanners are in working condition yet today and the game is still a lot of fun to play.ELECTRONIC COPS AND ROBBERS. Since the ‘Thief’ is the scanner, and reveals the clues, the game cannot be played without it. If interested in buying one just be sure it has a working scanner. Outstanding warrants for: Entering a movie theater with a children’s ticket and pretending to be an obstacle at a miniature gold course.”Īs a vintage board game, Stop Thief can usually be found on Ebay for sale. Vtg 1979 Electronic Stop Thief Board Game Parker Bros Working/w Battery-Complete. Steals everything-including the pockets themselves. “Hans is especially handy at crowded locations where, because of his size, he usually goes completely unnoticed. ![]() On the back of each Wanted Card are details about the criminals. They are petty thieves with a reward of 1000 dollars. As detectives the players could be after ‘Bunny and Clod’. These are humorous accounts of the criminals for which the players are seeking. Stop Thief Game BoardĪt the start of each round, players draw a ‘WANTED’ card. The winner of the game is the first person to earn 2,500 hundred dollars in Reward Money. If the arrest is completed then the player receives the Reward Money for catching him. There are some cases where the thief gets away or wasn’t where a player thought. All of these ‘Clues’ will help the players figure out where he is at and then the player can make an arrest. The ‘Clues’ the players listen to reveal whether the thief opened a door, broke a window, committed another crime, ran down the street, escaped on the subway, or merely walked across the floor. As he moves through the building a player will be able to deduce where he is at and try to arrest him. Game, electronic piece, all parts in very good condition. Electronic Cops And Robbers Parker Brothers Board Game 1979. ![]() Different sounds are made to indicate where or what the criminal is doing. 1979 Parker Brothers STOP THIEF Electronic Cops and Robbers Board Game- works Have one to sell Stop Thief. During each player’s turn they are allowed to press ‘Clue’ on the scanner. Tracking the thief involves using the crime scanner. ![]() It is then up to the players to track him down. In each building there are at least 4 red crime spaces and so the criminal could be at any one of them. The scanner displays the building number (on the game board) for where the crime happened. The detective who makes the arrest will earn a reward of at least 800.00. You and your opponents are licensed private detectives, assigned to track and arrest a notorious thief. The game starts with pressing the electronic crime scanner which sounds off the alarm of a crime being committed. Product Description An electroni game and a board game in one. But they weren’t back then! The computerized crime scanner sounded clues and the players, acting as detectives, were on a race to catch the thief before he struck again.Įven now Stop Thief is an awesome game to play. The game of cops and robbers was electronic! Of course these days’, electronic games are everywhere. Stop Thief by Parker Brothers was an extraordinary board game to play in 1979 when it was first published.
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