{"id":4098,"date":"2026-05-20T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/?page_id=4098"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:56:00","slug":"mattel-sonar-sub-hunt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/mattel-sonar-sub-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattel Sonar Sub Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-2fcfafbd-8516-4b88-b3ca-3add50456d1b\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonar-Sub-Hunt-2.jpeg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Sonar-Sub-Hunt-2.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-604391d0-820c-4d06-a1ef-766042e86d2f\">My brother, Pete, and I played this until we were blue in the face. It was just a fun game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-dec0cd38-9ddc-4b9a-a5b9-17ec1f9af146\">Each time you pressed the fire button, you hoped you would see the target receptacle light up. While you were navigating to a new location, you hoped you wouldn&#8217;t hear that infamous buzz, which meant you had hit a mine. You were able to watch all this through the periscope as your opponent moved through your side of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-148ee15c-f104-46e6-953b-6fff606ace14\">I think we played it so much that the electrical part of it stopped working. Maybe we just outgrew it, also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-35959132-f345-4339-ab58-fdad9ef0778a\">We eventually learned that when the aiming device was rotated a certain way, you could adjust the periscope enough that you could see where your opponent had placed some of his subs and mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-7aec5ccb-0e68-4aca-92be-8dec992ae344\">I&#8217;m sure my brother would agree with me that this game would belong in our &#8216;hall of fame&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-a6549e98-9946-40be-9a9a-e3a22c502aa5\">Here are a couple of videos that explain the game better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1961 Mattel Sonar Sub Hunt Vintage Board Game Tv Commercial\" width=\"1097\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dfW6bnYocM?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonar Sub Hunt 1960s - Vintage Toy \/ Boardgame  Unboxing &amp; Review\" width=\"1097\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ar5JCFtd9Y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother, Pete, and I played this until we were blue in the face. It was just a fun game. Each time you pressed the fire button, you hoped you would see the target receptacle light up. While you were navigating to a new location, you hoped you wouldn&#8217;t hear that infamous buzz, which meant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4098","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>My brother, Pete, and I played this until we were blue in the face. It was just a fun game. Each time you pressed the fire button, you hoped you would see the target receptacle light up. While you were navigating to a new location, you hoped you wouldn&#8217;t hear that infamous buzz, which meant you had hit a mine. You were able to watch all this through the periscope as your opponent moved through your side of the board. I think we played it so much that the electrical part of it stopped working. Maybe we just outgrew it,&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"emcher","url":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/author\/emcher\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4098\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcher.com\/emchioi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}