Words Of Wonder
Play the magical word game, Words of Wonder! Find words to solve more than 600 addictive word puzzles with unique mind challenging twists!Help Watson the Owl fight the grey curse and restore color to the storybook world! Use the power of words to unlock spectacular bonuses and spell your way to victory. New challenges await you at every turn – can you be the one to vanquish the curse forever? By purchasing this item, you are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the Google Payments. AFinitDataCallback(key: 'ds:17', isError: false, hash: '25', data:functionreturn 'gp:AOqpTOHXULbkavtwT73xgaDH0htt22TDhsUCvXGzpB-izvBI11IE-dkEdTjJHXZCh7lhv6FDt9t2MOgwht4Cg','Neota Chadd',null,2,null,null,null,'get a message to turn off airplane mode when it isnt.
Wonder definition is - a cause of astonishment or admiration: marvel. How to use wonder in a sentence. Lyrics to Words of Wonder by Keith Richards from the Main Offender album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more!
Constantly uninstalling and reinstalling.' ,307000000,0,null,null,'6','Neota Chadd',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Sunny',null,2,null,null,null,'is one of the amazing game but unfortunately it get stuck whnever I open this game.' ,780000000,3,null,null,'0','Ash Sunny',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Lennox',null,2,null,null,null,'the game but does have loading problems',804000000,3,null,null,'8','Tricia Lennox',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Johnson',null,2,null,null,null,'never even got in. I was on wifi, and yet, it said' Please turn off airplane mode or connect to WiFi to continue'. I WAS ON WIFI',582000000,0,null,null,'0','Eleri Johnson',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Wong',null,2,null,null,null,'really love this game but I couldn't play it anymore. Doesn't want to start up. Can the developer pls help?'
,355000000,1,null,null,'8','Angeline Wong',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Maxwell',null,2,null,null,null,'won't let me connect to Facebook. It keeps saying Facebook is not responding. Very irritating',743000000,3,null,null,'5','Michelle Maxwell',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Myers',null,2,null,null,null,'as years ago it used to be fun, challenging and addictive game now its just trash. Won't load beyond the screen with the owl. I've uninstalled. I'll find another word game to play where developers hear AND fix/do something about the complaints from loyal customers and for those of us that paid for the ad free version.' ,40000000,0,null,null,'3','Jacqueline Myers',null,null,2,null,null,null,'spencer',null,2,null,null,null,'used to have this game on my Kindle and it was my #1 favorite game.
At that time, you could earn gold and use it to buy bling just by completing levels or getting a high score or finishing tasks, and you could then use that gold and that bling to help you through the more difficult levels. Then that version of the game quit working on my kindle, so I installed the new version on my android phone.
This new version does not let you earn your own gold to buy bling; instead, you have to fork over cash to buy it. And it is EXPENSIVE even if you use your gold wisely and buy only the most necessary bling. The harder levels are just almost impossible to complete without the bling. Therefore I can no longer recommend this game as it's too expensive to play.' ,494000000,2,null,null,'9','janet spencer',null,null,2,null,null,null,'wish I could love this game. I enjoy it but.my two main issues are the difficulty level and glitches.
I love a challenge as I am very good at word games, but some levels are nearly impossible to get by without helps and I can't afford to keep getting them for a 'free' game. I played this for a while a year ago, stopped and came back and not much has changed.
It constantly freezes to the point of my having to restart my phone. I like the no ads at least.' ,390000000,3,null,null,'1','Videomama1972',null,null,2,null,null,null,'h',null,2,null,null,null,'love this app. When it works right. It's a very fun word game, but after it stopped working on my Kindle I tried downloading from the Google Playstore and after a day I received an error trying to login. Trying to go through support and report the issue required a lot of information regarding IDs and I could not locate the information to report it. I can still play, but I can't save my progress across devices currently.
It really is a fun app though, so there's that.' ,727000000,1,null,null,'0','sl h',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Wallenkamp',null,2,null,null,null,'do like the game and I've been playing for a long time but it has become very frustrating. Whenever I'm down to 10-11 for energy and I try to play a game, it tells me I have lost my connection to the server and I need to refresh.
When I do this, of course I lose that energy and have to wait. So it's like it was taken from me.
The cost of gold is extremely expensive. Why can't you earn gold? Again, very frustrating.and the game works very slow regardless of the device play it on.' ,515000000,0,null,null,'7','Sue Wallenkamp',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Hampton',null,2,null,null,null,'the concept of the game, but it constantly freezes and does not respond.
It frequently crashes. You can playing a level and it will freeze and then you have to start all over again a have to use more lives. It will just go to a black screen and become unresponsive. It makes my whole tablet unresponsive. I love this game,but it has too many issues. I stopped playing over a year ago because of the same issues and nothing has changed.'
,805000000,1,null,null,'3','Faith Hampton',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Finley',null,2,null,null,null,'been playing the game since 2013 the game itself is awesome u0026 fun however under the new Pop Reach ownership I HIGHLY recommend that you dont waste time trying to complete the Tapjoy ads for extra gold bars. I completed 4 different Tapjoy ads recently (not small ones either) u0026 never recieved my gold (not Tapjoys fault they really tried to fix it, it's a developer issue) only to be completely ignored multiple times by Pop Reach support, other than subpar game support I do recommend the game',796000000,2,null,null,'1','T Finley',null,null,2,null,null,null,'M',null,2,null,null,null,'really enjoy this game, and should be updated so it can be played without problems.' ,909000000,0,null,null,'6','Cece M',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Riddle',null,2,null,null,null,'buy gold and my infinity tile that allows me unlimited moves or time is now missing. I want it back. This game is beyond frustrating. I needed one more move to complete a level and needed a bomb buster.
It would not allow me to buy it. Several other user's are having difficulty with the same issue. Please fix this and I want my infinity boost back!!!'
,226000000,1,null,null,'1','Denice Riddle',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Google user',null,2,null,null,null,'app won't open can't play it anymore plus fix.u r website won't open plus fix game words of wonder plus contact me your app won't load missing my game up to level 349 don't wanna lose it all.u installed game lost everything and still won't open this so much lost years on playing was at 349 all for nothing you suck!!!' ,201000000,2,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues with loading the game.nRest assured, our team will be glad to assist you with any issues that you are facing so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it.'
,694000000,null,'0','A Google user',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Talbot',null,2,null,null,null,'love this game but get frustrated and just stop playing because it freezes all the time and I lose my progress. I read the tech support ideas and none of them stopped the problem. Its a shame!' ,962000000,1,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues with loading the game.nRest assured, our team will be glad to assist you with any issues that you are facing so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it.' ,725000000,null,'2','Danielle Talbot',null,null,2,null,null,null,'C',null,2,null,null,null,'really like this game. The only annoying thing is the occasional ad-at the beginning of play round and after a few rounds.
There's a nice feature where you have help making sure a word is correct. Thanks to developer for response.' ,180000000,9,'PopReach Incorporated','We do understand your concern. We will definitely work on this and try to avoid such instances. And you will have the option in the game to avoid getting Ads. You can be a part of the Keeper's Society to do so.
Get in touch with us here for any further assistance. Nn- Words of Wonder Team',574000000,null,'9','MeeMa C',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Vitola',null,2,null,null,null,'have been playing this game for over 3 years. And I have really enjoyed it. However, lately it seems to freeze up a lot. And then ask if I want to close it. When I close it then I lose that game.
And I have to start over so I lose 10 points which is what it cost me for a game.' ,572000000,0,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues with loading the game.nRest assured, our team will be glad to assist you with any issues that you are facing so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it.' ,194000000,null,'6','Monteen Vitola',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Yo',null,2,null,null,null,'I would give this 5 starts.I love this game, but it won't load anymore. I am on a high level and would hate to lose my progress if I would uninstall and then reinstall. Please fix this!!!' ,609000000,0,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues with loading the game.nRest assured, our team will be glad to assist you with any issues that you are facing so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it.'
,744000000,null,'2','M Yo',null,null,2,null,null,null,'much potential, yet completely irritating. I quit playing for over a year.
All this time later, nothing has changed. It's too bad.' ,936000000,4,null,null,'6','earthvenus69',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Bonfante',null,2,null,null,null,'love this game. It passes time enjoyably',344000000,1,null,null,'5','Marianne Bonfante',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Tatum',null,2,null,null,null,'been playing WoW for a few years,but lately.(last 2 months),the game has refused to load. Sure do miss playing.wish it could be fixed.' ,937000000,0,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues with loading the game. We surely do want you to continue enjoying the game so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it',729000000,null,'3','Sebastian Tatum',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Haffenden',null,2,null,null,null,'really like this game but not all the animations work.
I can never see the doors either open or shut. This makes game play quite frustrating as it appears there are none.' ,518000000,1,null,null,'1','Julie Haffenden',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Cortez',null,2,null,null,null,'there is no working link to submit support. There is a bug on Android at level 630 something at ink clear. I have uninstalled and linked to Facebook but no fix. I can't even play on ipad',915000000,0,'PopReach Incorporated','We are sorry to know that you are facing some issues in-game.nRest assured, our team will be glad to assist you with any issues that you are facing so we would request you to please submit a ticket detailing out the issue at and our Support team will look into it.'
Industry | Consumer electronics, video games |
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Fate | Closed, properties liquidated |
Founded | 1979; 41 years ago |
Defunct | 1991; 29 years ago |
Headquarters | , |
Don Kingsborough, Ken Forsse |
Worlds of Wonder or WoW was a 1980s Americantoycompany founded by former Atari employees, including Don Kingsborough and Mark Robert Goldberg.[1]
Products[edit]
- Teddy Ruxpin (1985), a story-telling bear[2][3]
- Grubby, Octopede companion to Teddy and helps him tell stories
- Lazer Tag (1986), an early version of Laser Tag[4]
- Pamela: The Living Doll (1986), an interactive talking doll dressed in overalls and comes with 3 additional outfits, add-on program cartridges ('voice cards'), and stickeractivity books[5] that had an alien-themed television commercial that played on the popularity of E.T. The Extraterrestrial[6][7]
- The Talking Mickey Mouse (1986), an animated version of the iconic mouse
- Goofy, helps Mickey tell the stories
- The Talking Mother Goose, an animated animal version of the famed storyteller, who tells fairy tales instead of rhymes, in 1986.
- Hector the ugly duckling, helps Mother Goose tell the stories
- Action Max (1987), a VCR and light gun game in
- Julie (1987), an interactive talking doll
- The Talking Snoopy (1986), an animated speaking version of Charles Schulz's Peanuts character Snoopy that uses cassettes as the others do and voiced by Cam Clarke[8]
- 'Express it': The Locker Answering Machine (1987), a sound-(high-pitch whistle)-activated tape recorder that can be mounted on the inside of a locker; part of the 'Class Act' line of school supplies
- Hop, Skip & Jump (1989), a jump rope that doubles as a belt or fashion accessory[9]
- Hide 'N' Sneak (1989), transforms the traditional game of hide and seek into high-tech excitement by allowing a player to locate other players with ultrasonic sound[9]
- Rockin' Boppers (1989), 4 different dolls that 'dance' to the beat of music[9]
- Skip Stik (1988), a twist-apart 3-foot bar with foam hand grips attached on each end to an 8-foot[9][10]
- Splatter Up (1988), a wet version of baseball[10][11][12] designed by WET Design[13] and later made by Buddy L[14] and Wham-O[14][15]
- GT Super Screamers (1990), a slotlessrace cargame using fly-by-wire technology, nicad batteries and Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo racecars[16]
- The Jaminator (1990), an electronic air guitar that plays different riffs depended on which buttons are pressed on the neck and also provides basic rhythm accompaniment with a small keyboard and drum pads[17]
- Little Boppers (1987) and Monster Boppers (1988) versions of Teddy Ruxpin, Mickey Mouse, and The Muppets that dance when music is played;[citation needed] two Mickeys made by Fisher-Price, 'Dance Star Mickey' & 'Rock Star Mickey', differ from the Little Boppers Mickey
- Baby Teddy Ruxpin (1987) an interactive talking baby counterpart of Teddy Ruxpin
- Zoo Tunes (1990), 3 plush puppet zoo characters, Lion, Hippo, and Alligator that play a series of tunes when sensors in mouth are pressed together; a sensor in the hands changes the tune[citation needed]
- Little Big Rigs, 5 plush construction toys[citation needed]
- Distributed the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States during its first few years[18]
Class Act[edit]
Class Act is a product line of school supplies created by Worlds of Wonder in 1987. The line is 'high-tech' in style though the only one piece of the ensemble that is 'high-tech' in nature is 'Express It': The Locker Answering Machine. The line consisted of:
- Sack It, designer print and denim backpacks
- Stuff It, hard-shell 3-ring binder with magnetic closure
- Stack It, plastic stacking lockershelving system
- Express It, locker answering machine
There were also decorated Trapper Keeper-styled folders and pencils as part of the line. When Worlds of Wonder declared bankruptcy in 1988 the line was severely hurt by the crisis and ultimately cancelled. War machines free multiplayer tank shooting games 3.
Demise[edit]
With the strength of its line of toys, Worlds of Wonder’s fortunes rose well beyond its assets. This culminated in a rather spectacular tumble as stock trades by company officers spooked investors. The company also received much negative press after the death of Leonard Falcon, who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after the deputy mistook the Lazer Tag toy he was using for a real gun. Attempting to stem the tide, WoW issued Non-Investment Grade Bonds, commonly known as junk bonds, in an effort to buoy itself. Although there is some contention as to whether this strategy would have helped, the attempt was made moot by the 1987 stock market crash. Worlds of Wonder filed for bankruptcy protection and was liquidated in 1988[19] and went through a series of layoffs. The creditors continued to operate the company in receivership until finally closing its doors in late 1990.[20] This period of operation only involved selling off existing inventory and no new toys were developed or manufactured.[21]
Later versions of 'Teddy Ruxpin' were brought out by Playskool and Yes! Entertainment (Yes! was also formed by Don Kingsborough) Backpack Toys and most currently Wicked Cool Toys.
The 'Lazer tag' brand was continued by Shoot The Moon Products, a toy invention company formed by two other Worlds of Wonder founders[22] and new Lazer Tag equipment has been produced under license by Tiger Electronics and Hasbro. The new Lazer Tag toys are not compatible with the original Worlds Of Wonder Lazer tag gear except via a hidden interface in some of the Hasbro gear.[23]
References[edit]
- ^Pollack, Andrew (1987-12-23). 'Fast-Growing Toy Maker's Hard Fall'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^'You Call These Toys?'. Time Magazine. 1987-12-07. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^'Alchemy II Makes Technology Cuddly Company Tries to Conjure Up Cash With New Talking Bear'. The Los Angeles Times. 1985-11-24. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^Cuff, Daniel F. (1988-04-04). 'BUSINESS PEOPLE; Worlds of Wonder Loses Its Chairman'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^Toys of the Eighties, Pamela Doll, Inthe80s.com (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^Aliens Enjoy Pamela, The Living Doll, X-Entertainment (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^Pamela the Living Doll: E.T. Approved, Matt Suzaka, Strange Kids Club, 14 April 2011 (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^Worlds of Wonder: ‘The TALKING Snoopy‘ (1986), GoGreenMachine.org (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^ abcdSearch results, Oakland Tribune, 1989, archived at Oakland Museum of California (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^ abBasics Back At Top Of The Hoop Summer's Here And The Time Is Right For Racing To The Toy Store, Barbara Deck, Philadelphia Daily News, 14 June 1988 (retrieved 10 February 2012)
- ^Consumer group attacks unsafe toys, The Gainesville Sun Extra, 21 June 1989, p.2 (retrieved 10 February 2012 at Google News)
- ^It's back to basics in toys - no mega-hits expected this year - discount store toy sales, Richard Halverson, Discount Store News, FindArticles (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^THE WIZARDS OF WET : Even the Staid Take Delight in High-Tech Magic of Burbank Fountain Company, Susan Heeger, Los Angeles Times, 29 September 1988 (retrieved 11 February 2012)
- ^ abSplatter Up Baseball from Buddy L, Shoot the Moon (retrieved 10 February 2012)
- ^Grinding Gear, Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated, 4 February 2002 (retrieved 11 February 2012)
- ^GT Super Screamers featuring Nissan GTPZX, Nissan 300ZX forum, TwinTurbo.net, 27 February 2011 (retrieved 10 February 2012)
- ^The Jaminator, Marie A. D'Amico and Steve Capps, MADcapps (retrieved 9 February 2012)
- ^[1], Steven L. Kent, The Ultimate History of Video Games
- ^NY Times article about the bankruptcy petition
- ^Zonana, Victor F. (1987-12-22). 'Cash-Strapped Toy Maker Worlds of Wonder Petitions for Chapter 11 Protection'. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^'Electronic Toys History'. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^Lazer Tag fan page with a history of Shoot The Moon
- ^A Secret LTTO Mode: WOW Compatibility, 2006-02-14, archived from the original on 2012-06-30