K is for Kong, The King . . . of The Apes! The Jungle, The Weird, Whacky Island, He Was Just THE King, of Everything, But He Couldn't Sing 'Hounddog'!

This set is new to me, seen in my collection, by Ideal of Hollis, NY (anyone know that town? Answers on a postcard, I don't care) dated 1976, and if I ever saw it anywhere else I must have just clean forgot it, in all the excitement!

Everyone loves a board-game at Christmas! This would have been under people's trees in 1976, the box is printed with some weird ink with is just rubbing-off now, and which also reflects flash inordinately, so I shot it twice to get something useable!

 

The Twin Trade Towers, funny what survives a cataclysm like '9/11', you actually get the one, but shooting it with and without Kong, makes for a poignant juxtaposition of the two images. I have some book-matches from the Restaurant at the Top of the World somewhere, as well, not quite the same as Titanic pillow-cases, but close, in a way?

 

 

Figural playing pieces include four 'special force' players who have to chase The King up the tower and try to kill him without getting knocked of, while Kong just needs to get to the top . . . but a game for 2-4 players, so presumably 'the bank' moves Kong?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10306/king-kong

The rest of the paraphernalia! That's it, box-ticked, and in the tags, which - I suspect - is what this is all about . . . just be honest!