Up Against Time (or later as Up! Against Time) is a children's game (aged 7 and above) first marketed by the

Ideal Toy Company Ideal Toy Company was an American toy company founded by Morris Michtom and his wife, Rose. During the post–World War II baby boom era, Ideal became the largest doll-making company in the United States. Their most popular dolls included Betsy ...

in 1977. The game features an upright plastic board through which a steel ball moves down to a ramp at the bottom. Below the ramp players attempt to build a tower of interlocking plastic 'barrels'. Each barrel has different protruding shapes on top and different indented shapes on the bottom (slots, circles and triangles). Each player attempts to build the stack of barrels as high as they can (using with just one hand) after the steel ball is released. When they have either completed a full tower of 12 barrels or as many as possible they can drop a gate to stop the steel ball collapsing their tower. Play consists of three rounds and the total number of barrels is totalled up for a winner.

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{{Refend Games of physical skill Ideal Toy Company Games and sports introduced in 1977