King Kandy - New York City, NY
Posted by: Metro2
N 40° 45.394 W 073° 59.145
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King Kandy..... the object of the children's game, Candyland.
Waymark Code: WMCEXE
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2011
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The children's board game, Candyland was designed in 1945 and bought by Milton Bradley in 1949. It is now owned by Hasbro. The object of the game is to find King Kandy at the last stop. Players move randomly using cards to get to the 134th stop on the game.
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King Kandy and the other Candyland characters have also been animated in cartoons...see (
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This 3-D version of King Kandy is located on the top level of Toys R Us in New York City's Times Square. He is located at the front of the Candyland Candy store within the Toys R Us. See an online depiction of him at (
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An interesting trivia note.... there actually were real Kandy Kings. The city of Kandy, Sri Lanka was once the capital of the Kandy Kingdom (1739-1815)...and it's kings...Kandy Kings. See (
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