Mousetrap

I seem to remember this game as well from my childhood.

Can you build a better mousetrap?

The object of MOUSE TRAP is to build a wacky contraption following the Building Plan and then to use it to trap the mice of the other player(s).

Ages 6 and up. 2 to 4 players.

Player turns crank which rotates gears causing lever to move and push stop sign against shoe. Shoe tips bucket holding metal ball (E) Ball rolls down rickety stairs and into rainpipe which leads it to hit helping hand rod. This causes bowling ball to fall from top of helping hand rod through thing-a-ma-jig and bathtub, to land on diving board. Weight of bowling ball catapults diver through the air and right into wash tub, causing cage to fall from top of post and trap unsuspecting mouse.

Both Hasbro and Mattel make a Mousetrap game.