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Giant Operation patient on a green-draped table with oversized tweezers and a steel dish of removed pieces

Giant Operation Game Hire

Hire from £399.

Giant Operation Game Hire

Our Giant Operation is a life-size take on Operation, the Hasbro game that Milton Bradley first put out back in 1965, with the same bald, grinning patient laid out on a green-draped table. Instead of the fiddly little tweezers you'd remember from the kitchen table, players work with a pair of oversized tongs to lift ten body parts out of the cavities against a 60-second clock. Touch the metal edge of a cavity and you close the circuit, so the buzzer sounds and his red nose lights up, the same as the original. It goes by a few other names depending on who's asking - Saw Bones, Sawbones, or just Giant Operation.

The cavities hold the classic ailments - Adam's Apple, Butterflies in the Tummy, Tennis Elbow and the rest - and a couple of them down the legs take the bone-shaped pieces that earned the game its Saw Bones nickname. A digital scoreboard keeps the count and there are sound effects when a hand slips, which is the bit that pulls people in off the aisle on a busy stand.

The hire price includes one of our team to run it for up to four hours, so your own people aren't stuck behind the table all day. It works on exhibition stands and trade shows, corporate fun days, freshers fairs and party nights, and it has an obvious pull for anyone in the medical or pharmaceutical world. We've been hiring out exhibition games from our Rotherham warehouse since 1999.

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A player lifting a piece out of the giant patient with oversized tweezers, a giant Connect 4 game set up alongside
Years Hiring
25+
Google Rating
5/5
Insurance Cover
£5M
Body Parts to Remove
10

Where It Works Well

  • Exhibition Stands and Trade Shows

  • Medical and Pharmaceutical Events

  • Corporate Fun Days and Team Building

  • Freshers Fairs and University Events

  • Party Nights and Celebrations

  • Charity Fundraisers

How It Plays

A turn runs against a 60-second clock. The player picks up the oversized tweezers and lifts the body parts out of their cavities one at a time, trying not to let the tongs catch the metal sides. Touch an edge and the circuit closes - the buzzer goes and the patient's nose lights up red - so that piece is a miss. There are three lives and the digital scoreboard keeps the count, so it's easy to run a fastest-or-furthest competition across the day and note the totals on a leaderboard.

It's a one-at-a-time game with a queue building behind, which is what you want on a busy exhibition stand where keeping people moving matters more than two-player head-to-heads. The patient and the pieces are fibreglass and moulded plastic rather than card, so they hold up well to a full day of hands on them.

Branding

The table skirt is the part that faces the aisle, and we can print it full-colour with your logo and colours on a sub-dye polyester wrap. That's £145 plus VAT, printed, fitted and taken off again after the event. If you want to push the theme further, the ailments can be swapped for ones that match your trade rather than the standard body parts - spanners and spark plugs for the motor industry, coins and cards for finance, that sort of thing. The artwork and printing are all done in-house. There's more on the branding service here.

What's Included

  • An operator to run the game for up to four hours
  • The oversized tweezers, the ailment pieces and the stainless-steel dish
  • Delivery, setup and collection by our own team
  • £5M public liability insurance as standard
  • Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event

We own and maintain the game in-house from our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham, five minutes from the A1, M1 and M18, so there's no third-party supplier between you and the kit if anything needs sorting on the day. We deliver across the UK, including to NEC Birmingham, Manchester Central, ExCeL London and Leeds First Direct Arena. Tell us your venue and dates and we'll confirm the delivery cost with the quote.

Giant Operation is one of over 600 products in our catalogue, so if you're putting together a whole stand or fun day - other exhibition games, carnival games, staging, generators - we can supply it on one booking with one point of contact. We're a repeat supplier for corporate clients including Amazon.

It's one of a set of giant games we hire out alongside the bigger attractions, so it often goes out with the giant Connect 4 and giant Jenga for weddings and fun days. Kate F, who hired those two for her wedding, said "the games were of great quality" and that "delivery and collection was as advised and very straight forward".

Size

Floor space Height
Game size 6ft × 4ft (1.7m × 0.9m) 4ft (1.1m)
Space needed 8ft × 8ft 6ft

The patient sits on its own table at standing height, so players operate from above.

Branding skirt: £145+VAT - full-colour sub-dye printed polyester, fitted and removed after the event.

Suitability

  • Indoors on Artificial Grass
  • Indoors on Hard Surface
  • Outdoors on Grass
  • Outdoors on Hard Surface
  • Children
  • Adults

Suitable for: Adults & Children

Have a look at the Giant Operation game in action below, and for more of our hires visit our YouTube channel.

Gallery

  • The fibreglass patient on a green-draped table, with the oversized tweezers and a steel dish of removed pieces

  • Set up indoors on a green-edged bench, the body parts loaded into the cavities ready to play

  • A player lifting a piece with the oversized tweezers, a giant Connect 4 alongside

  • An operator demonstrating the game with the oversized tongs, the cable trailing to the patient

  • Set up outdoors against a brick wall, with a hand-painted Saw Bones sign

  • The game in a college foyer, with a sign asking players to remove three items without the buzzer going off

Common Questions

How is the giant version played?

It plays like the board game, scaled right up. Players use the oversized tweezers to lift ten body parts out of their cavities against a 60-second clock. If the tweezers touch the metal edge of a cavity the circuit closes, the buzzer sounds and the patient's nose lights up red, so that one is a miss. There are three lives and a digital scoreboard keeps the count.

What body parts do you have to remove?

The classic Operation ailments - Adam's Apple, Butterflies in the Tummy, Tennis Elbow and the rest, ten in all - including the bone-shaped pieces down the legs that give the game its Saw Bones nickname. For branded hires we can swap these for items that suit your trade.

Can it be set up outdoors?

Yes, as long as it's under cover. There's electronics inside for the buzzer, the light-up nose and the scoreboard, so it needs to stay dry - a marquee, gazebo or similar is fine for outdoor use.

Related Products

Giant Operation is the steady-hand classic scaled right up, and it sits well next to the other giant and reaction games below. If you're building a giant-games corner, get in touch and we'll suggest a setup.

Hire the Giant Operation Game

Drop us your dates, venue and rough numbers and we'll come back with a quote. If you'd like the skirt branded or the ailments themed to your industry, mention it in your message and we'll work up some options.

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