Crystals Tabletop Bowling Game Set - Mini Bowling Game for Kids and Adults - Family Fun with 12 Pins, 2 Balls & Alley

Would recommend good product perfect for office or game room.

Great little game kept the family busy for hours

I like it, but wish you didn’t have to take the man in half to store in the box. I’m worried repeatedly doing this will break.

My son was very excited to open this up when he saw it arrive, the big box makes an impressive first impression if you get this as a gift. There is minimal assembly needed - just fix the man into place and pop in the cardboard backstop - that's all. There is a neat jig that helps you to set the 10 pins (comes with 12 so 2 spare, also a spare bowling man). Once you've set the 10 pins, you wind up the mand arm and lock it in place, pop the ball on, aim the bowler and press the button to make his arm swing around and hit the ball. It travels at speed and accurately down the lane! My son didn't seem to have too many problems scoring strikes almost every time, which made him say it was a bit too easy, as such he lost interest fairly quickly sadly. The ball return was a neat little feature, to give that bowling alley simulation feel. I'd say it's definitely a neat toy, lots of good features, and a life-like tabletop bowling experience. But it is very bulky and a bit easy to win at.

For the price, this tabletop bowling alley has been an instant hit and Over the last few weeks, it has given family and guests a real laugh and a newfound rivalry! Some parts of the game seem flimsy and possibly a bit fiddly, but the working bits have held up well. The bowling arm torso has popped out a few times, but I think that’s due to the operators. There is a spare bowling torso just in case there’s an accident! Setting the pins is easy and you do have to use skill to get strikes as they’re not a given. You’re also find spare pins too in case you lose the odd one. Also you don't get any score cards in the box, they are easy to print off if you have access to a printer, or go old school and draw a scorecard on paper. The bowling alley is simple but has the draw to coax the ardent screen users off for a bit of together fun. So, get one if you can, definitely worth having in the games chest.

My family have had a lot of fun playing with this Tabletop bowling game over the Christmas holidays. At 64cms long, it is a really good size and the build is good quality. You only have to attach the upper body and set up the pins after removing the contents from the box. You are supplied with a spare upper body, and a couple of extra pins, which I thought were thoughtful additions. There are also two bowling balls. The player just has to have his right arm pushed back before placing a ball in front of him. You can then move the player using the direction controller. A simple press down on the red trigger causes the arm to come down and send the ball along the vinyl stage. It is easy to stand the pins using the very efficient drop-down pin setter and you can send the balls back to the player along the gutter where you just press the ball release button to bring the balls to the top in order to pick one up for the next throw. Our games have involved people from age 3 years old up to 82 years old and we have all succeeded in getting couple of strikes!

At the time of this review, you can buy this bowling game for around £25 i ordered this as a bit of fun to play at Christmas with the family virtually all of this is made of plastic with a very minor bit of assembly required for some reason the bowler comes in two parts and you have to slot his torso into his waist, I don't know why it's been designed that way but obviously when you put it back in the box it does protect the bowler from damage and an additional torso is provided in the box in case the one you've got duskit damaged. once you've assembled the bowler all you have to do is put the piece of card at the end which is an image of a bowling alley and everything's done I've attached a short video hopefully you will see in action you can manipulate the angle of the bowler at one end to aim the ball up to the other end the only thing missing is something to keep the score perhaps they could have included a pad and a pencil for keeping score that might have been helpful. It's a bit of fun we had a practice with it today on the 8th of December and it works very well on the kitchen table If you are thinking of buying one i would recommend it, I hope the video and this review provides a bit more relevant information and is helpful

Fiddly to get going but it’s a sensible size for family games. Bowler very unpredictable. Pieces nice even spare skittles and bowler top. Skittle setting is good.