Customer Reviews

Arcade Alley Bowlercade

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

This bowling is perfect for the entire family. It is easy to use and fun. You don't have to re-set the pins, go get your ball and keep track of score. It does it all for you. It's like a miniture bowling alley only cheaper.

I love this toy. My daughter and I played it at one of her friend's houses, and we fell in love. You don't have to do anything. It resets the pins, retreaves the ball, and keeps score. It is great! I would recomend it to everyone. It is also a good value.

Strangely addicting! We bought this for my son's third birthday and it works perfectly. Easy to put together. My son learned in just minutes which buttons to push to run the game. Clear sound effects, automatically keeps score. Two weeks now, and he's still playing with it several times a day.

Drawback, needs batteries for both parts and the pins are too lightweight. Pins come off just a tad too easy.

I would recommend this toy for a very young child, definately not for older kids. Great activity for a young child with Mom and Dad too.

I purchased this Bowling Alley for my two sons ages 5 & 3 1/2. I don't know who has enjoyed it more, the kids or my husband & I. We have purchased Bowling games for them in the past that we spend more time setting up the pins or chasing the ball than they did knocking them down. With this one, the pins reset them self, the balls are returned back to you and it even keeps score.
After learning to play this game at home, my 5 year old is ready to try out a real bowling alley.
It is definitely worth the money.

I bought this game for my 3 yr old son. He loves bowling in a real bowling alley so i thought this would be a nice game to have at home until having the game for 2 days and the return dont work properly(gets stuck),arcade sounds not that great and very easy to come apart(my son was very able to take the pins off). Returned it to the store and luckly they took it back cause it cost me 60 bucks and to have it lie around (eventually in pieces) would have drove me nuts. Do not buy this game, not worth the aggravation or money......

My son loves bowling. I have no idea where he gets that from, since the only time he has actually been to a bowling alley was for his sixth birthday this year -- long after he developed this craze. His favorite computer games are "Gutterball" and "Polar Bowler". He makes his own little pins and plays tabletop games. I don't pretend to understand it.

So, when he asked for this toy for Christmas, he weren't surprised. We were hesitant to buy it, however, because we were afraid it would be a big disappointment. When he made his list for Santa, this was the only thing on it. This was all he talked about for weeks before the holiday. We had to get it.

I'm so glad we did! It's been a great purchase. It's easy to put together and use. The sound effects are a big hit with the kids -- even our 5-month old loves to watch us play. We use this toy as a reward; "get ready for bed quickly and we'll have time for bowling!"

A few complaints: the pins will pop off with the occassionally hard rolled ball. Luckily they snapped right back on. Also, the ball return is fickle, but this is probably the result of our uneven floors, though. This toy takes up quite a bit of floor space. It is not feasible to pack it up and take it out when you want to play. You really need to leave it out if you expect it to be played with.

Although there is a one-person setting, after the initial newness wore off, my son didn't like to play with it alone. He prefers to play it with a friend or parent. This presents a small problem as the maximum number of players that can play at a time is two. However, as there are only six frames per game groups of kids can play "round robin" or "winner stays up" quite easily.

The bumpers, automatic pin setup and ball return make this much for fun than the old sets we grew up with!

We really enjoy this family game. I would recommend it for ages 4-9, with older siblings and parents having fun as well. Definitely a good purchase if you have the room.

After I read the reviews on this toy, I wanted to cancel my order. Thankfully I didn't because my kids love it. I have two boys 5 & 9 and they love bowling with this toy. My kids have played with it since we got it in Feburary. In the reviews, people said the toy broke soon after playing with it. My kids play with it all the time and we have not had any problems. Everything still works great; the pins, the sound, and the ball return.

So you are pretty much guaranteed a strike every role. My four year olds got bored with it very quickly. The ball return does NOT work and never did. And after three days, the pins no longer come down either. The system is a bust. Can not get anyone on the line at the manufactuer. Phone system automatically kicks you to a voice mail box that has been full since 12/27/03 when I first started calling. Impossible to find out any info on the company. The instructions state NOT to take the unit back to the place of purchase if there is a problem but to contact them directly at their toll-free number. Wish I could!

My daughter received this item for Christmas from Santa. It was such a huge disappointment. The alley is very small and narrow. The ball is so light weight my child had a tendency to be able to throw the ball down the alley instead of roll it and she is only 5 years old. The worst part is that the ball return did not work at all. I exchanged the toy 3 times and the ball return never worked consistently or properly. I would not recommend purchasing this toy at all. It is more fun to just go to a real bowling alley, it is less frustrating!

I recently purchased the Bowlercade as a birthday present for my 5 year old nephew and you wouldn't believe what a hit it was at the party, even I played with it. I was actually quite amazed at how quickly we assembled it (only 13 minutes). The game is so magical; the kids loved the automatic pin resetting and ball return. Let me tell you what pain in the you know what it is chasing down balls. With this item the balls come right back every time. With automatic scoring and cute sounds, the item was a hit all day!!! I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this item to anyone.