Customer Reviews

Vintage Wooden Skittle Pool Game

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I did not purchase this through Amazon; it was through Back to Basics Toys. It was a Christmas gift for our 7 year old son. Granted the age on this toy is 5+, but our son is interested in regular pool, so we figured it would be neat to get this so he could get the idea of what it was all about. Yes, it's a fun game...if you can get through it without any pieces falling off and/or breaking! Just received our replacement Skittle Pool in the mail today and, already, it is broken. It truly is a piece of garbage as far as quality goes. It's all plastic...the "A" frames (two are included) are warped, making for total inaccuracy when "shooting" the cue ball. The plastic piece that sticks up out of the swivel arm (which a stationery cue ball sort of gets inserted on) snapped off ~ one of the reasons we needed a replacement game...and then one snapped off the replacement!! For the price, I would think they could invest a little bit more money and make this game a bit more sturdy.

Table under felt is plastic, not wood and therefore not very flat. This is mitigated by the fact that the balls don't have to travel far, but obviously a flat surface is the most important quality aspect of this game.

The swivel "aimers" are not constructed with precision. One is very tight and sticky, which is very annoying, and the other loose, which is less annoying.

Still my 4yo is having decent fun and probably improving his coordination.

This item is poorly constructed. Never buy this ever! It might look like fun but the poor quality just stinks. JUNK! I think this is a rip-off. The pendulum is fun looking but offers poor control.

This is a nice game, but not very child friendly. It is difficult to put together and difficult to make shots. Adults might very well enjoy. I had also sent one to my son when he was deployed to Iraq. There was some enjoyment there. Overall I would not recommend this game.