Skittles

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Product Features

• Cabinet sides, ends and partitions are made from solid pine
• Cabinet sides and ends are joined using Clampnails (furniture industry standard assembly method)
• Playsurface is painted hardboard, screenprinted in one color, using lead-free ink
• Sides and partitions are finished in durable polyurethane
• Game includes 1 hardwood spinning top, braided spinning twine and twelve hardwood pins

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 32.8 x 15.4 x 3.9 inches ; 7.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00003G1TZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,675 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Teacher Review
Younger players will develop their motor skills as they wind up the top and let it go, as well as counting skills as they add up the points earned from knocking down pins. Older players will develop strategy and geometry skills as they figure out just the right places to position the top. --M. Sullivan, Amazon.com editor and former schoolteacher

Product Description
Providing fun for your whole family, the Carrom® Skittles table top game is made from solid pine wood and features a painted hardboard playsurface and polyurethane-finished sides. The game includes a hardwood spinning top, braided spinning twine and 12 hardwood pins.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skittles - Years of fun for all ages!, December 6, 1999

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

Skittles is one of those toys that will provide your children with years of fun and still look like new when you need to pull it out for grandchildren. Our grandparents had this game and what I most remember is that it was one of the few things all five of my siblings could do together and have a guaranteed good time. We began using it when we were small (ages spanning 4-10) and were still playing when some of us were adults (ages 16-22). Sometimes our parents and grandparents would even join in! It is an exciting game that can be played according to the rules or just "freestyle." It is equally fun with one player or 4. Now that I am grown with three children of my own, guess what they play? Our skittles game. It is rare these days to have a toy of such lasting value. This has become a family treasure for us and will for you too.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An old classic..., October 30, 2002

By	Salerina (St. Louis,, MO United States) - See all my reviews

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

I remember playing the Carron game "Skittles" at a friend's house back in the 1970's. I purchased one for my own kids when they were 7 and 10 years old and we enjoyed many family "competitions". When I began babysitting my 6 and 8 year old niece and nephew, I drug out the old game out and showed them how to play. Now they beg to play it whenever they come over. I plan to surprise them with a game of their own for Christmas. It's so durable--our old game still looks like new.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time flew by..., November 29, 2001

By A Customer

Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

When a friend and I discovered this game, our initial reaction was to be unimpressed, that is until we gave the cord its first yank. As the top manuvered around the board we were instantly hooked, deriving strategies to obtain the greatest point total. It was not until an hour and a half later that we stopped that initial game, kicking ourselves for allowing our uninformed first impression.