Just picked this up from Walmart.com. Took forever to put together, but not really too difficult. A pinhead will have no problem. I always wanted a bowler, but the are expensive and hard to move. Really a well made game and fun to play. All for about $350 shipped. I do recommend for any gameroom.

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Honestly. Very difficult. Unlike bowlers and Skeeball it doesn’t split in two. You’d have to be able to move this 10 foot, 175lb beast all together. I put it together near where I would install it, and moved it with furniture glides into place. It will stay with the house if/when I move. If you wanted to remove the head from the lane, it’s 6 bolts. But not sure how durable it would be that way. But, for $350...I can live with that.

Yes, the lane and head can separate. It’s 27” wide I think...so would easy fit through 36” (all doors in my house are 36”). If the head is separated, I’m thinking it’d be plenty durable if you are kinda careful. The material used is really good quality, and tons of screws and the wood material is high density. Not solid wood, but high density. It’s really heavy duty built.

You’ll love it. At times the pins partially drop/up, but not totally, so not complete. Just like a pin that rocked, but won’t fall. It’s a lot of fun. Definitely worth the work. Just be patient when putting it together. I think this is a win.

I think the balls are 4”...at first I thought kinda light, but once I played, they are perfect. You have to not hulk the ball, but finess it, to get the strike.

2. Really a blast.

I’ll work on some video tomorrow. Some people have complained about the speech, but I find it fun, not irritating. Really, there are only a couple bits of speech. Other sound effects I think are very good too.

Here’s the video. One other complaint is that you can’t adjust the volume. I think it’s set at a good level for a game room though.

This is my first video, so hopefully it turns out ok.

Update: Sadly, the electronics (pins and mechanism and opto) is made with very poor materials. My pins started to fall off due to cracked plastic where they attach to the main mechanism. I had to get a new one from MD Sports. I re-enforced these clips with Gorilla Tape and hot glue...hope it works. My opto, that senses the ball return and resets the pins went bad. Again had to get a replacement. MD Sports is very responsive, and parts were all covered, but disassembling part of the game and installing the parts was my problem. The opto they sent was for air hockey, and the harness was incorrect. Stripping the wires and soldering to correct the problem was up to me. It all works again, but without some knowledge of electronics and soldering, this is a disappointing game. I shouldn’t have had to do this when it was less than 2 months old.

Nope. This saga continues for me, and at least 1 other person are in the same boat. The opto sensors fail after a few plays. They’ve sent me different sensors and a different pinhousing (the main electronics) and it still failed. Just yesterday I got a package from them that included all electronics, a new pinhousing, new display, new sensors, and new power button. I’m really getting sick of taking this thing apart and putting it back together to play just a few games. We’ll see if this works. If it fails, I will buy and install my own own optos...after that...it’s a paper weight. With all the trouble I, and the other people have been through, MD Sports should just refund our money, but that’s unlikely. Buyer beware.

Just saw this. I gave up. I took that thing apart so many times and had every electronic piece replaced at least once. The optos kept failing. It was a favorite to play among my friends, but only worked 10% of the time. It has been dismantled and halted to the dump.