Lodi, WI
Does anyone own a puck bowler? I used to play one when I was a kid, and have been looking for one for a few years, but I haven't run across any.
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It wasn't a bowler with pins, I should have stated it more clearly.
It was a ski ball game but the ball was a heavy metal puck. Waist high, you would slide the puck down a lane (not as long as a bowler lane), it would slide under a piece of curved glass than it was a normal ski ball target (circular rings). There was a piece of plastic on each circular hole, and when it made it in, the plastic would be pushed down (like a lever) that would score your points. Was analog, probably late 60's/early 70's?
I've never seen one to this day and would snap it up in a heartbeat.
Quoted from Mopar:As far as I know Alex, your Skee Alley is the only light scoring Shuffle Target game.
I'd have to say the first of Skee Ball shuffles..
I had a couple Playboys, a Comet, and a few Venuses and still have a Kick-a-Poo, 5th Inning,
and a Venus which I would sell or trade but I'm in Upstate N.Y.I thinking the only 2 made in the 60s were Playboy (1961 I believe) and Kick-a-Poo
from 1965 by Williams after they bought United.
Either of these look familiar?[quoted image][quoted image]
It's really close to Kick a Poo - same concept, the one we played I think was a bit newer. Were there any that came out maybe in the 70's?
Quoted from Mopar:I could be wrong, but I'm thinking Kick-a-Poo is the last machine made of its type, or at least
the last EM of its type. Seems like there's not many around, but there may have been in the
late 60s/early 70s.
It's not really an attractive looking machine (or at least not to my eyes), but the reason I kept
the Kick-a-Poo set up is because unlike the others, Kick-a-Poo has the option that if you shoot
the puck in the center pocket, the player "Shoots Again". A huge plus for it's playability..
Maybe this feature will spark a memory, but as far as I know, another of its kind hadn't been
made after..
Maybe it is that one. I haven't seen it in 37 years, so my memory might be a bit off. But it is close.
Do they ever come up for sale?
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Quoted from Mopar:I had multiple of other Target Shuffles, but only know of two Kick-a-Poos.
I'm thinkin' that one may take a little while to find..
I played one for years in Baraboo WI. Can't believe they are not sitting out there.
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