Pinball | Games

A pinball table you build yourself. fischertechnik's Pinball is one of its Games: 89 parts and a plan that a seven-year-old follows to put together a working table, then the catapult launches the ball and the scoring begins.

Fire the ball onto the field and watch it ricochet off the obstacles, each one changing its path, until it drops into a numbered slot. Highest score wins. The box includes a blank template as well, so once the standard table is mastered children can design their own layouts.

Building the table teaches plan-reading and patience, and the game itself is excellent for dexterity and a bit of healthy competition. The parts belong to the fischertechnik system and can be rebuilt into other models.

Suitable from 7 years. A rainy-afternoon classic, from first screw to final score.