Ping Pong Bowling | Games

Part throwing game, part marble run, part bowling alley. fischertechnik's Ping Pong Bowling is built from 114 parts by a seven-year-old, and then the table-tennis ball comes out and the contest starts.

Aim well and the ball drops into the funnel, sets off down the run and arrives at the bottom with enough pace to send the pins flying. Miss, and it is the next player's turn. Luck and skill share the honours, which keeps younger players in the game.

The build is a satisfying project in itself, with a ball run to get right, and the game rewards aim, patience and good grace in defeat. The parts fit the rest of the fischertechnik system for later rebuilding.

Suitable from 7 years. A lively one for family evenings and the largest of the four fischertechnik Games.