It's a lovely concept and the girls enjoy having the secret drawer and the included products. Downside is that it is actually quite a big and heavy item. Big enough for an adult to ride it back home after the school run! Its also quite noisy on the road. Maybe the wheel material should be altered.
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Good toy but I didn't realise how difficult this would be to put together. The frame was easy to bolt together with the allen key & spanner provided but stretching the elastic cord around the frame to attach the mat took ages & gave me a couple of blisters (it does recommend 2 adults do this part) but with an excited 4 yr old wanting to bounce & my husband at work I persevered.
Let's start with the bad - the stumps keep falling over and I too will have to find a way to prevent that happening. All games of this type have the same problem with achieving a flat smooth playing surface - without mounting it on hardboard (great for storage!). A warm iron on a damp cloth might do the job here. Scale is a bit of an issue too as the boundaries just keep on coming as the smallest nick will go for four but - to be fair to the designers - I cannot see how that could be easily overcome unless they triple the size of the playing surface. The good - players seem robust and well put together and the adjustable bowling action is a nice touch even if the batting is a bit one dimensional.
Let's start with the bad - the stumps keep falling over and I too will have to find a way to prevent that happening. All games of this type have the same problem with achieving a flat smooth playing surface - without mounting it on hardboard (great for storage!). A warm iron on a damp cloth might do the job here. Scale is a bit of an issue too as the boundaries just keep on coming as the smallest nick will go for four but - to be fair to the designers - I cannot see how that could be easily overcome unless they triple the size of the playing surface. The good - players seem robust and well put together and the adjustable bowling action is a nice touch even if the batting is a bit one dimensional.
Let's start with the bad - the stumps keep falling over and I too will have to find a way to prevent that happening. All games of this type have the same problem with achieving a flat smooth playing surface - without mounting it on hardboard (great for storage!). A warm iron on a damp cloth might do the job here. Scale is a bit of an issue too as the boundaries just keep on coming as the smallest nick will go for four but - to be fair to the designers - I cannot see how that could be easily overcome unless they triple the size of the playing surface. The good - players seem robust and well put together and the adjustable bowling action is a nice touch even if the batting is a bit one dimensional.
The "all-surface" swingball has proved a great hit with our 5 year old, who'll play for hours, but is not up to adult use. Ours does not have the extra poles mentioned by a previous reviewer and is too low down even for me at 5' 4". Also it doesn't take much of a whack before it tips over even with the base filled to the brim with water. Ours does not have the pole coming out of the base - the whole thing goes. The ball attachment is not up to the standards of the 1980s one I remember as a child but we wish we'd gone for the stake in the ground type.
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The "all-surface" swingball has proved a great hit with our 5 year old, who'll play for hours, but is not up to adult use. Ours does not have the extra poles mentioned by a previous reviewer and is too low down even for me at 5' 4". Also it doesn't take much of a whack before it tips over even with the base filled to the brim with water. Ours does not have the pole coming out of the base - the whole thing goes. The ball attachment is not up to the standards of the 1980s one I remember as a child but we wish we'd gone for the stake in the ground type.
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The "all-surface" swingball has proved a great hit with our 5 year old, who'll play for hours, but is not up to adult use. Ours does not have the extra poles mentioned by a previous reviewer and is too low down even for me at 5' 4". Also it doesn't take much of a whack before it tips over even with the base filled to the brim with water. Ours does not have the pole coming out of the base - the whole thing goes. The ball attachment is not up to the standards of the 1980s one I remember as a child but we wish we'd gone for the stake in the ground type.
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