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That basketball set was so fun all my friends used to skip high school and set up leagues to play for hours at a time. Who needed drugs, sex and rock and roll when you had this.I was sorely disappointed when I got the newer model with the plastic levers rather than the old steel ones.
Sooooo Disapointed. It ruined what was going to be a great Christmas morning with my children.
Can't hit a shot for nothing and I used to be the all-time leading scorer. What a waste.
I purchased this game thinking that I would get the one that I had back 30 years ago. What a hoot.
Now it has sat all year unused.
Unfortunately, this is a cheaply made reproduction. We played it once or twice and have not played it again. I too had this game back in the 60s and thought that it would be fun to play it again. It was hard to assemble, it is hard to score (impossible from the free throw line), and it is frustrating to play.
When this game was originally sold, it had metal levers that could be adjusted to make the ball shoot more accurately. In fact, it is almost impossible to make a shot from the free throw line because the ball consistently hits the lower part of the front of the rim.
If you can find an older version with the metal levers you would be better off. I was a big fan of the old version when I was a kid and played it for hours at a time but bought this one for my grandson and we both got so annoyed because you couldn't score any points that he quit wanting to play it.
The plastic levers also will fall out if you move the playing floor of the game for any reason. Don't waste your money on this.
If you are looking for a re-creation of the basketball game of your past, forget it. This model has hard plastic levers which have no give in them and makes it really hard to be accurate with your shot.
I finally had to put something underneath the backboards to be able to hit a shot once in a while.
It still has its appeal, and you can make up your own rules to play different ways. I bought it for us at Christmas. I still recommend this game as a number one in fun. Bas.ket was a game I enjoyed a dreat deal as a kid. My dad and i payed for hours. It doesn't strain the eyes since there is no computer screen.
It was impossible to get the ball in the net except from the farthest point on the court. Its a waste. My son and I used it for about 30 minutes before we got bored and frustrated. The mechanism under the box to hurl the balls to the net was metal and worked very well. Thank God it was only 15 or 20 [.].
We had one when we were kids and we played for hours. As with most products, they tried to reproduce the mechanism with plastic. From the foul line the only thing you could do was blast it over the backboard. Don't buy this one. Very disappointing product.
It was great fun. It will go to the church bazaar this year.
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