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Spindle tenpins. 12" leg spindles are painted and trimmed with tape to look like soldiers. Large black pompoms are glued to the top to form a hat. Est. cost: $34.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jul 1987 (v.65#7) pg. 63, 100

Chinese top bowling game.
BOYS' LIFE Aug 1964 (v.54#8) pg. 47

Homemade games. Some variations of ring-toss, a block-toss game called "Victor", milk carton bowling, and a Frisbee toss game called "Flying Saucer Race".
BOYS' LIFE Feb 1970 (v.60#2) pg. 46

Contest ideas for a "County Fair" midway. (1) Ring Toss, (2) Paper Plate Skim, (3) Balloon Toss, (4) Broom lift, (5) Ball Toss, (6) Sponge Dodge'em, (7) Tether Ball Bowling, and (8) How Many Beans?
BOYS' LIFE Jul 1973 (v.63#7) pg. 48

Table-top bowling game consists of a ramp with 5 holes into which marbles are to be rolled.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Mar 1983 (v.6#6) pg. 14

Miniature bowling alley.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #436 Sep 1964 (v.60) pg. 136

Miniature bowling type of game.
POPULAR MECHANICS Mar 1964 (v.121#3) pg. 156

Build a Skittle Bowl game with an automatic pin reset feature.
POPULAR MECHANICS Sep 1971 (v.136#3) pg. 154

Miniature bowling game, a project originally published in a 1947 woodworking project magazine. The 50"-long base has grooves for ball returns and a mechanical pin setter.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #99 Nov 1997 (v.17#5) pg. 26

Build this electronic bowling game. Wooden disks are slid down the alley (shuffleboard style) and pass over photoelectric "pins". The resulting hits are displayed on a scoreboard. Records strikes and spares. The "alley" is 28" long.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS May 1979 (v.50#5) pg. 40

Five-foot pinball bowling alley with semi-automatic pinsetter.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1964 (v.20#6) pg. 20

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