At-a-glance information:

I remember this toy well. I thought it took up the whole room when I was a kid, and it is still big to me today.

This toy is extremely well made of heavy gauge plastic. Two pieces were (forward and rear sections) were fastened together at the factory. The item was ready to play out of the box. No batteries were used.

	Here is a shot looking from the alley down to the bowler.
	Here is the pin holder and sweeper assembly. By turning a crank, a whole bunch of gears and rods go into action, allowing for the unit to pick up standing pins and sweep the fallen ones. Pins fall through a grid in back, but balls don't, and by gravity fall into the ball grabber at the edge of the assembly. They they move down the ball return to the player. Ingenious!
	Here is a side view of the gears making up that assembly. The indention next to the gear wheel is a slot by which a ball will drop into from below. The wheel then cranks around, sounds a bell indicating reset, and returns the ball!
	Here are the controls. The knob below his feet allows you to position the bowler. The knob pulls out and activates the bowlers arm. The knob is spring loaded and by releasing it, the bowler's ball goes down the alley. The crank activates the pinsweeper and pin holder assembly. (See above)
	Here is the bowler with one of the four balls that come with the set. They are a hard black plastic. Notice the 'paint rubs" on the face and top of the head of the bowler. This is very common on these, as the head sat directly against the inside of the box. I always thought it was wierd and SO 1962 that the guy's whole body was red except his head.
	Notice the interesting early 60s graphics. Photo art was not used. Compare this with the box art of the Deluxe Reading Jimmy Jet.
	Here is an original, faded score sheet. Real bowling scoring with instructions on the bottom!

Other interesting notes:

The unit apparently came with 12 pins and 4 balls.

This unit has a brown "swirled plastic" case. Fans of this site are familiar with how much I love swirled plastic. However, the toy is just as often seen in a bright blue plastic. The blue case I had as a child. Both units had the same bowler, red plastic moving parts, and wood colored alley.

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