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03 February 2016
Barbie Bowling Champ Collector Edition Mattel NIB
Extremely happy with this choice. I was a bowling champ years ago, and have wanted this for awhile. The quality is top, as usual for Barbie. I may not open it. She even has a top quality bowling ball from that era. This is an excellent collector gift or gift for a young girl/boy to play with. It opens the child to the possibilities that they also see this as a healthy, acceptable sport that involves mathematics in a fun way. My only wish would be different hair colour. But the 60s Barbie didn't have many options.
This is strictly a bowling ball for the 10 pin game. Do not forget that the 5 pin bowling game is out there, and has more mathematic possibilities as the pins value changes from the 10 pin game.
The 10 pin values are 1 point for each pin, with a perfect game being 300.
The values for 5 pin are 1 centre pin @ 5 points; 2 pins beside @3 points each; and two outer pins each @ 2 points. The perfect 5 pin game is worth 450 points. Therefore the 5 pin game is mathematically more challenging. However, modern bowling alleys now have autoscore. I prefer human scoring, as it makes the game less mechanical and more interactive, giving it more of a challenge to score at the same time as playing.
15 March 2020
Excellent quality
Excellent item, highly recommend!
04 August 2016
Silk embroidery
Many of the roses are easy to make, and others need time. If you cannot find ribbon you want make your own. Large stores have extensive silk fabric, and you can stitch wire to the edges. They often have amazing vibrant fabric in clearance bins. Even stitching a different colour with a serger, or using the universal feed to make curly edges, running the tension in either direction, would be a creative "WOW" thing! Experiment.
I love the book. Highly recommend!