Comments on: 11 The Beautiful Game is One Gorgeous Foosball Table

By: ted

ted — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:17:15 +0000

Form over function fails again.

The sides would propel the balls out like crazy.

By: Moodindigo

Moodindigo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:42:19 +0000

Probably called Foosball in the States/Canada because of the German spelling FooBball (with their funny capital B thingy giving it that pronunciation, what do you call that thing BTW?). Mind you, I’m fairly sure the Germans call it “Kickern”.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:43:06 +0000

can anyone exlplain why it’s called foosball in the USA?

Over in the UK it’s table football, which is an exact description, and in Scotland it’s sometimes called
“babee foot” which is baby football.

Anyway, as said upthread, there is no glass top to put your beer on and as there seems to be no rod dampening it doesn’t seem to comply with the bar room standards.

This where design so often falls down, it looks pretty but fails to perform.

see Phillipe Starks Lemon sqeezer etc etc

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:17:49 +0000

I love foosball! I used most of my childhood at the arcade playing those.

By: MosselKots

MosselKots — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:26:59 +0000

No glass cover?
chrome, fixed puppets?
no dampening on the rods?
I think this thing would be torn to shreds in a day, if you’d set some fanatic players loose on it..
(go to their site and watch the video, they play like little girls =] )

Looks cool, but a “deutscher meister” table is what you want.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:15:13 +0000

It looks… sleek?

By: aware

aware — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:30:34 +0000

yeah, looks like a bathtub. with a light where the water should be.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:24:08 +0000

nice… looks expensive.. does it keep score though?

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:09:36 +0000

looks more like a bathtub. I like the idea of a beautiful game table, I dont think this is it though.