Make: Volume 93

PROJECT:

Old Action Game to New Clock

Message Center!

My project will transform a 1960s-vintage

action game into a home office center,

with clock, magnetic bulletin board, key

ring hooks, and a French memo board.

Magnetel was Mattel’s 1961 tabletop game with

pucks instead of balls, and hidden magnets in the

pool table surface. Pull back on the spring–loaded

“pool cue” shooter to send your puck sliding

across — but look out for the magnets that block

or aid your shot! Play magnetic Skid-Tac-Toe, Skid

Pool, and eight other games (Figures

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I had one as a kid and loved it, so rather than

throw it out, I’ll give it a new life as a wall-