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Your cart is empty.3.7 out of 5 stars
- #72,789 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
- #28 in Croquet Sets
Franklin's Intermediate Croquet Set includes everything you need to assemble a unique course in your backyard and enjoy hours of family fun. The intermediate set is packed with six durable all-weather molded balls, six wood mallet handles and heads lacquered with a chestnut finish, two painted wood stakes and nine all-weather coated wickets.
Peter
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2025
Very well built, great present to give.
Sean
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2024
Surprisingly, this croquet set (mostly) survived my son's 8th birthday party. It's a budget set, nothing fancy. The mallets remained unbroken with a dozen kids who've never played croquet before whacking balls around. The balls are still in good shape. They did manage to break one of the stakes, which is a bit of a wonder because it was firmly in the ground and they snapped the top off. I wasn't watching, but I've got the feeling it didn't happen through normal croquet activity. I was looking for an inexpensive croquet set, specifically for this birthday party, and the Franklin brand was the decider when comparing to similar sets. Franklin makes some quality backyard games. I love my Franklin horseshoes.This set includes a bag for carrying everything, but you have to take the heads off of the mallets. With the wooden threads, screwing the heads on and off isn't something I would want to do often, as I'm afraid they'll strip pretty easily. I might carry around the assembled mallets separately from the bag of balls, wickets and stakes.
LoloLalööz
Reviewed in France on July 24, 2024
Le produit avait l'air bien , mais colis reçu avec une tige de canne manquante...la honte Franklin ! Surveillez vos intérimaires...renvoyé.
Joseph L.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
This is the nicest croquet set I've ever owned. The wickets are solid steel and the mallets have steel connections. Got a great price on a used set, and I'm really happy about this purchase.
HHL
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022
When it came time to replace our old croquet set, I with the well known Franklin brand. The wood is a bit thin, pretty light weight.The mallets are tall enough for adults to use without being bent halfway over (and much cheaper than buying the longer mallets). We had no issues with splinters, all of the parts are sanded smooth.The balls are lightweight resin, they are not clay. They do show some signs of wear after being smashed around the yard, which is to be expect.Once the mallet heads are put on, do not expect to remove them for storage. The threads will strip out, but they all fit together just fine. We keep the mallets assembled and stored standing, they don't take up that much space.We use the handy bag to store the other pieces of the set.A wide age range of kids have played with the set a few times with no damage yet. Could they be sturdier, sure, but having priced multiple sets, the quality seems on par for the price point. So I feel it was a good purchase and it made for some fun leisure time in the yard.
MK
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2021
In hindsight I should have foreseen that the stand probably wouldn’t arrive assembled, but I don’t think anyone would have expected how challenging it is to put together sturdily. Even after quite a bit of effort I didn’t manage it, and now have a pile of lumber on the corner of the room, a giant black and blue bruise, and a gash to show for it. I think it could be salvaged with some tinkering and metal braces added to reinforce the angles, but if you aren’t equipped for light carpentry I would maybe not recommend this set. That aside, the rest of it seems of ok quality, and the mallets are nice and tall, and the wickets very sturdy. There was a manufacturing error with one of the pieces in my kit, and the company mailed me a replacement piece straight away at no extra cost.
Bob Fellner
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2021
I rate this a horrible purchase, barely functional, and not that great to look at.First off, the look. It is made to look vintage but the finish on it is inconsistent/cheap, and pieces came already scratched and marred.Do not be fooled by this looking like the many other "Amish made" sets yo see for sale here on Amazon, this one is "Made in China" and clearly stickered as such.For functionality, the wheels are to small to roll well, and the washer set up on the axles is inadequate. When the set is rolled, even on smooth/short carpet, the small wheel diameter causes the set to rock, vibrate, and shimmy to where the balls and even the mallets fall out. When you actually try to roll this on grass, you know, where the game of croquet is generally played, the caddy is prone to fall over and the balls and mallets are all over the place. Every 5 feet of progress is halted by having to reassemble everything back onto the caddy. And then after a bit, due to poor axle design, the wheel on one side will over-tighten and seize up.I solved a majority of this by going to the hardware store and buying two larger rubber wheels and axle hardware and replacing everything myself.Another note on assembly: when installing ball holders, use a few drops of Elmers or epoxy to anchor them in, even though the instructions don't say to do so, as they will pop out when it is rolled.The brass/metal hardware on the mallet, to assemble to handle to the head is aesthetically pleasing, but horrendous functionally. First, the set screw on the handle hardware was not flush, and prohibited the handle from even being screwed into the head socket, until I filed them down. Once the brass adze on the handle could be screwed into the socket on the head of the mallet, even when screwed in completely, it was still loose and would jiggle, making the mallet vibrate horribly when striking the ball, and even spin loose/off.It is not fun to play with AT ALL.The only plus is, the wickets are very sturdy, well constructed from heavy gage metal with a nice finish.Even after all my efforts to improve/fix the set, I am sending it back for a refund, as I have no desire to continue trying to fix the issues with the mallets.
Loz
Reviewed in Australia on September 15, 2019
Item was not as described as there were no ‘brass fittings’ and it certainly wasn’t ‘vintage’ as it has plastic instead! Please delete those photos...otherwise we’re pretty happy with it
Hector
Reviewed in Mexico on August 30, 2018
Es un buen producto, llego en el tiempo acordado, ta tengo 2 meses con el y lo hemos usado unas 10 veces y hasta ahorita todo bien, no es un producto que duraría toda la vida pero si es un buen producto con la relación del precio. Si lo recomiendo.
Vinay
Reviewed in India on May 11, 2017
Very bad quality do not buy. Broke while playing the first round itself. Expected a better product especially since it was from Franklin.
Ty
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2016
I bought two of these sets for a croquet tournament I was hosting. I honestly spent hours, days, and even months on research. I wanted to buy a set that was durable that would not break the bank. This is well worth the $50 I spent on each set. I put them through the stress test the moment I got them hitting the balls with great force and authority. None broke, nor did any during my tournament. Wickets a standard size but still short. The need to be at least another 3" to stand sturdy in the ground. Mallets seem a bit iffy on the connection with some wobble but overall held together great. I plan to glue mine together. Handles could be a few inches longer but most sets I saw were even shorter and I bough this set for the extra length it gave. Balls did get dinged up as others have said but I didn't think much of that. Bag SUCKS!!! If you want a set that is very portable look elsewhere. Most sets will have pockets for balls or sleeves for the mallets, this has non of that. Empty bag is all.Bottom line: I would buy this again. Some problems with wickets and bag. Wickets are standard so no big deal. Bag is of awful design but I don't intend to carry these sets around a lot. Durable mallets is why I bought this set. Job done.
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