Lionel Mini Golf 6-14214 - golfers have a very limited "swing" with their golf clubs

Miniature golf just involves putting.  It doesn't take much movement in real life, let alone in O scale.

Par one course?😊

Thanks for the GOLF 101 lesson about the realities of putting. I'll explain to visitors that the MINI GOLF putters on this accessory make a "very gentle touch" with their stroke.

Mike M.
(a non-golfer)

Mike H Mottler posted:

I recently bought this like-new operating accessory for placement in the City Park area on my O-gauge layout. I test-wired it with 14v and 18v, but the movement of the golfers is very limited - barely a 1/8th inch movement of their golf clubs -- not at all convincing and practically unnoticeable from just a foot away.  Is that the "normal" movement?

I'm reluctant to open the plastic shell for fear of breaking something inside. I wonder ... is there an adjustment of the club swing movement of the four mini-golfers?  Meanwhile, the MINI GOLF ball on this accessory spins around as it should, so it's working -- at least for that part of the action accessory.

Suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance for "listening." 

Mike Mottler     LCCA 12394
mottlerm@gmail.com 

 

 

Yep, you are not alone...the golfing scene is quite a let-down.  You really have to look closely to see the actual movement of the figures.  Luckily I placed it towards the front of my carnival area where it can be easily scene on my layout.  

Another buzz-kill accessory is the sound effect of the "Test 'O Strength" accessory.  The bell sound was so bad!  It sounded like a chord played in a cheaply made horror movie right at the moment when the killer is revealed and about to strike his prey!  

I couldn't stand it so I took it apart and ripped out the speaker!  Now its just works with lights, which is fine because when all the other accessory sounds and music are playing, the horrid "gong" is not missed!

Greg

And then there are the Lionel action accessories that are "too energetic;" i.e., the vibrating input ramp of the Coal Loader aptly called a "Coal Slinger" by hobbyists who dutifully sweep or vacuum up the coal bits scattered nearby.  It seems that more coal gets scattered than loaded. Perhaps "coal slinging" is manifest in real-life facilities too, since most coal yards are by nature messy.

Mike M.
mottlerm@gmail.com