Top Ten Baller Game Tables
October 8th, 2009 by BallerHouse
Searching for the best custom game table avaialable? They can be difficult to find in an over-saturated market where the classic look is often pushed as the standard, leaving you with no options. So we’ve scoured the game table industry for the most unique, designer, custom and flat out baller game tables out there to compile the ultimate list of game tables for your benefit and enjoyment. Our criteria included originality, customization options, design sense, innovation and functionality. We limited our search to pool tables, foosball tables, air hockey tables, and shuffleboard tables, though a poker table did make the honorable mentions section.
If your looking for your own custom game table, we recommend contacting BallerToys for a completely customized table or reading up on how to pick the perfect custom pool table and how to pick the perfect custom foosball table.
#1 – Nottage Design’s G1 Glass Top Pool Table
The G1 is the brain child of Australia-based Nottage Design and wins the number one spot due to it’s incredible fusion of modern styling and new technology in the game table industry. Featuring a patented transparent resin playing surface called Vitrik, the G1 plays just like a felt-topped game table, only with a toughened glass top replacing the standard slate surface. The G1 Billiards Table retails for $39,900 Australian dollars which rounds out to around $25,000 U.S.
Why its baller: you can check out your oponents shoes through the table while their taking their shot.
#2 – ’11: The Beautiful Game’ Foosball Table
This designer foosball table was a collaborative effort between GRO design and Tim model makers. Created to mimic the grand scale of “football” stadiums around the globe, 11 features a unique bathtub shape and chrome players resembling gingerbread men. The name 11 comes from the number of players on each side during a traditional soccer match.
Why its baller: uncanny design that has us sipping the top ten baller bottles around the game table for hours.
#3 – Luxury Billiards Tables
The finest billiards tables on the market, Luxury Billiards Tables designed by Vincent Faucet, three-time world billiards champion, are completely cusomized to your specifications and are based off of three basic models; the platinum detailed Majeste pictured above, the etched platinum Royal, and the gilded Noblesse table. Each of the three models comes equipped with a large hidden cue and ball drawer, triangle pocket and back-lit pockets. Pricing is set at 130,00 euors which is approximately $187,000 per game table.
Why its Baller: the finest materials in the world, including one complete piece of Itlaian slate marble, are used to create the luxury billiards table.
#4 – Panasonic Plasma Multi-touch Air Hockey Table
Ever been playing air hockey when your opponent hits the puck so hard it flies of the table and smacks you in the face? Well, no longer will you be coming home to your girlfriend with a black eye with the Panasonic 103-inch Plasma Multi-tocuh Air Hockey Table. The table is made possible by Panasonic’s gargantuan plasma and a U-Touch overlay from uicentric, and the play is 100% contained within the plasma screen.
Why its Baller: electronic and computerized air hockey creating a game table that demands your attention.
#5 – Mars Made Custom Foosball Table
Mars Custom Foos Tables are the grace of contemporary modern and sleak style. Completely customizable, the tables are made from steal, aluminum and carbon fiber and can come in any combination of colors including logo integration. The smooth lines and sophisticated look comes with white glove instalation from the company for a price ranging from $9700-$11,000 depending on customization. Mars Made also makes some contemporary and stylish pool tables in addition to the Custom Foos Table.
Why its Baller: a newly modern and awesome look to a table sport that needs more customization and innovation.
#6 – Classic Teckell Foosball Table
Of all the designer foosball tables on the market, Teckell stands out with unparalleled design which makes for an extremely approachable game table. Made by B.lab Italia, Teckell Foosball Tables include a Mini version, Coffee Table version, Classic (pictured above), and Contemporary version with sleaker legs. All come with the clear plastic and a choice of color for the playing feild. The retail price spans from $7,500 for the Mini and Coffee Table to $10,500 for the Classic and Contemporary Game Table.
Why its Baller: clear plastic and a clear vision of style define the game table as a model of originality and functionality in the foosball world.
#7 – JM Billiards Round Pool Table
Making the ultimate statement with your pool table is easy when it’s a JM Billiards Round Pool Table. Not only will you be one of the only people in the world to own a round pool table, but everything is cusomizable on these unique game tables. Want a fish tank as the base of the pool table, how about a stripper poll in the middle of the game table? JM BIlliards can make any cusotmization wish a reality and did for Rob Dydek’s Fantasy Factory Round Pool Table which included a skateboard base and Dyrdek logo on the felt. The round game table starts at $15,000.
Why its Baller: the only round pool table out there and you can do absolutely anything when customizing your very own.
#8 – Champion Prestige Shuffleboard Table
Shuffleboard is one of our favorite games and it’s a shame that there aren’t more options or customizers for Shuffleboard tables. In searching the game table industry we came across Shuffleboard manufacturers that where willing to build just about anything, but had no examples of someone going over the top with these coveted game tables. Out there currently is the Champion Prestige Shuffleboard Table which features the finest wood, which kind of wood is up to you, and a raised scoreboard for all to keep track of the game. You can bring in the sawdust and put one in your living room for the price of $4000-6000 depending upon specific game table customization.
Why its Baller: finest shuffleboard table on the market with unlmited choices in the type of wood used.
#9 – 11 in 1 Multi Game Table
The best all-in-one game table out there, the 11 in 1 offers pool, bowling, poker, craps, chess, 2 versions of backgammon, shuffleboard, table tennis, roulette and a dining room table. While none of the tables’ games are the finest on the market, it is the most inovative and functional all-in-one game table available. The price for this convinance is easy to swallow at only $1,267.
Why its Baller: nerely every game you’d want in a game room all in one table for a low price.
#10 – Opus Foosball Table
Eleven Forty have come up with a custom spin on an old game table classic. Opus ‘The Beautiful Game’ Foosball Table is based off the traditional model but features an oval-like table and the option to not only choose what kind of wood the table is made from, but the ability to customize each individual player as a likeness of a friend or celebrity with your choice of colors for jerseys. Each player is individually modeled with 3-D micro-cast heads created from photographs you provide. The table features too many little tricks and trinkets to list here, but the full package retails for $27,000.
Why its Baller: customized players that can be whoever you want them to be.
Honorable Mentions
Those game tables that caught our attention but didn’t make the list:
World’s Longest Foosball Table
Barbie Foosball Table
DK Custom Designer Poker Table
For more information on selecting the perfect custom pool table, the perfect custom foosball table, or any game table, check out BallerToys.
Tags: Air Hockey, Foosball, Game Table, gaming, Indoor, Pool, Recreation, Shuffleboard
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