Tornado Thunder Foosball Table 3

Summary:
Unbalanced men(feet want to point downwards)
Solid rods(heavier, but more durable)
Holes in two rods were too large(unacceptable if you install using compression pins because men will rattle/wobble, fine if you stick with included bolts, nuts, and original men)
Included balls don't have smooth surfaces(randomness, more difficult to control ball)

Bearings work great

The men and handles aren't balanced, and they used bolts and nylon nuts to attach them to the rods. Since the bearings are so great, that means that the men will always end up with the feet downwards. You won't be able to keep them pointed up in a one on one game...

When I purchased balanced men for about $100 as a replacement and started installing them, I found out that the holes drilled in two of the rods were larger than they should be. This meant that when I installed balanced men using compression pins on those two rods, the men wobble/rattle on those rods because the holes are too big for the standard compression pins.(I'm going to try injecting in hotglue to fix this)

The rods are solid steel, not hollow. The rods are noticeably not perfectly straight. This doesn't matter if you install the included unbalanced men, because the feet will always end up pointing down, but if you use balanced men, the rod curvature throws off the balance and the men might naturally want to end up with feet pointed down or up, which is a definite problem.

The included balls don't have smooth surfaces, so when they are rolling slowly, they move erratically as they follow the soccer ball panel pattern , making it a lot harder to control the ball for advanced moves. I ended up buying new balls.

The plastic cylinder bearings really aid spinning of the rods, not pushing and pulling. For pushing and pulling, it seems fine.