Editorial Reviews:
Editorial Review
Parents looking to encourage a love of athletics in their children without breaking the bank buying up an infinite variety of sports gear, may wish to consider this versatile set branded by the folks at ESPN, who know a thing or two about sports. Its a collapsible freestanding kit that offers six sports in all. Basketball is rendered in the model of the classic pop-a-shot game, keeping score as you shoot baskets. In football, youre the quarterback throwing a ball through a small hoop, the same hoop used to test your pitching accuracy in the baseball mode. The action moves to the floor for the other sports as you kick at a small target with a soccer ball, slap a puck at a small target in hockey, and putt into a cup for golf. All necessary gear is included for each sport and an electronic scoring system and the canned voice of ESPN announcer Stuart Scott add to the fun. Some sports in this set work better than others, basketball being a little more fun than hockey, but the sheer versatility of this set make it a good option and means it will be hard for anyone to run out of challenges. --Charlie Williams |
Customer Reviews
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Addicting but unreliable, Mar 4, 2023
I bought this for my six year old son. I must say, I have spent more time on it than him, playing it into the night after he's put to bed. I've had some reliability problems though--the scoring quit working reliably shortly after we got it--sometimes it records a score, sometimes it doesn't and checking the wiring and replacing batteries hasn't fixed it. Also beware, it's BIG. You need plenty of room and a high celing. Even when "collapsed" into it's storage position, it is a mighty prominent addition to your home. Still, wouldhave given it five stars overall if it worked reliably.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
FUN TO PLAY BUT NO FUN TO PUT TOGETHER, Feb 2, 2023
My boys age 12 & 8 wanted this for Christmas so against my wishes I made the purchase. I knew it would be a big job to put together...why do toy makers think parents should make the toy???
Anyway the instruction book states that it will take 7-14 hours to put together...It took two people 9 hours... I must say it is durable and that is what I was looking for. Make sure you have a room with over 7 foot ceiling because we measured the basement thinking it would fit but had to put it on the unfinshed side of the basement because we did not allow room for the basketball to be thrown higher than 7 feet in order to fall into the net. My kids wanted this toy because the voice is from ESPN and without batteries this toy would be NO FUN to them. The basketball and football are the games they play most. Golf and soccer and hockey are not competitive enough and the scoring is not interactive like the the other games. I know there are other sturdy arcade style basketball games on the market for less money that I could have purchased, but no others that have the ESPN game voice. If you buy this allow ample time to put it together and make sure you have batteries on hand.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Worth it!, Jan 22, 2023
I'll keep this brief. I purchased this for my 2 kids (boy and girl ages 10 and 6) for xmas. They played with it all day xmas and everyday since. They still haven't played with the rest of their toys for playing with this so much. Yes it's a couple of bucks and yes it takes up alot of room...but it's worth it. Better that their on their feet moving than sitting watching tv and playing video games.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 BE PATIENT! BIG toy, LONG assembly, but FUN!, Jan 15, 2023
I thought my hubby was going to throw this out the window at just about every one of the 80-something steps. It is much easier to use the team assembly approach. I read ahead and got the parts ready for each step as he finished one. NOW, none of our sensors work at all. New batteries, checked all connections. Lets us choose a sport and game, but nothing happens when we push START. Also, B-ball hoop keeps flopping down when the kids make a basket. Must call customer service as FisherPrice website was no help. Despite all this, my 7 and 11 year old sons have still enjoyed hours of playing WITHOUT the lights and sounds...I'm sure they'll love it even more when the bugs are straightened out. I hope to get some resolution from the live customer service number so I don't feel like $125(on sale at WAL-MART after Christmas) went down the tube. Impossible to disassemble in order to send back, they better offer to send out replacement parts!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
AWSOME THE BEST GIFT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Jan 8, 2023
I got the espn game station for christmas and we love it its completely durible it might be a little to big but all of the adalts like it but sometimes the ball will fall of the game station sometimes but I'ts completely worth it if your thinking of buying this ESPN game station I suggest you do it now
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