Customer Reviews

SureShot Hockey

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My 5 yr old received this as a present 2 weeks ago from his grandparents. He's addicted to the game, unfortunately, the game isn't addicted to him or the other players in the family.

In a matter of days, the rods controlling the right wingers either broke or struggled to turn smoothly, same with a couple other players. Of the 12 players on the ice only 7 or 8 work properly, despite the fact that we put the toy away every evening, don't slam it or abuse it.

I have fond memories of playing Table/Rod Hockey. So, I bought this for my Son for Christmas thinking it will be fun for us both and also to get him away from Video Games for a time. However, this was a disaster... it literally broke the first time we played and some of the Players don't fit snug enough on the Swivels, so when you move them they literally fly away. The worst part is no SuperGlue or small screws can fix this cheap plastic toy as the part that broke is the twirling nub that holds the Player. You can re-attach him, but he can't pivot. Keep in mind this was NOT played rough. It is flimpsy brittle plastic. Case Closed.

Amazon was no help as they only take Returns for their product and this was one sold through them by another Vendor (who can't be reached)and the Manufacturer is in China with a useless Website and no Repair Parts offered. Absolute waste of $24! Stick with the more expensive versions if you must get this, but be warned they are over $75-300! Too bad... my Kid went back to Video Games and I can confirm once again that nothing is ever as good as we remember it to be.

The game looks nice and is fun to play, but the men fell off the game constantly and soon were lost. The size of the game makes it big enough to play and small enough to store easily.

I had a similar hockey game when I was a kid and it was a blast. We played with it for years.

We got this game for Christmas as a gift for my son. After about 1 week of playing with it, one of the hockey players broke off. There is no way to fix the player and it appears there is no way to order replacements either. Its too bad... I'm very disappointed in the quality of this product and would not recommend it to anybody. I am going to see what I can do to return it to the store.

We bought 3 of these as gifts for a few 5 yr. old boys. They loved it but be warned - these break very easily. The hockey players will break the piece that attaches them to the stick. The kids loved them though and for the 5 yr. olds, they don't even realize that a player on someone's team is missing.

Even if you don't know much about hockey, good game for children as young as 2 years old up through the teenage years. Easy to store and use. An old standby that will give kids a break from the video games, maybe even improve hand-eye coordination.

This game was a hit with my grandson! The little fella & his parents moved to Minnesota a week after receiving this game and this became his "friend maker". I appreciate the quick shipping. The game arrived in perfect condition.

I'll give it 4 stars although I've had 2 of the problems that people have mentioned. I also played versions of this when I was a kid, and I was floored that this one has players that can go behind the net. Very cool. I did have trouble with one of the behind-the-net players moving and turning smoothly, but a few drops of oil on the top and bottom fixed that. But one of the players broke off; the black pin where it connects to the board broke. I am going to try to see if the company sells repair parts, but from some other comments, that doesn't seem too likely. So I'd either buy another one (for many spare parts) or get a more expensive one. WARNING: before I got this, my 5 year old son would pester me every day to go outside and shoot a puck around. After we got this, he'd rather play this game ! I do think it is fairly educational about the game. He has a tendency to want to "jam" the player forward and backward to try and score goals, and sometimes that works, but at the same time, I haven't lost my touch, and I can score on him almost every time just by passing the puck around. So I'm hoping he learns from that. And most of my goals come from the outside wingers where I can cycle the puck pretty good, all things he needs to know about the real game. I just wish it was more durable.