Customer Reviews

Spalding 4020 Dual Shot Electronic Basketball Game

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This basketball game is fantastic. It came together quickly, and comes with 6 basketballs for fast-paced competitions. The electronic scorer/count-down timer starts the players off with a tune, then counts down 5 to 0, and then a horn goes off for the shooting to begin--just like at an arcade. The horn goes off again for 30 seconds of 3-point scoring shots. The unit is sturdy enough to stand up to the boys, and the side netting does a good job of keeping the balls in play. Our entire family played on Christmas--especially the grandparents. The true test came when 4 7yr. olds came over for a play date and were immediately drawn to the basketball game over the Wii.
You'll need some space to set this game up; it fits in our (typical 2 car) garage, however the height of the backstop prevents the automatic sectional garage door from raising, so we unplugged the garage door opener to prevent any accidents.

This basketball game is just great, exceeded my expectations!. We set it up and everyone used, 13 year olds, 17 year olds and parents (both dads and moms). Very Sturdy design (I read lots of reviews about flimsy ones) - high quality product. I recommend a double hoop game like this, much more fun than single hoop.

I bought this for my kids for Christmas & it was a lot of fun for two whole weeks before the electronic scoring malfunctioned. It now just blinks 88, and doesn't record any scores.

I called Spalding, and was told it was still covered under the 90 day warranty. When I pointed out that Amazon's product description states that there is a one year warranty, the rep told me the one year warranty applies to everything but the electronics, which is only a 90 day warranty. In addition, the part is backordered, and I won't get the part for at least six weeks.

I'm extremely unhappy that I spent a lot of money on something that lasted only two weeks.

The game is taller than I thought, 8 ft., which forced me to set it up in the garage. More disconcerting is the non-functioning scoreboard for which I have been told by Spalding customer service there is a two to three months wait for a replacement. Perhaps if I receive a scoreboard which works I will comment about the game itself.

A real chore to assemble-a definite 2 person job, good instructions. Product worked as expected, seems to be rugged enough for rough use but the pump gave out after pumping up 2 out of 6 basketballs.

We purchased this game for our 10 year old son's birthday...alot of family fun with it!
Fairly easy to assemble and works very well. Sturdy quality for the reasonable pricing.
Definitely worth buying...

Pros:
Lots of fun and replay value, you'll surprised how much you will be able to improve your game overtime.

Cons:
The sound effects for this pop-a-shot machine are very loud and can be annoying.
The electronic scoreboard died after 6 months.
One of the score incrementers that attaches to scoreboard below the net lost sensitivity after 4 months (so many baskets wouldn't increment the score)
The rims are not very sturdy, someone broke it b/c they thought it would be fun to play with a full size basketball. Granted it was misused, but it also shows theres not much leeway for abuse.
Hard to find replacement parts, limited warranty support, we just ended up buying a second one for spare parts.

Overall we really enjoyed this product, enough so to buy a second one even though the first one was plagued with problems, these things are not made to last.

My children received this for Christmas.. The whole family plays with it. Everyone loves it..
I am so glad I purchased it. It was cheaper when I bought it and it was easy to assemble.

As I read in other reviews the product is of good quality. Sturdy. Compared to other similar products I think I got my money's worth. One negative on this product is the srews are allen wrench type. I would have preferred the screws been phillips head type. Using those tiny allen wrenchs they give you with the product are a pain to use but it worked. They provide a small cheap wrench (normal for put together products). My recommendation is get our your own allen wrenchs and socket wrenchs out before you start. Other then my tool issue the product works great, kids love it and its VERY big compared to other units. The product also comes with MORE basketballs then the other products. Its a great buy and I would highly recommend it. It did take us at least ONE hour to put it together. But its worth it.

I bought this for my 11 year old son (and my husband!) for Christmas. I spent a long time researching them online and found so many negative comments on the ones that Target, Sears would sell in stores. I found this one - and it had great reviews. This, along with the FREE SHIPPING offered from Amazon.com, and the brand (I've known Spalding to be a good brand since I was little) made me go for it. Certainly NOT disappointed! We got it together (this is time consuming) but boy, is it ever fun. Very well-put together, excellent quality. The balls are great, too. The only thing is that it came with a hand pump for the balls...we were only able to pump up one of the six balls and seam on around this pump broke. Luckily, we have an air compressor so it was no big deal. I don't even like sports or balls, but have had a blast doing this with my son. Great toy for young and old!