Electronic Pictionary Man Game
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Toys and Games Reviews of Electronic Pictionary Man Game
Customer Review: Not like the pictionary I remember
Summary: 3 Stars
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So, what does a pictionary fan do when he sees this? He gets it! And, what does a pictionary fan do when he plays this? He misses the old pictionary and wonders why he spent so much on this. First off, the cost of this game certainly knocks off one star. It just is not worth it. If the game was $30, I would not knock off one full star, but at almost $100, it should do a lot more than it does. My major problem is the time allotment. You need one minute. I am no artist, and anyway, a good stick figure takes time! ;-) Seriously, if have read this far, your time is up. That just is not fast enough to form an idea and transfer it. That's the other star knock down. I really would have knocked it 1.5 stars for each of those issues, because for ME, they are important. However, I have to say that in these green times, a paperless pictionary is very PC. As for the batteries, that shouldn't be a big deal. If you don't have rechargable batteries yet, go get some and stop wasting money....and never be out of batteries. Other reviewers have mentioned the rules, etc. I will not attempt to teach you how to play. It does come with instructions. So, for the price, what would I expect? I would at least expect to be able to change the time allotment...not very hard or costly to do, relative to the price. Keep in mind that with tax, this game will cost you close to $100 at the writing of this review.Customer Review: Great for Family Fun Night
Summary: 4 Stars
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We have a family tradition of making every Friday our "Family Fun night." We usually get a pizza or takeout, and play games with our grammar-school age children. So we tried Pictionary Man for our last Family Fun night, and it was a hit!
Make sure you have batteries on hand (3 AAAs, and have a set of extras in case you really get into the game and run it down!)
We all enjoyed it as much as regular Pictionary, and actually, I think the children really enjoyed having the Pictionary Man to help act out the clues to the words. We were even able to get our younger son (preschool) into the action, telling him a word, and letting him act it out for everyone with the Pictionary Man. (Ok, so we bent the rules a bit, but it was a fun way to let him in on the game even if he can't draw especially well yet!)
Our fifth grader had no trouble with most of the words, loved playing with us, and she can't wait for her next sleepover party, when she plans to make a game of Pictionary Man one of the highlighted party games.
I always liked playing Pictionary (I even used to watch Win, Lose or Draw, so yes, I am an ancient one!), and Pictionary Man with the electronic component continues the fun!!!
I'll be giving these as gifts to a few family members who are also Pictionary fans!
Customer Review: Stick it to the man!
Summary: 1 Stars
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Pictionary is a great game, but Pictionary Man is a mass market miss. If you understand how to play Pictionary, then you understand how to play this game ... they are basically the same; however, instead of drawing on paper, you draw on hard white plastics objects (with a dry erase marker) in the following shapes:
- The man (a cartoon shaped person, about 12 inches tall)
- The board (a block about 1.5" x 6" x 3"
- The puck (a hockey puck about 1" think and 2" across)
The pros:
Pictionary is a great game, and loved by most people
The cons:
The dry erase markers are quickly mashed by frantic players drawing and pointing with them - if you play the game often, these will frequently need to be replaced at your own expense. Batteries are not included - to run the timer and score board. Drawing on "the man" is time consuming, distracting, difficult, and ineffective. We quickly discovered that in most cases, the player would discard the man and use "the board" as a blank drawing pallet - in essence using a marker and tiny white board instead of pencil and paper.
In summary:
Pictionary is a great game and I highly recommend it; however, Pictionary Man is just trying to get his hands on your wallet ... instead, "stick it to the man" and stay with the original version.
Customer Review: good for some people
Summary: 2 Stars
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Pictionary Man looks like a great make-over of the traditional board game.
You only need to earn 15 points to win the game. Props have been created to help you earn 15 points: a Pictionary man, a rectangular block and a circular block. In addition, there are 2 blue markers and a small wiping cloth.
Underneath the man's foot is where you get your clues. You have 90 seconds to draw and act for your teammates to guess the answer(s). Every 7th round is a challenge round, where both teams must bid on the number of correct answers they can guess. Whoever outbids wins that challenge round. However, if you miss one answer, the other team gets a chance to steal points.
Great fun! Except, of course, there are problems with the game. Number one, the timer is an electronic beeper. So, that's not exactly Deaf-friendly or helpful for those with a hearing problem. Believe me, this is a game where everyone will be shouting and laughing and you'll have a hard time hearing the countdown. If only the man was lighted up inside...that would be so awesome! Second, my friends and I ended up drawing our clues mostly on the rectangular block. The man was rarely drawn on. The circular block was never touched nor drawn upon.
Customer Review: Great Game
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is so much fun! You draw on the little man and his two props, to make the other team guess what he is.
1) Of COURSE it takes batteries. It is electronic.
2) I love the electronic aspect of it. It makes it so much easier, no cards, easy to keep track of. Much simpler!
3)The scoring is EASY. Just a wipe off board that you write your point (or no point) for that round on.
4) 30 seconds is more than enough time to act out the word or phrase. We even felt like this was a lot of time for some words. The word comes up on the bottom of his foot, so you are able to hide the word from your teammates even if they are right next to you.
We never have encountered any words yet that a 12-14 year old wouldn't understand. The more difficult category is TV, where the man will be a TV character. You may not know some of the TV shows, but hey, that's pictionary.
The only criticism that I would have is that some players will just try to draw a picture on the block, and play it like regular pictionary. (not even use the man). So for the first few rounds we didn't use the block. It is fun because you can not only draw on him, but he an act things out with the props. I kind of wish he was bendable.
All in all, this game was so much fun!!! I just brought it to a party of 8 people, and we had a blast!!!!! There really isn't anything to NOT like about it! Wow!!!