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Star Wars - Pictionary Air
Average customer rating
4.3
(23 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 23 reviews
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Star
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86%of customers recommend this product.
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6 out of
7)
Customer Reviews for Star Wars - Pictionary Air
Customer Rating
5
Play a new version of a classic game
on July 15, 2022
Posted by: NC78
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] What a great new game! This takes a classic game and beloved franchise and combines them for extra fun for drawers of all ages. We had a blast playing with the pen and it kept the family entertained for hours. My husband might have loved it the most!
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Customer Rating
5
Fun twist!
on July 15, 2022
Posted by: susanelaine22
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is such a fun twist on an old game! We are a Star Wars family and love that this almost looks like you're drawing with a lightsaber! The kids think it is AWESOME! We have fun picking our teams and our droids. Its easy to use and lots of fun.
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Customer Rating
5
Great product!
on July 16, 2022
Posted by: belchj
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We love this! We try to limit wifi and bluetooth usage in our home and were delighted to find that this app used neither one. Simply turn on the camera and play! My son had some much fun watching his images come though on the device screen.
Written by a customer while visiting shop.mattel.com
Customer Rating
5
Family fun especially for Star Wars fans!
on July 17, 2022
Posted by: Mamamouse14
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was such a fun game! We played this on our tv and it really made Pictionary come to life. The R2D2 drawing pen added extra fun. It was a little hard for the smaller players to air draw but after a few rounds everyone got the hang of it. The clues were a little hard but some of them were really fun to air draw and put ourselves in the drawing.
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Customer Rating
2
Great idea, but could use some refinement.
on July 18, 2022
Posted by: Lewis
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The concept of drawing in the air with a pen seemed neat. The AA battery is included for the pen, and it comes with a little a plastic stand for your mobile phone, or maybe a small tablet to place it upright during game play after you download ‘Pictionary Air’ app. There are two stacks of cards with four words and one Starwars image on each side of the cards to choose from when playing game.
The first trouble we encountered playing this version of Pictionary was when downloading the app into our ipad, it for some reason never connected to the camera. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, the gave the app permission to access the iPad camera, but was unable to do it.
I then switched to downloading the app to my phone (I’m on an iPhone X with iOS 15.5, so your mileage may vary). It was straight forward and was able to use the camera. The only problem now was; that all our family had to gather really close to look at the phone screen (hence the first choice of using the larger screen on a tablet) while the person drawing in the air with the pen attempted to draw his picture. Depending how far the person drawing is from your phone with the app, there was some lag for the line drawing to show on the phone screen. Same issue if the person drawing; wanted to see what was showing on the screen, or if his drawing in the air input needed adjusting or erased. This just added unnecessary time that the player could have used to keep drawing while it was his turn.
We also tried casting to our Apple TV from our phone to be able to see the drawn image larger in the TV, it did work in that respect. But the lag from moving the pen in the air to showing in the phone screen and then the TV still persisted or sometimes a felt even laggier.
The cards with the choice words to draw themselves were good and the added Star Wars images a nice touch for Star Wars fans, but sometimes difficult draw or guess for the casual user.
The app makes you choose a Star Wars droid as your team helper, and it would randomly appear while you are drawing to give you extra time to your countdown or at time make it more difficult to draw to the opposing team. The kids really enjoyed this feature.
For example one droid would put a smoke screen, so there would be a curtain of smoke slowly rising in the screen and you can’t see what your drawing.
For example one droid would put a smoke screen, so there would be a curtain of smoke slowly rising in the screen and you can’t see what your drawing.
All in all, neat concept, but the lagging input from the pen to the screen while drawing was an aggravating pain point that was highlighted by all persons drawing. And if you have children drawing, they can get a bit impatient if the image freezes or lags.
Again it could be just my phone/tv hardware and app combination, but it took the seamless experience of drawing with a marker on paper to getting frustrated at times trying to draw in the air and looking at the screen and not see what you just drew.
We’ll continue to use the Star Wars cue cards but stick to the marker and paper for the next Pictionary game night.
Again it could be just my phone/tv hardware and app combination, but it took the seamless experience of drawing with a marker on paper to getting frustrated at times trying to draw in the air and looking at the screen and not see what you just drew.
We’ll continue to use the Star Wars cue cards but stick to the marker and paper for the next Pictionary game night.
Response from shop.mattel.comBy Mattel Consumer Services, Mattel Consumer Services, July 20, 2022
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Customer Rating
3
Fun but not easy to draw a good picture
on July 18, 2022
Posted by: Eas49
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We had fun with the game. We found that the drawing tool did not usually portray the image that was intended. Nevertheless, my boys enjoyed trying to draw and guessing. Also, a lot of the clues were little too challenging for 8 year old boys. However, overall, it was a fun game.
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Customer Rating
5
Simple, easy family fun!
on July 20, 2022
Posted by: Jdbl1011
from Valhalla NY
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This Pictionary game has kept us entertained for hours on end!! It is simple to learn and easy to use! It was so nice to have simple family time, filled with laughter and smiles. My 7 yr old is absolutely obsessed with playing it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting shop.mattel.com
Customer Rating
4
Super easy, fun game for the whole family
on July 20, 2022
Posted by: jjenry
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I used pictionary air a few nights ago with my family for a family game night. My 10 yr old is a huge star wars fan so she was super excited to try the game out. Connecting the game with the tv was super easy. The game is absolutely fun to play. Very easy to work the app. My kids were even able to run the app without assistance. I did find the some of the things on the cards were really difficult to draw so we just changed the rules a bit. Id give the game 5 stars howeber the only complaint that i really had was we noticed that sometimes in certain light the game would pick up that we were using the pen even when we werent so sometimes it messed our drawings up. We just turned the phone away from brighter spots and it worked perfectly. 10/10 recommend. You dont have to be a star wars fan to enjoy this game either!
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