LEGO Games Product Test - Feedback thread

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Many thanks for trying a LEGO Game on behalf of Mumsnet. Below are the feedback questions LEGO would like you to answer. Feel free to also add your own comments.

Everyone who was part of the test and who offers feedback will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will receive £200 of Argos Vouchers.

Please do say which game you tried - Shave a Sheep or Harry Potter Hogwarts and the age and gender of the child(ren) who played with it.

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?

Q5 How long did they play with it for?

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

Many thanks,
MNHQ

Can I just add that since we started playing Shave the Sheep ds has insisted on playing it every day. He even taught it to his grandma. I've never seen him so enthralled with a game before.

Same with my kids, normally they get bored of games within a day or so but they've wanted to play SAS every day since getting it

1. Dd (6) was quite excited and wanted to play right away
2. Dd got bored of assembling it and I had to take over. She is able to play independently but wasn't overly interested tbh.
3. The rules were easily followed
4. Not sure- Dd seemed to like all if it.
5. 20-30 mins
6. Good
7. Yes, especially if they were into lego (think that's what deterred Dd as she isn't patient enough!)
8. Stocking filler or birthday present

We tried Shave a Sheep, I have 2 boys aged 7 and 4

Q1 - Ds1 was very excited about the game, and wanted to set it up straight away.

Q2 - Within 45 seconds, several pieces were lost and are so small they still have not been found. Ds1 got very frustrated with the idea of it being for a purpose, and wouldn't set up the game, prefering to make different things with it.

Q3 - he wouldn't even read the rules, he insisted that lego is for building with.

Q4 - he really liked the dice

Q5 - he takes the pieces to bed with him at night, but has never played 'the game'.

Q6 - poor

Q7 - no

Shave a Sheep - dd 7 years 1 month

Q1 Very pleased indeed; eager to play

Q2 dd was able to construct the game alone; played with ds, 12

Q3 the rules were easy to follow for the children - it was me who kept forgetting what the colours meant! it was a bit "back and forth, back and forth" so each game could potentially last quite a while

Q4 liked the sheep and the wolf - v cute!

Q5 dd keen to play quite a few times; other family members found it rather repetitive so less enthusiastic

Q6 good value for money

Q7 would recommend it to parents of younger children

Q8 makes excellent birthday party gift - v good price point

Update:

just got back in from school with DS and 2 friends - they all played HP game last Thursday, and have straightaway got game out and begun to play again today. Think that shows how well it has gone down in our house!

pandaG!

We had Shave the Sheep and testers (boys) aged 6 and 4.

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?

They were both very excited and wanted ti play it immediately.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?

6 year old wanted to help with the building and built the wolf and the dice by himself.
They loved playing the game - they have only played it with adult assistance so far, but I'm sure they would manage without.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?

Did't change the rules.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?

They liked the building aspect and the dice.
They also loved stealing wool from other players sheep and 'wolfing' other players. Lots of laughter involved.

Q5 How long did they play with it for?

30 mins first time - but have played it several times since.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

Good value for money

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No

Yes

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

Birthday/Xmas - I will be buying another one for them for Xmas.

Thankyou for the opportunity

DS aged 6.1

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?

very exited, especially when he realised it was lego and you had to build the parts.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?

Could play independently with an adult. Got the idea of the game very quickly. Needed adult support to build the pieces. Could probably play without an adult but with children socially able to accept the ups and downs of the game. eg the wolf taking their parts.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?

Tried to change the rules they were easy to follow but DS preferred just playing the 'normal' game.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?

Coolest thing was its lego. Enjoyed finding the different waus of collecting most wool. EG shearing v's shaving another sheep. Collecting pieces V swapping.

Q5 How long did they play with it for?

Played 3 games in a row one wet evening - we played for 35 minutes altogther on this occassion. When we played with friends the game took about 20 minutes as 4 players.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

Excellent

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

Any gift at anytime. Will definatly be looking for other lego games for DS for christmas and would definatly buy this for a birthday of one of his classmates.

I got the game out when friend and her dd's visited. The 5 yo found it hard to sit still without just taking pieces but with lots of reminders did manage to concentrate on the game. They didn't enjoy it as much as DS but they aren't keen on the losing side of games whereas DS doesn't really care.

I think that its an excellent game for teaching the social skills of winning and losing, and the people taking your pieces and you being able to do it back was great at teaching fairness and give and take.

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?
We have 4 children, dd 15 wasn't interested, dd 13 said it looked good, ds 8 got excited and ds 5 looked interested!!!
dd 13 got stuck straight in when we finally found the time to put it together on sunday afternoon.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?
dd 13 put it together very quickly but the ds's enjoyed helping as they are lego fans.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?
ds 5 lost interest while dh and dd figured out the rules.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?
both ds's are currently watching the harry potter films and thought that playing the game was cool and they both love lego

Q5 How long did they play with it for?
not long as dh was slow to figure the rules out, but they are going to have another go. Dd stuck with it and thought it would be really good when she has got the hang of it and is still playing after an hour.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor
Average

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No
not sure yet

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?
Any special occasion

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?
With great excitement!

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?
They needed adult assistance (they are 3 and 5) and on the whole thought it was quite good fun, though interest wasn't held for very long and the 3 year old lost interest very quickly and said it was a "bit boring".

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?
No rules were changed, though they found the rules difficult to follow tbh....

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?
They enjoyed shaving the sheep, but it quickly became a competitive snatch the sheep scenario....

Q5 How long did they play with it for?
About 15 minutes?

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor
I would say average in terms of what you get, but my children didn't REALLY enjoy it. Perhaps they were too young?

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No
No, based on my own experience

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc? Not really applicable.

(Sorry, the above was for the sheep game)

Thanks to those who've added their feedback - we're looking to make the prize draw soon so please add yours over the next couple of days if you haven't already

I forgot to add that I liked the fact that the game (Harry Potter one) does not need to be disconstruct totally to fit back in the box (Just needs tower taken off).

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?
With great excitement!

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?
They are 9 and 11 so managed fine on their own.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?
complicated rules

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?
very different to anything else they've played. enjoyed building it the most.

Q5 How long did they play with it for?
about an hour

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor
I thought too expensive for the Harry Potter one - paying for the name.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No
No

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc? N?A

A quick update - the dcs designed themselves a Lego games tournament this weekend. They have the Lego Minotaur game as well, so they played the Harry Potter game twice followed by the Minotaur one and then had a play-off as they'd all won one game. The play-off was to make a vehicle out of lego which was then judged by parents. Thankfully, ds1 was able to win Best Spy Lorry category, dd won Best Caravan, and ds2 won Best Helicopter Without Any Rotors. Kept them occupied for about 2 hrs on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I heart Lego.

we tested the harry potter game.

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?

very excited, much leaping around the room by dd2.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?

As the girls arent very into leg and havent built anything before, they did require some help. but had good fun building it.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?

They found the rules a bit confusing at first, but got into the game quickly. They didnt change anything

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?

They loved the little harry potter figures. The attention to detail was great

Q5 How long did they play with it for?

about 30mins gameplay.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

Good value for money.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children?
Yes

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

Would be great for birthdays and xmas.

Played with by DS aged 9 and 2 friends(girl and boy aged 8, DS2 aged 13, DD aged 11 and ME! At different times not all together!

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?
Very pleased and excited, looked at the box for a long time before opening it.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?
My children enjoyed building it and in the words of my DS1 "its like 2 games in 1, a real game and a you get to build Lego too"

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?
We stuck to the rules everytime we have played it but my DS1 has several times got it out and played a game with it, similar to how is plays with orgdinary Lego.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most? The fact it was Harry Potter. DS1(9
) enjoyed the figures.

Q5 How long did they play with it for? about 30/40 minutes each time. Have played it several times.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor
Very good value for money.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No YES

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

Imho its too much money to spend on an everyday present so it would have to be for a special event (birthday, Christmas, new sibling, etc) for a relative or a very special friend.

We had the Shave a Sheep game. Ok so this feedback is slightly unconventional!

The game was unpacked with great excitement and immediately christened Shaun the Sheep. DS 6yo and DD 5yo managed really well to follow the build instructions for the sheep and the wolf. They kept wanting to know what the different colours on the dice meant. They started trying to see who could pile the most wool blocks onto their sheep. At this point things started to go wrong. As I got the game instructions out and started to go through them I asked where the dice was. DS points to the 7'+ tall corner unit and says "up there!" Apparently he wanted to see how high it would go and "it bounces off the ceiling". Well I've had a hunt about on the unit to no avail and as I'm unable to move the damn thing to look behind it I guess I'll find the dice when our house sale finally completes and we pack up to move!

Probably not quite the game feedback lego are hoping for but there goes! Fwiw we do already have Labyrinth and they both really love playing it. Can't really use the dice off that game as it doesn't have the split colour sides, only full squares iykwim.

I am an advertisers dream as reading this thread has made me buy both games for Christmas.

Not at all bitter at not getting chosen.

We had Shave the Sheep, boys played it aged 6 (nearly 7) and 13

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game? Very very excited.

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance? The children all took part and enjoyed building it. They were both able to work it out easily between them.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow? Easy directions, not complicated. We strayed a bit from the rules but not until we'd played a few times. We also tried the other options given in manual.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most? The assembly was really enjoyable - but mostly it was having to trade your sheep and the shearing.

Q5 How long did they play with it for? Over an hour the first time, about 15 minutes per game? And longer just using it for fun to build.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

Excellent excellent value.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No

Absolutely - any lego mad child would like it, and even non lego mad children would like it.

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc

Any occasion, all of the above. £7.99 is great value for any of those.

Thanks for letting us take part, so so brilliant. We will be getting the Harry Potter one as well. Sounds fab

Sorry I am late!

I played it with DS1 (9) and DH

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game? Really excited- he couldnt wait to play it!

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?DS has slight fine motor problems so he did become a bit frustrated with some of the pieces, but he enjoyed putting it together with a bit of help. The instructions were easy to follow.

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow? We didnt change the rules but we did have to keep refering back. I think DS was so keen to play we had just skimmed them the first time.

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most? DS liked the mini-spiders (he is a massive spiders fan ) He likes the duelling too.

Q5 How long did they play with it for? it took us about 40 minutes to play the game (not including the construction) until DS beat us.

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor. I would say its about average. I would definately buy it again now that I know DS enjoys it, but I dont know if I would take a chance if I hadnt played it.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No. Yes definately.

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc? I think its a great gift for birthday/christmas. In our house we always get a new boardgame from Santa and this would be perfect for that.

We tried shave a sheep

Q1 How did your child react when you showed them the game?
-excited, as ds loves lego

Q2 How would you describe the building and playing of the game? Did your child(ren) think it was good fun? Were they able to play independently with it or did they need adult assistance?
-Ds (6) played with dd1 (4) and adult assistance was required to ensure fair and continued play

Q3 Did they/ you change the rules? If so, how? How easy or difficult were the rules to follow?
-we didn't change the rules, they really enjoyed it once they'd got the hang of the game. expect we will in the future :)

Q4 What would your child say was the coolest thing about the game? What did they enjoy the most?
-ds loved the lego element and the building the wool on and off the sheep

Q5 How long did they play with it for?

• about 20-25 mins. a small miracule, as usually they only manage 10!

Q6 How would you rate the game in terms of value for money (Shave a Sheep: RRP £7.99 and Harry Potter Hogwarts RRP £24.99)? Excellent, Good, Average, Poor

• I think this does offer excellent value for money as the game is so flexible. also because it takes up very little space to store and to play.

Q7 Do you think you would recommend the game to other parents/ children? Yes, No
-yes I would

Q8 If applicable: For what occasion would you recommend it? Everyday gift, birthday gift, Christmas present etc?

• I would recommend it as a special occasion gift, but that's because I'm very tight! I'm now considering getting ds another for christmas {grin]