Face-Off Frenzy Give Away: Portable Air Hockey!!
Posted on 14 April 2008, at 12:05 am, by Judie Lipsett
Update: This giveaway is now closed, and the winners (randomly chosen by Clinton) are Heatwave316, Peter and Gary. Thank you for entering! 
Here’s a fun give-away that I think we’ll all enjoy watching unfold. Simtec, the people behind those crazy Funslides Carpet Slides Allen reviewed last year, are sponsoring a give-away on Diary. What’s up for grabs are three of their Face-Off Frenzy PowerBand Hockey games.
To enter, leave a comment about your favorite toy when growing up; it’s that simple. Keep reading for the small print…
- Please enter only once, and describe your favorite toy when growing up
- Contest closes at Midnight CST on Friday, April 18
- Make sure that you have judie (at) geardiary . com in your non-spam list - if I don’t hear from you within 48 hours after the winners’ emails are sent, then the item will go to someone else.
- Winners will be announced soon after.
- All decisions on the winners will be made by the Gear Diary Team, and they are final. No whining, because that’s lame.
- Prizes will be shipped directly to you from Simtec, so winners agree that it is okay for us to pass your information (name, address, phone number, email address) to them for shipping and coordination purposes.
- This contest is open to readers in the United States and Canada only. Sorry guys and gals, but shipping big items overseas is ’spensive!
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April 14th, 2008 at 3:41 am
I really dug my Cricket doll. She was really high tech at the time, she would talk and interact with you and tell you stories and her lips would move, though she was really heavy she was also really cool!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Wow this looks really cool.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I was such a tom boy growing up, so I have to say my favorite toy(s) were my He-Man toys. Between my brother and I, we had lots of figures, and even Castle Grayskull.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:20 am
My favorite toy was my bike. All of them at various stages of growth.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Tough call…probably my “Space” series Legos, in the days when Legos were mostly square. I also miss my Kenner Star Wars Stormtrooper figure from 1977 or 1978, 99 cents at the local Woolworths.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Favorite? I have to pick one?
Well, I really liked Transformers - favorite Transformer was probably one of the Dinobots or Skyfire (I think that’s the name). I really liked the Space Lego sets as well, but didn’t really have a favorite. For pure hours of usage, my Bike was probably the highest - I would often ride off to friends’ houses, the mall, the park, etc.
I actually read a whole lot more than I played with toys, though.
On a related note, we had the Nerf version of Air Hockey - designed to be put on a smooth surface table. I actually brought it back from my parents’ attic after my last trip to their house. I hope to get it set up where my daughter and I can play a game or two. It wasn’t wonderful, but it worked.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I think it was GI Joes.
I also like walkie talkies too.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
My favorite toy growing up was my pogo stick. I also had these little turtles for the pool that I would spend hours diving to retrieve.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
My favorite toy was a set of building tools that used girders and beams and panels to make skyscrapers. No idea if it’s still around, but I’m betting not. Of course, my son would love this hockey set!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Legos were my favorite. Amazing what you can make with just the standard blocks and wheels.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
my faverate toy was GiJoe when i was younger
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Hey, Judie - got the game on Friday, and it has been a hit so far. Thanks.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Great!
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
We got ours on Friday two. We learned a couple of things.
1. 5 year olds - use the small rink size and watch out for them leaning into the rink.
2. Adults playing together should _not_ use the small rink size. It’s too easy to get into puck battles.
3. Puck battles with two adults whacking the puck can result in the two halves of the puck separating and needing to be pushed back together. (Done easily, but it delays the game while we do that.)
It’s been fun so far and works really well on our carpet. We don’t have hardwood/tile/laminate floors so I can’t comment there, but I imagine it would work just as well. My wife has already started thinking up uses for taking it to her next teaching job.
May 4th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Glad to hear that you got it and are enjoying it.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:21 am
I received mine while I was alway last week. I’ve been traveling for over a week, so I haven’t even opened it yet. If I can find room around the mounds of laundry I have….I’m planning to break into it this weekend.
Thanks!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Ha! Let us know if you like it.