Friday, August 31, 2012

Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match {Review & Giveaway}

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While my girls typically have varying interests, one thing that they can both agree on is soccer. They each have participated in indoor as well as outdoor classes and, while neither of them has shown a great deal of drive or determination in the sport to make me think it will be a part of their future endeavors, at least they both had fun.

Which is why I knew that taking the world of soccer and putting it into a miniature, durable, portable package would be something that they would enjoy. Add in the ability to improve hand-eye coordination, develop spatial relation skills, make it all a form of entertainment... and it all comes together thanks to Playmobil and their Take Along Soccer Match.

Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match

Dribbling across the field and scoring a goal has never been easier thanks to the Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match. By allowing your kids to challenge one another to a soccer game no matter where you are, this set comes fully equipped with everything needed pass, shoot and score your way to a complete soccer game experience.

While I wasn't sure if my girls possessed quite enough dexterity and hand-eye coordination to control the miniature athletes in this game (it is designed for ages 5-10), I knew that they would still love playing with their realistic teammates and attempting to kick the ball.

Sure enough, when this game arrived, they were full of curious questions and eager anticipation to start playing.

Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match review

Inside the box, we found a portable, travel-ready 22" x 33" field, two small soccer balls, six soccer players, and various accessories.

Playmobil Soccer Match

It didn't take long before we had the entire Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match constructed and the 3-on-3 teams ready for action.

Playmobil soccer game

Right away the kids and I marveled at the way that players are able to control one of the figures' legs with a small lever on the back. Just by giving it a tap, that leg kicks up to propel the ball forward, which helped make playtime more realistic... not to mention bringing a smile to my girls' faces every time.

Combine that with the goalies that were connected to joysticks (thus allowing players to control the movements from behind the goal net), the ability of the figures' arms, legs, necks and more to move or rotate, and the unique way that you can customize small details in the game (e.g. changing the hair from one figure to another and selecting the numbers for each miniature jersey), and it was no wonder that it added up to a hit overall.

Playmobil soccer review

While this game hasn't been used extremely competitively around our house, it has provided hours of fun and entertainment for all of us. The girls enjoy reaching for their favorite little soccer player to practice kicking the ball around the field and can often be found playing by themselves or together and giggling as calls of Pass it me! and I'm open! Kick it here! and I got it! fill the air.

This game has proven to be a big enough draw that the girls sometimes head over to play with it for a few minutes even before they've had breakfast. Who says that pajamas aren't an appropriate soccer uniform?

soccer game

All in all, Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match has been a fun and unique addition to our game collection that I'm happy to have around. Not only does it keep my kids entertained, but it helps them practice motor skills, socialization, and learn basic science concepts at the same time.

As a major bonus, when you're done playing, simply fold the entire game back up on itself to form a briefcase-type package that is not only portable and stores in tight spaces, but all of the small pieces stay inside for less chance of getting lost.

Playmobil portable soccer

With so many electronic games and toys out there, it can often feel as though kids only play with things that include lights and sounds (and require batteries). Instead, Playmobil offers a wide selection of modern-yet-classic games such as the Take Along Soccer Match that can combine fun, activity and imagination all in one.

Retailing for $59.99, this innovative game can be purchased directly from the Playmobil USA website, on Amazon.com or at specialty stores near you. But, wait! Head over right now to PlaymobilUSA.com and redeem the coupon code US72A12C to receive 20% off of all Playmobil Take Along items!

Thanks to the generosity of Playmobil, one person will soon be ready for some kicking on a very small scale, because...

One lucky person will win a Playmobil Take Along Soccer Match!


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Disclosure: The information and gift packs have been provided by Playmobil USA through MyBlogSpark.

192 comments:

ReneeK said...

It would have to be hockey that the whole family enjoys. Soccer would be next on the list for the kids.

Tabitha said...

we like football.
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Lori Thomas said...

We enjoy football

cupcake mama said...

We are football fans!
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aperry said...

we enjoy football soccer and baseball

SueZH said...

My family are baseball fans.

Kathy said...

little league baseball

Kimberly said...

Baseball
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john said...

BASEBALL

Laura Miller said...

My son loves ALL sports, but I think football is his fave!

Anonymous said...

baseball!
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Anonymous said...

My son loves soccer!

Hoa said...

We love to watch soccer (futbol)!

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janetfaye said...

We like Baseball.

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Anonymous said...

We love soccer!!!!

Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

We like baseball
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apple blossom said...

football

Dave said...

we watch football the most, baseball comes a close second

Tanya M said...

We like tennis.
Thanks for the giveaway.

d schmidt said...

We really enjoy watching football

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~ Noelle said...

college football all the way :)
and then the world cup...

debijackson said...

football at our house
debbie jackson,
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Jenny Stanek said...

My kids love to play soccer

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brandy said...

we prefer to run!!!

Sandra K321 said...

Soccer! Definitely soccer! My son plays it all year round, including indoors during the winter. Go Manchester United!
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Unknown said...

We watch a lot of football, play a lot of soccer!

Bethany C. said...

We love football and hockey.

sherylssg said...

We like football and NASCAR.

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amy beth marantino said...

we like ice hockey, football, softball, and soccer... depending on the season.

Chelsea said...

My kids love Frisbee

J. Cannon said...

My godson loves soccer!
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Terra Heck said...

We like watching volleyball and Nascar on TV. My son participates in basketball, baseball, and track & field. Thanks.
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Cathy C said...

baseball


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Nancy said...

We love Soccer!

Unknown said...

Our family LOVES Soccer!! This would be perfect for my son!
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Kristen said...

My whole family likes baseball.

kellyr78 said...

We like to play at watch baseball.
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CAMWinters said...

We watch baseball sometimes. My son used to be on a Challenger softball team for special need kids years ago.

Tracey said...

We play baseball or football on weekends.
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Anonymous said...

My son is 3 and loves to play baseball, hockey, basketball, and especially soccer.

Linda said...

Football is our favorite!
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Unknown said...

we love all sports, but right now we just started soccer

Linda W. said...

Both my kids play ice hockey year round-my husband coaches my son's travel team. My daughter plays soccer in the fall- i am the coach of her team. Then in the spring it is golf and lacrosse- it never ends at our house.

Anonymous said...

football and baseball mamotts

Sandy VanHoey said...

My oldest grandson likes baseball and soccer

Carrie Phelps said...

My grandson most loves playing soccer.

Unknown said...

Our family enjoys snow boarding, basketball, and baseball

julie c said...

Baseball

Anonymous said...

Skiing or Hockey rkmarsh at aol dot com

Michelle said...

Football! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Denise said...

We like to watch football, golf, and soccer at our house. :)
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Becky M said...

My boys love soccer and t-ball!
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Jet'set said...

My husband likes to watch track and we all enjoyed the Olympics
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Brittany said...

Everyone likes something different (hockey, soccer, volleyball)

mogrill said...

Mostly Softball.
Thanks for the chance.
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tiffany said...

soccer

Christina said...

My kids would like to play this soccer game!

BethElderton said...

My son is a martial artist. He holds a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
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Anonymous said...

We love Baseball
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freddie said...

I would have to say football. dwelchert@yahoo.com

Tracy said...

we like swimming, basketball, or soccer

Jackie said...

We like to watch baseball, tennis,football, gymnastics and ice-skating

Kelly said...

It would be a close tie between baseball and football at our house!

Diane Zielinski said...

I just signed my daughter up for soccer because that's what she wanted. Both my kids love swimming. There's also a Nascar fan in our household.

Kohdok said...

Football.

Frugal Tumbleweed Acres said...

I most enjoy watching baseball.
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dfraley3 said...

Since my grandson has just signed up for football (he's 4) -- it has to be football.
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AMERICAN ARTICLES said...

My kids and grandkids love to play and watch baseball

Familyof5 said...

My family love soccer

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Aura said...

my kids like baseball

wildcat32 said...

We love basketball and soccer.

rookieabh said...

My 3 year old likes kicking a ball around and my 11 month old likes chewing on things lol

Becky said...

We live in South Texas and in Texas football is king. We all love to attend local games and watch our favorite team the Texans on TV together. We also play a lot of backyard football. Baseball is a close second.

Thanks so much!

Karen said...

My girls love Playmobil toys! Our favorite sport to watch is Baseball but we haven't done team sports yet. Thanks for the chance!

Unknown said...

Because of their dad, they watch a lot of football :) participating, well, they are girls and unfortunately one has two left feet and the other won;t share the ball LOL

Anonymous said...

My family likes to watch UFC.

Unknown said...

we like to watch and play football
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sue said...

Soccer is our favorite sport! Thank you!

DEBIJOT said...

we like to play football and also watch football

Jennifer said...

Frisbee and football

c allen said...

football! my daughter cheers and my son plays while my husband and i cheer the team on thanks crystal allen

Maureen said...

We love tennis and volleyball in our house!

Maureen
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Francine Anchondo said...

football, soccer volleyball

Unknown said...

My daughter and I like going for runs!

Auri Lae said...

Soccer! We're so glad it's getting more attention in the US now.

Jessica said...

Since the Olymipics my daughter is all about gymnastics.

Jessica said...

My girls love all sports! But on Monday they are starting gymnastics and they are so excited!

jakiesmom said...

soccer
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Chelsea Saulpaugh said...

My family loves Tennis!

Laurel said...

We like to play with the football.
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Missie Faye said...

Football...all the way

Unknown said...

We are a soccer family!

April Yedinak said...

My kids love football
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Laura Ward said...

We all love softball!

Stacy W said...

We are in to swimming together as a family. Just joined the local gym to keep going to the pool in the fall

Sarah Hall - hall490@comcast.net said...

We love to play basketball together.

Unknown said...

Football. Thank you. Jerri Davis

Rebecca Orr said...

I have always loved Soccer. My son is really into Baseball and Football right now.

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Unknown said...

That would have to be soccer...all 6 of my kids have played and my youngest is now playing fall and spring, the other school aged teen is playing football. I have to say funnest to watch is a tie between soccer and football for family to attend their events and watch. (We also have kids playing baseball, softball, basketball and volleyball, but love the outdoor fast moving games most). thanks!

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Kathy P said...

my son plays soccer and basketball in high school

LeeAnn said...

Does "hi-ya" count? LOL We're not much into sports, but I can never pass up tickets to an ice hockey game.

Tamar said...

we like hockey.

Theresa said...

Football is our favorite!

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nicolesender said...

We enjoy watching football!
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Shilo Beedy said...

My kids and I like basketball

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bellz said...

my son and i like to swim

Jennifer said...

We do karate

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jennieturbeville said...

I would have to say Gymnastics and Ice Skating.

kat said...

We are football and hockey fans.
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Karen F said...

football is our sport

Mexican Mommy said...

We love soccer!

Kerry said...

My son is actually playing soccer right now! I like to watch baseball though.

jcarrturq5 said...

He loves basketball.
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jmajor4870 said...

we love basketball

Lisa M said...

Football

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Anonymous said...

we play lot of tag football

nightowl said...

Our family likes to watch basketball together.

Robert Pyszk said...

we all are baseball fans.

carol roberts said...

baseball vollyballwe all like these

r said...

We like to watch tennis, but we don't play often... our favorite sport/activity for the whole family is bike riding.

Superdumb Supervillain said...

we like to swim and the kids enjoy tennis.

AngelWinner said...

Soccer

wallindeb said...

The boys play soccer, but we enjoy going and watching baseball games.

polly said...

we like football

Anonymous said...

We enjoy football the most!

-Miranda M

Jay said...

We like soccer and volleyball the best.
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Alissa said...

So far it's hockey... but I'm secretly hoping the kids fall in love with soccer soon! I actually *want* to be a soccer mom!

Anonymous said...

this fall it is marching band, ice skating and tennis...we normally do dance also!

Anonymous said...

We are a tball family! Thanks!
Paula
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dmoniz1980 said...

I love to watch baseball and my daughter loves her karate

Patricia Williams said...

We like football.

Heather said...

Swimming! We live on a lake and have a pool. Plus the y has a pool inside!

Anissa said...

We like to watch baseball.

cman said...

Basketball.

RJ said...

Gymnastics

Leigh N said...

We like tennis

Shooting Stars Mag said...

most of my family loves to watch football. I LOVE going to hockey games though.

vera p. said...

My son loves soccer.

Unknown said...

We love Football and Soccer

JCS said...

futbol!

micheal dale grim said...

for me family its football,we play and watch it!!!

Nicole said...

my son loves to play soccer and we love to watch!

ra.ringer918 said...

Our favorites are baseball and football! (both playing and watching)

Terri said...

We enjoy watching baseball.

Unknown said...

we love to play and watch baseball

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Tabathia B said...

Love to watch football and basketball and my kids play soccer and volleyball

Unknown said...

We love to watch football, go Packers!

brich2222 said...

we are all basketball fanatics!


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channallocks said...

we love baseball

Michelle L said...

We are a baseball/softball family all summer long.

Seyma Bennett Shabbir said...

My son loves karate and soccer
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skipthelaundry said...

Well seeing how it's been football everyday for our family for the past 2 months, I'll say I'm ready for basketball. My son has always wanted to play soccer but we haven't done it yet.
Amber Porter

Anonymous said...

Our family loves to watch football.

Marianna said...

My son loves playing peewee football!

Unknown said...

My husband and boys enjoy playing basketball.

Anonymous said...

We enjoy baseball and basketball.

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Jen H said...

This year we are all really in to football. Last year my 1 year old & I watched faithfully as I usually do... this year all the kids are very interested!

tavernie said...

We like to watch Baseball!!
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lilyk said...

I like to watch horse racing.

Anonymous said...

we like football

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Veronica said...

All of my boys love to play Soccer :)

Tylerpants said...

My family loves watching football. tylerpants(at)gmail.com

Harold D said...

Football is our favorite.

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pauline15 said...

We love to watch football, but we all play soccer!
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C.P. said...

Our family loves to watch and play basketball! :)

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Whitney said...

We like to watch football.

Unknown said...

We like soccer and playing frisbee

Unknown said...

We really like to play Basketball and watch it on T.V.
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Unknown said...

we love baseball,basketball,football,soccer, and hockey. We watch a lot of sports in our house.

degood said...

Soccer and Volleyball.

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Unknown said...

football and soccer
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Unknown said...

baseball, soccer and hockey

Wendi Shifflette said...

We love a lot of sports. With 3 boys I guess it's good that I like them too!

susansmoaks said...

basketball is our favorite sport!
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Jennifer Peaslee said...

We love to fish and love watching football!

Jenny said...

We love watching football but play baseball.

Fari said...

We are a Karate family!

Unknown said...

We like to watch football and basketball.

Candice said...

We live in Texas, so we watch football--pretty sure it's a state law. We also love to go and watch hockey and baseball, but we play soccer mostly
thank you!

rebecca11111 said...

my daughter like to play basketball

Stephanie said...

We are huge (HOG) football fans but we also like to spend out Sat nights out at the dirt track (stockcars)!
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Jenny Q said...

My daughter loves soccer

Melissa V said...

Both my boys play soccer. They love it!

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Gina said...

Soccer, Football and Basketball fans in this house!

Hotsnotty2 said...

My family are baseball fans.

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Sand said...

We are huge soccer fans in my household!

Melanie Montgomery said...

we like football

dvice12 said...

We like swimming

Anonymous said...

My son loves to play soccer and we all love watching football!

trixx said...

We like watching basketball!

Heidi said...

We like volleyball and basketball!

Kayla said...

We watch college football most often, but our daughter is going to be starting soccer in a few weeks! :)