Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods Review & Giveaway

Do you wonder if the next toy you get your kid will be the one time when they say, “why would you get me this?” I knew Doodle would be ok if we reviewed the new Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods. What I hadn’t anticipated was Buddy’s response.

They came home from school a week or so ago and I casually mentioned that we had gotten the game from Hasbro. Holy cow, I thought Buddy was going to knock us out of the way to get to the game. The first time I’d heard of Telepods was when I saw the offer to review them, but evidently my boys have known about them and wanted them.

The Angry Birds craze has been around my house since they first gained popularity and I don’t see it waning any time soon. It took a little while for us to get it to work. Telepods don’t work on all devices and we found that out quickly.

Buddy tried it on his Nexus 7, then my Galaxy, and then we went to Doodle’s iPod. We knew it would work on that for sure. It was actually the first game I’ve ever agreed to purchase from the app store. We had issues purchasing the game, and the support I received from Apple was fantastic. We ended up downloading the game onto my Motorola Razr and off they went.

What I actually like about the game is that not only does the game work on my phone, but it also comes with a small version physical game. While one of the boys was playing the phone, the other was playing with the game pieces themselves.

So, how does this work? You open the app on your device and with your Angry Bird Telepod on the base and you put it over your device’s camera. Be sure that it’s facing the correct way so that the Telepod can be read. You’ll see your Angry Bird Telepod transport into the game and you can start playing with that piece.
You can do other things along the way like scanning in multiple figures and scan different versions of the same character. One can be a Jedi and one can be a pilot. You can also check out the stats of your bird or pig! It’s really interactive!

When we went to King’s Dominion a couple of weekend ago, Doodle took the Telepods with us to play as we headed down. So nice he thought of that since the drive was almost two hours! So, they’re definitely easy to take around with you.

Now you have the chance to score the same game my boys are having a blast with!
*I received the product for review purposes. All opinions expressed are my own. a Rafflecopter giveaway