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I have ordered the Patriots, Packers and Bears for my sons. They LOVE the helmets. They are not heavy at all, so my boys can run around and play in them. When they are not using them, I have them hung up in their rooms as sports memoribilia. The jersey to me is just an add on. It is poor quality and runs small. It also does not look like the players jersey in any way, so my boys do not wear them. I give the helmets 5 stars and the jersey 1 star.

We just received this in time for Halloween and my 8year old is SOOOO excited with how "real" it looks. The quality of this product is very impressive and my husband already wants me to get another one for our other son so they can play together. Great product and I'm sure we'll be buying more soon!

My kid is only three, so I was hoping he could grow into it eventually, and it fit about how I expected. It will probably fit an eight if they aren't too big. I'm 4'11 and could put it on, although it was tight and short on me. I was also able to fit the helmet. My toddler loves the helmet even though it's a little big for him. Great for playing dress up or maybe a Halloween costume. The shirt is the material of a mesh pinny and the helmet is light plastic.

I bought this for my 4 year old son for Christmas. The product as described is great. Perfect for a child. The helmet fits on his head very loosely but not so much that he can't see out of the opening. It also fits my and my husbands' heads. The chin strap is a nice added authentic touch. Jersey is fine, as expected.I would have preferred a whole kit, at least including shoulder pads. Dont be fooled by the picture where there appears to be shoulder pads under the jersey, you have to buy them separately. I ran a quick Amazon search and found cheap, child-size play shoulder pads so it wasn't a huge deal but if you dont read the description properly you might not realize they don't come with this set. I also bought my son cheap, real football pants on Amazon. Another quick search will find them for you as well. This adds a little cost on to your gift but really makes it worthwhile.

I knew going in that this would be a bit large for my boy, but it was worth it. I bought it on a lightning deal before Christmas and feel it was worth the money. The jersey is a plain jersey without a specific name, but looks decent. My boy put the helmet on right after opening it and did not want to take it off for a long time. Of course, he wanted to play "tackle" for a while. Great novelty item.

My nephew fell IN LOVE with his birthday present and I don't think he took the helmet off the whole party. The helmet was of good construction, and even fit my head, it was a tiny to big for him, but he will grow into it. He just turned 8 and is slim and tall for his age. The jersey will be good for this year but he will mostly grow out of it by the next summer. You know how kids grow like weeds! Over all I am very happy with my purchase and would buy another one if I had other children to buy for.

These helmets are awesome and totally worth the $20 Amazon is selling them for! The helmets are slightly larger than the $0.25 gumball machine helmets and are much higher quality. The displays are cardboard but still pretty cool. A cool way to display the NFC & AFC standings in your office or man cave as each display is separated by division and the helmets can clearly be seen. A very nice gift for the NFL fan in your life.

I got this for my son and grandson for Christmas. They had fun with it.

The photo shown is pre-2015 set & I wanted the 2015 set (with new Browns shown in picture). Definitely got the 2015 set & came by earliest it was expected. Would recommend buying from this seller.

These are great for kids who love football and like to play around with helmets. My two year old loves these, and my 11 year old plays with his imagination about scores and games, and has superbowls with these. Lots of fun.

Good quality. These aren't those mini helmets you get out of the gumball machine with the cheap stickers that fall or peel off easily. These mini helmets are pretty good quality and some look painted and clear coated. Nice addition to my football-crazy 7 year old's room.

This is one of the main things my 7 year old asked for this year for Christmas. Certainly did not disappoint! He is a football fanatic and loves these helmets! He's not gotten too much in the playoff tracker yet, but I'd say next football season he will. Great product!

Fast delivery. I agree with other reviews that the shirt is NOT made with decent quality materials but it is good enough to serve the purpose what I needed for my son. It is a size M which fits just about right with tiny little room to grow into for a 7 year old boy. The helmet also fits just about and it is good to use as a toy wearing at home or for a party but NOT for an actual foodball game as it has a sticker that say so. I am happy with my purchase considering how much it costs and how often that we are going to wear them.

Item as described. Good Product...

A gift for our nephew, he was only 2 so it was really just to have in his room. Being sold as replica you have to expect toy quality, so we are happy with it.

I bought this as a halloween costume for my grandson. I never could find a really good size estimate, so I just went for it. The jersey fit ok but the helmet was WAY too big. Still worked out though.

These were a great price. They fit my 6 year old daughter well (jersey is a little long, since kids grow so fast, it's perfect). After playing with it for a couple days, some of the adhesive line on the helmet started peeling up, which was disappointing, but overall for the price it's been a nice addition to our dress up collection.

My 2 year old son insisted on a football helmet for Christmas and this set was perfect! He wears the helmet all day and it fits pretty good, a little big but that was expected. The shift fits like a dress but that was expected. Good quality all around and cannot beat the price for a toy set.

The helmets are great! The playoff tracker... Not so much. I will be either building my own display or purchasing one. I was disappointed in the tracker as I am sure many others have been too, but if you are getting this solely for the helmets you will be happy. The helmets are well made and look great!

The helmets are great. Very detailed and good quality. Taking one star off because of tracker.

My boys love playing with these. They aren't anything special in how they are made - literally small plastic helmets - but they find hours of fun in lining them up, arranging them in different playoff possibilities, and a variety of other things! They arrived on time as promised and seem fairly priced to what I saw in stores in town.

My sons loves this set.

Pretty much what I expected for the price. I may have spent a bit more to get a set with a better display than the cardboard. But, you get what you pay for and I have no complaints.

Gave this gift to a number of friend's kids and they loved them. They can pick their favorite teams and/or try out the match ups for playoffs and see how they do.

I bought two. I wanted my boys to wear them to the game Sunday. I was disappointed that the logos on the jerseys were two different sizes, and I didn't have time to exchange them. But other than that, they love the helmets and overall it was a good value.

Cutw but fit my son weird. He looked like he was just wearing baggy clothes than a uniform.

For the price it's a cool product. My kid loves the jersey and helmet. The seam on the end of the jersey is coming off. But for the price honestly what do you expect. Not sure if everyone else had the same issue but beware.

The quality of the helmet is fine. Exactly what I was expecting from a dress up set. The jersey was also fine. The problem I have is with the graphics on the helmet. They are very cheap stickers that were peeling back before we even had a chance to take it out of the box. My 6 year old wore it a couple of times to watch football with his dad, and now the stickers are halfway hanging off and curled back. To be clear, he wasn't playing football in this, he was sitting WATCHING football while wearing this. Since the helmet is of acceptable quality for a toy and the jersey is fine, I will just see if I can buy some new stickers for it. I can't give this anymore than 3 stars, because it is just "ok"

I was expecting a helmet that could fit a youth more than a grown man. Also the stickers on the side are coming off way too easy. Ive only had it for a week and both sides are almost gone. The jersey on the other hand seems to be holding up pretty good. Overall, you get what you pay for, just wish the helmet was smaller.I do plan on adding extra padding on the inside to compensate for the size so hopefully it will fit better on my kid.

My son was THRILLED to get this set, which includes a replica football helmet and a team jersey. They are both decent quality, but after less than a month of putting the football helmet on and off, the inside foam padding started to peel off. We've glued it twice now, and it's peeling yet again. My son still loves his helmet, but we are all disappointed that it wasn't made sturdier to stand up to frequent use. He's clamoring once again for a "real" helmet, and he's feeling a bit sorry that he spent his birthday money for something that isn't holding up. He's 8; perhaps on a younger/smaller child, this would be less of an issue b/c the pads wouldn't rub so much against a smaller head as the helmet is put on and taken off.

Not the same size as the classic Riddell brand/type. About 75% as big as Riddell brand mini-helmets. Overall they are of good quality. The colors are off just a bit (I actually didn't think the Brown's helmet could get any uglier; it can). One comment stated that the logos were only on one side of the helmets. Mine came with logos on both sides.My 9 year old is happy with them and I think they will hold up, but he already has some college helmets that are the Riddell brand and a display case for them. These just look a little "off" in the case next to those.

This product does get the job done. it's pretty much minimally produced; the team logos are only on one side of the helmets, and the materials are clearly cheap. However, for tracking the NFL regular season and playoffs, it is perfectly functional.

I knew I wasn't getting anything great with the tracker and my main purpose was just getting the helmets. But, the cardboard tracker will probably be ruined before next season... Again, we really ordered this just for the helmets, so I'm still pleased..

The tracking boards are made out of cardboard and we have already had to tape it to keep helmets secure. Would it really have made much price difference to manufacturer to make this out cheap plastic instead? On the positive side arrived quickly from third party distributor.

I'm only giving 2 stars because the decal on the shirt peeled off after one wash. The helmet was fine.

Item was exactly what I ordered. The only issue I have is that the helmet was covered with a layer of dust and cobwebs like it had been sitting in somebody's attic for the last five years. Easy enough to clean and my grandson will love the gift, but a customer should not have to clean a "new, in the box" item.

Cool, but definitely can tell it's cheaply made. Must wear a t-shirt under because it is definitely see-through. My son loves it because he can be like daddy and wear his Bills Jersey whip watching football.

I got this for my son's 9th birthday but the jersey is thin and cheap and tiny. I'm going to have to rush to find him a different gift because I know he would be disappointed, too.

I received the NFL Broncos Replica Youth Helmet & Jersey today. It is supposed to be a Christmas gift for my 5 year old son. The helmet has scratches all over it and the bronco horse sticker on the sides of the helmet are uneven. Obviously uneven! I am not sure what I will do yet, return it or keep it because the Broncos set is sold out and it's just a play toy. He's obviously going to put a few more scratches on it the same day he puts it on. Also, around the edges of the sticker (the navy blue outlining) the color is coming off. There are scratches of white around the outside of the sticker. This product could be better.Update: 2-stars for the product, 5+-stars for Amazon customer service. Amazon customer service is excellent and went above and beyond in helping with my damaged product. If you happen to receive a damaged helmet, which I hope you don't, Amazon is very helpful.

I had thought I was ordering the set with the pants too. Its packaged exactly like the sets with pants. Even more importanty, there was a significant amount of sticky glue in the top of the helmet. When the package arrived, my son excitedly put it on and ended up losing a chunk of hair trying to pull the helmet off. You can imagine how that impacted a 6 year old. We eventually pulled and scraped all of the glue off the helmet but I would not have bought this product if I had known what we were in for.

The helmets are great but the "standings boards" are cheap and flimsy. It's almost impossible to get all 16 helmets on the board without some falling off.

I had two helmets the same, and writing/signatures on others.

I like the item, but I do NOT like used material sold as brand new. There are scuff marks on the helmet already, and the gift box was ripped and made to look like new. This was for a birthday party and this was such a huge waste of money and time because I could not possible give this as a gift.

missing from box. I want a refund!!!!

After just one wash, and hanging it to dry, all the lettering is already peeling off the jersey. It's not even wearable. What a disappointing birthday gift. We are only keeping it because my son doesn't want to part with the helmet.

Product came to my house a week after it was suppose to.

Had to give it away to a much smaller child.

Love the helmet but the shirt is not what I was expected. Will save it for my grandchild after my son graduate from college of course. Smile

I bought this item for the new logos like the Dolphins, Jaguars, Buccaneers, and Browns. They came with the old logos and not as pictured. Very dissapointed.

For $20, I would expect a bit more. The helmets are decent, but the boards (that you're meant to hang the helmets from) is super flimsy and doesn't hold the helmets at all. As soon as you touch one helmet, all of the others fall down -- and isn't that the point of this in the first place... To be able to shuffle the helmets to various locations throughout the season? I probably should have returned it, but I had disposed of the packaging and didn't feel like going through the hassle. Don't bother.

The product was misrepresented and did not receive all the pieces