Editorial Review

The F-series of trucks have gained tremendous popularity over the years as much for their brute power as for their macho design. And among F-series trucks, the F-350 is the largest and most imposing. Done up here in 1/6th scale, the F-350 features a wide variety of custom features likely to delight truck owners or those kids who hope to one day become truck owners. It sports spinning rims on its bulky oversized tires, as well as headlights, signal lights, and brake lights, all of which turn on and off. Acoustically, there's plenty to offer as well including a working FM radio that consumes the entirety of the truck's bed and a variety of sounds such as a horn that plays "Dixie", screeching brakes, and a car alarm. The trunk and doors open, creating all sorts of possibilities for imaginative play (wouldn't a Darth Vader action figure look great driving a truck?). Four AA and one 9.6-volt batteries are required and included. --Charlie Williams ... Read more

Editorial Review

The F-series of trucks have gained tremendous popularity over the years as much for their brute power as for their macho design. And among F-series trucks, the F-350 is the largest and most imposing. Done up here in 1/6th scale, the F-350 features a wide variety of custom features likely to delight truck owners or those kids who hope to one day become truck owners. It sports spinning rims on its bulky oversized tires, as well as headlights, signal lights, and brake lights, all of which turn on and off. Acoustically, there's plenty to offer as well including a working FM radio that consumes the entirety of the truck's bed and a variety of sounds such as a horn that plays "Dixie", screeching brakes, and a car alarm. The trunk and doors open, creating all sorts of possibilities for imaginative play (wouldn't a Darth Vader action figure look great driving a truck?). Four AA and one 9.6-volt batteries are required and included. --Charlie Williams ... Read more

Editorial Review

With so much going on in this multi-level parking garage, kids could be occupied all day. The first level features a convenience store with gasoline pumps for fueling up. Kids can park cars on one of the three upper tiers and send them zooming down again to exit at either a drop-down ramp or a switch-controlled ramp with a lift-up barrier at the end. A flip-up car launcher on the third tier gets cars up to the very top to meet guests on the helipad where the movable helicopter arrives. A lane switching gate on the third floor blocks one of the two exit ramps on this tier to prevent accidents. The accompanying pretend two-way radio has a light-up antennae and plays four realistic sounds, including a car horn and a helicopter motor. A working microphone on the radio lets kids give instructions to the parking attendants and store employees. The garage comes with 12 die-cast vehicles, ranging from 18-wheelers to sports cars—and even an ice-cream truck. This toy requires three AAA batteries for operation and a parents’ assistance for assembly. --Cristina Vaamonde ... Read more

Reviews (9)

Garage Playset Review
This toy is loads of fun, if only it wouldn't break. Within a day of having it, ramp pieces broke off, and broke where they affix to other parts, so that they could not be used anymore. This toy is not durable, nor do the pieces stay together well even when they're not broken.

delicate
My 3 year old son loves this toy but cannot manage to assemble it himself. After ours of adults trying to assemble it, I had to download a picture of it assembled to figure it out. The plastic tabs that hold the pieces together are fragile and break off easily. The other plastic parts are durable and the diecast cars are great. They are not much use if I have to glue the pieces together just for him to play.

Cheap Plastic
My 3 year old son received this as a birthday gift 3 weeks ago, he had wanted it after seeing the picture on the box. It took quite a bit of time because there were so many pieces! One of the ramps, the tabs would not clasp together, so my husband put tape on it to make it stick. The yellow base constantly breaks apart, which then makes the whole thing fall apart. My son played it with only 2 days before he became frustrated. A better toy is the Fisher Price Little People Ramps Around Garage, which he received for Christmas. It's very sturdy, the tabs are thick and lock properly, and assembly is fairly easy.

Piece of JUNK!!!
My very first review ever - never hated something so much that I felt I ought to let the public know so they don't make the same mistake. Read these other reviews - they're a lot nicer than what I'm going to say here. Not only do the ramps fall apart and the thing is like a HOUSE OF CARDS, but the stickers/decals on this thing is also CHEAPPPPPPPP! They keep peeling off or falling off. It's like George Costanza got the cheap wedding invitations and the glue on the envelopes were poison. They must have used the same adhesives on their decals. NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR THE AGGRAVATION. I'm wondering how I can get rid of this P.O.S. that is less than a month old (today is 1/13/04 and he got it for Xmas). Already one of the ramps is broken and I've used Elmer's glue on about 4 or 5 of the decals/stickers to keep the stupid things on.

Faulty
This toy falls apart frequently. The ramps come off often. The small pieces that attach the ramps break. The plastic is not durable. My 3 yr old daughter broke a small plastic lever that starts a car on it's way down the ramps. My daughter is often aggravated by this toy. She would really like the garage if it was more durable. ... Read more

Editorial Review

What good is owning a whole fleet of die cast racing vehicles if they end up sprawled across a bedroom floor or buried in the bottom of a toy box? This clever toy within a toy system features 18 racecars of varying shapes and sizes as well as a sizable truck to tote them around with.The truck, which wheels about quite nicely on its own, has 18 individual clear plastic compartments, each of which could probably also hold most Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars. The smaller cars rolled about the tabletop quite capably during our informal test and we liked the idea of a convenient storage system that can join in the fun and excitement of pretend play. --Charlie Williams ... Read more

Editorial Review

This rechargeable ni-cad battery pack works with any 9.6-volt radio control vehicle and will "charge up to 1,000" times, according to the packaging. The battery pack boasts a quick charge capability, but still takes five hours to juice up. The battery is shipped uncharged, so charging it is your first bit of business upon opening, not just plugging it into your vehicle. Remember, patience is a virtue. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

no
im taking it back have not put it together. but i have 5 children this is for my grandson. the battery is to hard to hard to get to. if you plan to have happy children you need two batteries with these toys. am unable to find any info on average time the car will run, or find any way to ask anyone

not worth the money
I bought 2 of these items for my 2 boys age 2 at 30 pounds and age 5 at 38 pounds. These 4by4 do not ride well I spent the day pushing them or pulling them. This item dose not ride well on gass small in climbs or over dirt and little rocks. The only place they seemed to be ok was on black top. This items is not a good buy. ... Read more