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 Great when it works September 8, 2008
An Aerospace Engineer (Los Angeles)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of our friend's sons had this and our son loved it. We bought it and it was a real chore to put together. Also we found that it has to be set up on a hard floor - forget about having it work right on a rug. Two other friends bought this and had the same experience. They eventually moved it outside and taped the pylons to their outside patio deck. The problems are that the pylons need to be really steady for the cars to make it around the track. If the cars don't make it around the track you don't see the fun part of it launching into the air, returning to the bin, and self aligning in the tunnel.
This is a lot of fun when it works. The other "complaint" is that very few Hot Wheel cars actually are suitable for the set. It comes with one but the real fun is having a bunch going at the same time. We combed through our 50-75 cars to get 3-5 that would work. Of course you can buy the ones recommended but who wants to do that after getting it, and laborously setting it up, while your son is axiously waiting for more?
 Don't buy from this site - overcharging! November 8, 2008
P. Baer (Finleyville, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why would anybody pay $80 or more to buy it on this site when Toys R Us has it for $40 thru 11/22, and regular price is $50. They must think people don't shop around. Don't let Amazon rip you off on this one. Ridiculous!
This Track Really Works! July 18, 2008
lulajean (Texas)
I bought this track for my 4 year old son.
The major points:
This track was complicated, but really not that hard to put together as long as you have/follow the directions.
I do NOT recommend setting this track somewhere you can not leave it for a while, but your child will be willing to play with it more than once, and it won't fall apart seconds after you assemble it.
This is the only hot wheels track that I have purchased that actually keeps the cars on the track, I was impressed.
Fascinating and exciting to run. But loud. September 28, 2008
James Begole
I bought this for myself, frankly. It is amazing. Far superior to the Hot Wheels tracks of my youth. I sit and watch amazed as the cars shoot around at such high speeds that they hurl almost two feet into the air, slowly turning as they fall into the funnel for another round. Amazing.
Each of the four loop segments is different and fascinating to watch cars scream through. The cars go through the center hub frequently, creating lots of opportunities to crash - but they go through so fast that a split second difference avoids collision. It creates heart-skipping excitement when you run two or three cars - four can't really make it, but it's fun to try.
The rotating tunnel is a very clever mechanism to drop the cars onto the track one at a time, usually right-side up. I also like it as a design element because it is reminiscent of the scene in the movie where Speed is walking through a tunnel into the stadium and the announcer is saying "All drivers report to your cars". Nice touch.
Glitches: the cars occasionally come out of the tunnel upside down, not too often though, and actually it's one of the few times you get to do anything other than watch. You have to use full power batteries or the cars won't get enough speed in the first segment (I plugged a DC wall adapter from Radio Shack into the battery compartment). The funnel plastic split after a week - which is lame; I fixed it with some clear packing tape, but its still irritating. We bent the Mach 6 axles, which is too bad because it won't make it around the track now (we got some other cars, but prices are pretty steep for the Speed Racer Hot Wheels). You do have to re-adjust the track position periodically - it helps to make the first segment as rigid as possible, otherwise its springiness sucks too much of the cars' inertia and some don't make it.
So, I like the track a lot. Really. I'm content to drop cars in and watch them loop the loop and jump and crash occasionally. But that's about all you can do with it. And it's loud. My boys (6 and 4) turn it off and run the cars around by hand, pretending to be Speed or Grey Ghost or Snake Oiler (they love Snake Oiler, which is a hoot). That's the only downside of this automated toy - you have to turn it off to add pretend and imagination. But _I_ still like it on.
 BIG Hunk O' Junk! Way Overpriced! November 14, 2008
G. Wade (Brush Prairie, Wa United States)
This looked really neat & many reviews mention that it is one of the only Hot Wheels tracks that actually work so we decided up on this for a gift for our son.
Pros:
1) It does work about 75% of the time.
2) when it does work it is pretty neat to watch. Get two cars & they crash & that is fun for about 5 minutes. Both my kids scream & squeal & love it for a short time.
Cons:
1) The cars fall off the track.
2) It only comes with one car. My son has probably 150 Hot wheels & none of them work on the track, you have to buy the special, all plastic Speed Racer cars.
3) The track is big & nearly impossible to re-locate without taking it apart, it has to be taped down to a spot so it is stable enough to work.
4) It is outragiously expensive! I bought this for a lot less on sale at Toys R Us (the cost of 2 new DVD movies) & I feel like I still spent too much!
It is a very limited toy, it requires no thinking or creativity & the fun is fleeting - 10 minutes of entertainment value if you are lucky.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless they have a chunck of change laying around & don't mind a flimsy big toy to step over...
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