Hot Wheels Trick Tracks Power Loop

great fun but needs 2 extra cars - we bought this for our 5 yr old son for Christmas and have had lots of fun playing with it already.The kit needs constructing which is fairly simple to do and will take 20-30 mins by following the pictorial instructions. There are basically 3 sections:Part I: a launch ramp with a vice to attach to a table. the recommended height is 30-45 cm but it worked perfectly from a standard height table. the track clicks together with a simple fixing and is nice & flexible to accommodate movement and differing degrees of slope.Part II: a single loop the loopPart III: a battery operated double loop the loop with launch at the end and a small launch ramp.There are several play options but you really do need more than the one car that is provided - a minimum of 3 is ideal. We already had several and have found that some models work better than others.For Auto mode you need the 3 cars, 1 positioned at the top of the launch ramp, 1 in the single loop and one in the double. Let the first car go and once it hits the end of the ramp it launches the second car which does one loop then launches the third car. This is where the fun starts! The car in the double loop will complete several loops (we ve yet to work out if this is a set number but it seems to be at least 4 or 5), then the release ramp automatically lifts and the car shoots out the end and across the room!!Part of the fun is that the car in the double loop doesn t always manage to complete all the loops before it comes off the rails and we think this really adds to the excitement with the anticipation of a successful trick. Any of the sections can be played individually, particularly the end double loop. There is also a manual launch on parts II and III. we have just set it up with section II before section I and that was good fun although took a bit of tweaking to get it to work. But it s the tweaking that is fun, if it was too reliable it would be boring.I don t think the other reviewer really gave it a chance but our family love it, including our 2 year old who can successfully launch cars on his own. I gather you can then buy additional sets which should link in to this one (take a look on You Tube for some demo videos)

Flashy to look at but poorly designed - Dont be deceived by the exciting looking graphics on the box. There is little play value with this and no room for creativity. The loops are not connected to each other thus a lot of stopping and starting for 1 second of excitement at a time. Lots of tacky plastic bits that dont do anything. Easy to break. Not enough plain pieces of track to be imaginative with. Overpriced tat. Much better of buying strips of track seperately like days of old.. yet I do not know where to get it these days.