CATERPILLAR small Excavator

by Bruder Toys

Product Features

• Made in Germany
• Constructed out of fade-resistant, high-quality ABS plastic, with no glue or screws
• Realistic details and functions encourage imaginative play
• Great for use indoors and outdoors
• Recommended Age Range 3+ Years

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 6.7 x 10.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000HBXWMA
• Item model number: 02446
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,349 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #66 in Toys & Games > Hobbies > Scaled Model Vehicles
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This Caterpillar Excavator is wheeled for use on concrete or asphalt! Realistic details include sculpted rubber wheels, an easy-to-use shovel arm with removable bucket that is operated with a handle, a cab that rotates 360 and a hood that opens to reveal the ventilator grill.

Product Description

This Caterpillar Excavator is wheeled for use on concrete or asphalt! Realistic details include sculpted rubber wheels, an easy-to-use shovel arm with removable bucket that is operated with a handle, a cab that rotates 360° and a hood that opens to reveal the ventilator grill.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ginchy but pinchy, November 18, 2010

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R. Smit "Mem & Pep" (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: CATERPILLAR small Excavator (Toy)

My preschooler loves this excavator. In the morning he will play with it for hours in his playroom, and still drag it out with him to the sandbox or garden for the afternoon. He never tires of it. Being a typically sturdy Bruder toy, it will probably never tire of him, either.

That said, it is a nasty piece of work on his tiny, tender hands! Each time he's played with it since we gave it to him for his birthday last week, it has pinched him somewhere. His palms and fingers have little purple bruises from the pinches. I haven't yet identified why this particular model does this. He has two other, larger Bruder diggers/trucks which have never "bitten" him.

If this were a lesser-loved toy, I'd just take it away from him. But fat chance -- he LOVES this toy. Instead I'll just have to keep telling him to play more gently with it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great little digger, February 18, 2010

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J. Schilling (Mississippi, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: CATERPILLAR small Excavator (Toy)

My son is pretty tough on toys but this one held up great. It has dug and dug and dug some more. It is very detailed. The feet came off once or twice but they snap right back. Hoses off just great.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great toy, but can be pinchy., April 28, 2011

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Panic_Buyer - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: CATERPILLAR small Excavator (Toy)

My 2.5 year old boy loves this toy and wants to play in the sandbox with it all day if I let him. He can be rough with his toys, but this particular toy seems to be holding up pretty well w/o any damage from my little monster. As one of the reviewers mentioned, it can potentially pinch little fingers. It's because the handle attached to the boom requires some coordination to operate... and most toddlers don't have that coordination. It even took me some practice to maneuver it in order to scoop sand w/ it. So the little boy rather likes to hold the arm of the excavator and scoop sand with the bucket directly w/o using the handle. Doing so, his fingers sometimes get pinched between the hydraulics and arm of the excavator. My boy learned it quickly and he avoids getting his fingers pinched... and it doesn't seem to be a big problem. I guess that's part of learning toddlers get with this toy. Overall, this is a great toy except for the price. But it's made in Germany not in China, so you're buying the Mercedes... 4 stars, not 5, b/c of the price and finger pinching.