Hot Wheels 4 Lane Raceway

by Mattel

Product Features

• Want to know which Hot Wheels® car is the fastest of em all
• Then line em up and race em down the 4-Lane Raceway!
• The fair start gate and winner's flag shows the clear victor in every race!
• Connects to other Hot Wheels sets for crazy racing action
• Case has a fold out handle for you to take your racing action to go

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 10.1 x 18.9 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000JSI63G
• Item model number: K4321
• Our recommended age: 5 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,092 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #55 in Toys & Games > Play Vehicles > Vehicle Playsets
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (147 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Want to know which Hot Wheels® car is the fastest of em all. Then line em up and race em down the 4-Lane Raceway! The fair start gate and winner's flag shows the clear victor in every race! Ages 5 and over. Not for use with some Hot Wheels® vehicles.

Product Description

Want to know which Hot Wheels car is the fastest of them all? Then line them up and race them down this Four-Lane Raceway. The fair start gate and winner's flag shows the clear victor in every race. Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles. Folds out to 6'. Cars not included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hours of FUN!, August 27, 2007

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M. Sheppard (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels 4 Lane Raceway (Toy)

My son got this for his 3rd birthday. He absolutely LOVES it! It is so easy to set up and then folds back down for easy storage. He has great fun racing down the cars and then looking to see who was first by which flag pops. WHile it is recommended for 5+ years, it is certainly a great toy for even the younger ones!

86 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, May 29, 2007

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A. Hasting (New York) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels 4 Lane Raceway (Toy)

I use this toy for speech therapy and it is a lot of fun. It is easy to set up and is fairly sturdy-I gave it 4 stars for durability because it will collapse if the child leans on it, but mine has not broken, even with rough toddlers. (However, I don't doubt that determined and unsupervised toddlers can do permanent damage to any toy.) The track segments, which typically just fold together, can become detached, but again, they've never broken. I just snap it back together. The release mechanism is easy for little hands to manipulate, including children with some fine motor problems. Older kids like that there is an impartial way to judge the winner (as opposed to just "eyeballing" it). There are little plastic things (flags?) that pop up when hit by the cars, and the first one to be pushed up shows through a little window at the bottom of the track. No arguments about who won.

I like that it does not require batteries, keeps children's attention, and has quick and easy set up. As far as educational value-well, I'm not a teacher, so I don't feel completely qualified to judge. I believe it would facilitate teaching the concepts of ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.), stop and go, fast, slow, turn taking, mine, yours, supposition (guessing which car will win), some basic physics (again, in guessing which car will win, due to size, weight, aerodynamic features), win, lose, future and past tense (will win, won)... probably other things.

Good buy. I've used it with girls and boys, ages 2-11, everything from autism to cochlear implants to phonological processes. I believe typically developing children would like it as well.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grandma Linda, October 27, 2007

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Linda Petrocelli "Happy Grandma" (Sebring, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels 4 Lane Raceway (Toy)

I was looking for a toy my three grandsons (9,6 & 3) could play with together when they came to visit. They all love cars, so I picked this up in a store just as something to keep at my house. They all loved it. It went together so easily, and doesn't break, even when it gets toppled over. Best of all it packs up in minutes and can be put away in a limited amount of space. I am now purchasing one for my twin grandsons, who live quite a distance away, but enjoyed it also during a recent visit. Most race track toys have room for only one car at a time, which causes problems, but because this track has room for 4 cars, they all get to enjoy it and compete for the title of "fastest" car. I love it.