Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels Fireball

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(32)

 

 

We were shopping for this toy and saw it out on display (...). Big waste of money!! When he tried to make it work, the cars got half way up the ramp and fell down. On a separate try using the net, one of the cars came out and hit him in the face. I would not recommend this for anyone with kids.

I have the same issues as other reviewers - the toy is VERY dangerous. It is very loud and without the net is scary to watch. The cars leave the track even when there is only one going and they become projectiles. The motor running the cars sounds like a chainsaw as well. We are all scared of this play set - parents and children included. Peculiar how there is an addendum to the instructions requiring a safety net (there is no mention of this in the TV ads or on the set packaging)which after installation renders the set useless as it pulls the tracks out and the cars will no longer run for more than a second without coming off the tracks. I have loved Hot Wheels sets since I was was a child but I cannot get this one back to the store quick enough.

The fireball playset by Hot Wheels is just like any one of the other Hot Wheels track sets previously own such as Spider Slam, Tornado Twister and Shark Playset. It seems this one is not that good either. Like all the other reviews it is hard to play with when the cars fall off the track when it is about to go over a loop. For the price they are asking it is not even at what I think it is worth. (...) This set is somewhat educational because it will teach kids their reflex to jump out of the way before the cars it their head but thats about it. Durability? No because the track pieces off mine keep falling off because this toy shakes as the cars go through the loop making the track pieces fall off. Plus it is noisy, my son can only play with it when no one is sleeping. Luckily this toy is going where it belongs..... the store.

When we tried the Fireball Track set the first time we got almost a chock. The high speed of the cars and at first no protection net made us very unsecure about the security for our son and others. When we tried the security net on it was to tight so the track pieces came out of its positions. That was not good. Another thing we didn't like was that the ball in the middle losened to easy, which made it to complicated to put it back in place again and again. Very noisy ! We returned the Fireball to the store...

P. Åsman

My son received this as a birthday gift. You need a screwdriver to assemble it. The cars don't run continuously, as soon as they hit the meteor & it explodes, which is every time, you have to reset everything. Oh, and if you ever wanna take it apart & put it back into the box, GOOD LUCK!

It's a great toy with lots of fun, but you've got to make a decision: use the safety net and make it less fun or go without and have your kid wear goggles so that when the cars fly out of the track at them they won't lose an eye. I chose the latter (and moved it to the basement away from the windows) and it's scads of fun! Highly recommend!

This is yet another toy that my son just had to have.

Assembly wasn't too hard just some slipping together, affixing a few stickers and putting the meteor together.

This one did come with a safety net. It is needed! The cars fly around alot. If you child moves the track around from room to room it does shift a little, thus throwing the cars off course (out of the fireball) so to speak.

The cars go REALLY fast, and are exciting to watch. The fireball is a noisy little bugger though, but if you have kids you have probably grown quite accustomed to tuning out noise!

You will need to buy D batteries, 4 of them to be exact. This does EAT up batteries so you also might want to invest in the rechargeable ones.

I only have one beef with this set. The meteor is HARD to position and it doesnt seem to want to stay there. It is held together by a rubberband, and "explodes" while the cars are racing around. My son didn't mind not using the meteor and I'm sure your kids won't either.

All in all a excellent purchase, my only trouble is finding room for all these toys once assembled!

Happy Racing!

Same story as everyone else. My 5 yr old got this for his birthday, but I'm very nervous when he plays with it. It's more fun without the safety net, but your kid might get hit in the face. With the net, it falls apart and doesn't work right.

I saw this thinking how neat it was until the car came flying out of the ball and hit my son at a very fast speed!!! Figuring it was a fluke we tried it again and again...Each and every time the car came zipping out dangerously. I would NEVER suggest this to anyone!!!!

This was a birthday gift for my 6 yr old, who LOVES Hot Wheels and everything about cars. Assembly of the toy was not that bad, you just matched the letters on the tracks. It required some effort to put the screws in, as it was hard to see with the track in the way. Toy requires BRAND NEW alkaline batteries to propel the cars. Anything less will not work. The meteor in the middle is flimsy, poorly designed, and unimpressive. Toy is very loud.

Worst of all the toy is just not fun, even for kids that adore Hot Wheels. You drop a car in, they zip endlessly in loops ... and that's about it. When they crash it can be challenging for a small one to sometimes fish the cars out. 6 year old walked away in less time than it took to build it.

-- A dad.