Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels Rumblers Thunder Launcher

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This toy is great fun. It works well and the lights and sound add a lot. My son is 5 and loves it. The lighted wheels on the car are cool to watch as it spins around and is launched down the hallway.

This toy requires a bit of coordination. You have to continue cranking while you press the button to launch. The toy is hard to stabilize while cranking, so it took my 4-year-old son many many attempts before he got the hang of it, but once he did, he loved it. I just asked him to help me write this review, and I asked him how much he liked it, and he said "as much as you love me." The whining car noise is annoying (it activates when moved a certain way); there is a switch on the bottom but I don't know what it does, since it does NOT turn off the noise.

I bought this as an additional Christmas gift for my five year old son, and minus the slightly awkward positioning of buttons and gagets (requiring two people to operate until my son got it figured out) it was really fun! I believe I paid 10.00 for it, so I was not expecting much, but this toy was a hit!

Large and rather durable for the hot wheels items (which often aren't at all.) It's a very cool toy and my son plays with it for a long time. Be aware that it's a loud toy.

Got this for my 4-year-old and he LOVES it, but it's hard to crank the wheel, push the button to release the car to launch and keep the toy from falling over. So I end up holding it with him. Lots of fun for him, but I wish he could play by himself with it. Perhaps when he is older he will master the steps.

I bought this toy for my little nephew and he loved it!
He is having a very good time playing with it.

My son got this last Christmas when he was almost 4. He loved the noises it made, but like many others, he couldnI't operate it by himself. Mostly it became a toy Mommy performed for him and he would cheer and pick what cars would go in it and hit the release button while i turned the crank. He's now almost 5 and still can't operate it, has lost a lot of interest in it. Some of his friends who are 6+ also cannot make it run without me helping them out. The drop in slot for the car almost never works, we start it with the car already loaded inside the 'circle.' Unlike most of my son's hot wheel track products, though, it has not yet broken beyond repair. Very hesitant to buy any Hot Wheel produts this year due to their 'rickity'-ness and flimsy cheap construction. This toy is also large and long, takes up a lot of space.

I agree with other reviews that this required a lot of coordination. It is too flimsy to stay upright on its own while you crank the wheel and try to press the button to launch the car. You have to hold it steady with a finger on the launch button while cranking the wheel and then try and align it with the target at the same time. My 5 year old had some considerable trouble mastering the coordination and grew impatient. He loved the concept and the noise etc but got frustrated quickly with the work involved and ended up playing with the cars and launching them at the target himself. This kept him happy for some time, but he has not gone near it since.
If they could make it more stable on the floor it would be a lot more fun to play with, I think.

Santa Claus gave this to my 7 year old son and he loves it. It comes with one car that lights and makes sounds. The unit itself plays music and lights up. You put that lightning stand at the end of the ramp, put the car in and crank it, release the button and off it goes busting through the caution sign. My 2 year old loves to sit and watch and says a loud "OOOOOO" once the car is launched. We've tried my son's other hotwheels and they work...not as well as the car that comes with it. Even my 15 year old daughter gets a kick out of playing it with the boys.