Hot Wheels Starter Set Track Set

by Mattel

Product Features

• Blast your cars up, down and around the motorized loop raceway
• Hours of awesome Hot Wheels racing fun
• Includes motorized booster for stunts and crashing action
• Includes one vehicle
• Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 2.5 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 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: B001O2S7XA
• Item model number: N8499
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,198 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hot Wheels Starter Set: Blast your cars up, down and around the motorized loop raceway. Boys can use multiple cars on the set for hours of awesome Hot Wheels racing fun. Includes motorized booster for stunts and crashing action. Includes one vehicle. Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles.

Product Description

Blast your cars up, down and around the motorized loop raceway! Boys can use multiple cars on the set for hours of awesome Hot Wheels® racing fun. Includes motorized booster for stunts and crashing action.

• Includes 1 vehicle
• Not for use with some Hot Wheels® vehicles
• Recommended Ages: 5 years & up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Toy - Not a Starter Set! Use any Car!, October 18, 2009

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Grandson Crazy (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels Starter Set Track Set (Toy)

I bought this toy at Walmart for $[...] (Sept-09) for my 4-yr old grandson. He LOVES it, and I like it because it is only 27" long, and I can pick it up (even from the top loop) and move it. You can use any car with it, although it works best with the light-weight Trick-Tracks or Hot Wheels cars. The 5-packs of cars cost $[...].

The description on the box says "not for use with some cars", & I called Hot Wheels (Mattel) & the rep.said that some die-cast cars are too wide. The track comes with one car.

There's a drop-in ramp, and you can put in 2 or 3 cars and see how long it will work before they crash! Cole likes this best of all. The cars go through a motor (2-D batteries) that jets the cars around the loops.

Also - the rep. said that this set does NOT connect to other sets (contrary to what it says on the box - there is no exit track. BTW- set up was easy for me. Buy it!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, but it gets old fairly quickly. Good for the younger set, December 26, 2009

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Bullwinkle (Auburndale, FL United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Hot Wheels Starter Set Track Set (Toy)

The track itself is fairly easy to put together and when it's done, you have an initial drop where you start your car. It goes down into an accelerator that pushes the car fast enough to go up the big loop, then into a u-turn curve and heads back down to the starting point again to do it all over again. That's it. You can add a variety twist to this by adding a second or third car and seeing how long it will take before they crash. This is fun to watch as an adult, but it gets old after 5 or 10 minutes. The kids enjoy it, but after playing 2 or 3 times, it gets old for them as well and this is with a 7 year old and a 6 year old.

The construction is OK. The supports for the loop hold it well enough to keep to going, but it does shake alot. Overall, it works as advertised and I would suggest this for the under 7 crowd.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great track, September 1, 2009

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amynicole902 "amynicole902" (California) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

My son has had a few sets, and this is the only one that has stood the test of time. There are a few different ways to assemble the track--unless you lose one of the plastic pieces that holds sections of the track together. We've lost one of the two, and can only set the track up one way, but it still gets used! The part that shoots the cars around the track is compatible with most of the normal shaped hotwheels cars.