Matchbox Mega Rig Shark Adventure

by Mattel

Product Features

• Assemble your Mega Rig crew and launch the Shark Ship!
• Your mission is to rescue your diver from the jaws of an enormous shark!
• Part of a building system, you can connect and combine your mega pieces to build over 30 vehicles!
• Every boat has wheels and also floats - so play on land or in water!
• Comes with huge boat, chomping shark, men, firing harpoon, and more!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 22 x 15 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 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: B000OC2W50
• Item model number: K9947
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #997 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #6 in Toys & Games > Play Vehicles > Play Vehicles
  • #6 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Activity > Cars, Trucks, Boats & Planes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

You’re a marine biologist scouting the deepest depths of ancient seas to find undiscovered creatures. As your man in the diving cage is attacked by a 50-foot Shark-Saurus, you know you have to act fast to save him and capture the great grey beast. Assemble your Mega Rig crew and prepare to launch the Shark Ship!

With this building system, you can connect and combine (and disconnect and recombine) the included mega pieces to build over 30 boat or vehicle combinations. An added bonus is that every boat has wheels but also floats, making them ideal for play on land or in water.

This Mega Rig set comes with a huge boat, paleo-sub, diving cage, harpoon gun, diver, boat captain, oversized oyster, and more. Oh, did we mention that it also includes the huge "chomping" shark? Get ready to set sail on one awfully big adventure!

The chomping shark and the Mega Rig ship prepare to do battle. View larger.

The harpoon can be fired to try to capture the shark. View larger.

Product Description

Your mission is to rescue your diver from the jaws of an enormous shark. Part of a building system, you can connect and combine your mega pieces to build over thirty vehicles. Every boat has wheels and also floats - so play on land or in water. This Mega Rig Set comes with huge boat, chomping shark, men, firing harpoon and more.Colors and decorations may vary.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic fun at bath-time!, September 16, 2007

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C. Call "ScoutMama" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Matchbox Mega Rig Shark Adventure (Toy)

My six year old loves this ship! It comes apart to reassemble into dozens of new combinations, which both challenges his dexterity and sparks his imagination - he's a pretty sharp boat designer now. As with all the Mega Rig products, it's fairly durable (we've only had one small breakage in one of the other Mega Rig toys - and we have probably a hundred pieces). And it comes with a hungry shark! Who could ask for more?

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great toy in the Mega Rig line!, November 18, 2007

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snoopygirl (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: Matchbox Mega Rig Shark Adventure (Toy)

My boys (ages 5 and 7) love the variety in the Mega Rig items each year. This is no exception. It is a pretty big set with lots of options for creating smaller boats. My younger son received it for his birthday, and he immediately created two smaller boats (to share with his brother and sister) along with the large section. They even combine the other Mega Rig sets to create different areas of their "world" on the living room rug.

The best feature for me is the fact that the shark has a slit on the underside. I can get my finger in there and poke out anything that the shark has "eaten", so nothing gets stuck there.

A previous reviewer gave this a very low rating simply because it includes a harpoon (so they assumed that the entire premise of the set suggests violence). THat's nonsense! All 3 of my children haven't even used the harpoon, they are so busy with other features of the set. It hasn't even occurred to them to kill sea creatures.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My sons current favorite toy, October 30, 2007

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E. Bennett "Shopsalot" - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Matchbox Mega Rig Shark Adventure (Toy)

Bought this for my 6 year old boy and it was the clear winner from all of his BD gifts. He couldn't wait to start playing with it. It has a lot of variations to toy around with and he particularly enjoys having the shark eat the captain, which is foundly named Captain "Crunch".

So far, it's not fallen apart or been broken by rough play, so it may last a few weeks!