Customer Reviews

Cars Tractor Tippin' Game

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I have a three and a half year old son and all he wanted for Christmas was the "mean tractor Frank". Frank happens to be the ONLY vehicle they did not make. This game has it!!! Out of the hundreds of presents he recieved over the last three days, the little Frank out of this game is his FAVORITE toy in the world. Oh and he also likes to play the game. The pieces are extremely tiny. But my 2 year old also does well with them.

We bought this game for two reasons:

1) My son loves Frank. To date, this is the only place to get one unless you buy a custom one on ebay (I will admit I am considering it--ok, I love Frank, too).

So, for those of you wondering what that Mattel version of Frank that you see on ebay is, this is it. I can't believe people are paying $30 for these things! You need to know, the scale will be way off with Frank being slightly smaller than the diecast cars. My 3 year old isn't particularly concerned with scale, however. Yours probably won't be either.

2) When he got his diecast tractor, my son's almost immediate response was, "There's just one?" This game has 16 tractor game pieces. Great tipping fun that can also be used as an opportunity to count.

All the gamepieces are made of plastic. The tractors and the cars and made of a slightly pliable plastic, like resin. Frank is made of a firmer, case like plastic.

Please, bear in mind, these gamepieces are freakin' tiny! I am a bit obsessive when it comes to keeping up with his toys and we have still lost 4 of the tractors over the past 6 months. We still have Frank, Mater, Sally, Doc and Lightning, though. And...we still have 12 tractors, and that's plenty.

I can't really comment on the quality of the game itself. I couldn't care less. We've got Frank! (and lots of tractors)

My son is 5 years old and loves this game! He loves making the silly sounds when he tips a tractor. Also, it helps him with counting and how to keep score. It's well made. The numbers on the bottom of each tractor are a little hard to read. It's somewhat eduacational and a lot of fun!

I was optimistic when I bought this, thinking, oh we'll enjoy it. Nope, he just plays with the tractors. The board is boring and the game itself seems never ending. After a couple of rounds on differnt days, I gave in and just let him use the tractors and Frank.

My 3yr old has watched Cars innumerable times. His favorite part of the movie is Frank chasing McQueen and Mater. This game is it!

The pieces are small but more detailed than I expected. Frank in particular is ok. The game itself is again better than I expected (I had very low expectations). You move around the board, tipping (collecting) tractors along the way. You roll a dice to see how far to go, one side of the dice causes Frank to wake up, move to another spot. And he'll chase you back to the start if you're in the way.

My 3yr old loves it. The there are numbers on the bottom of the tractors that you're supposed to add up. But thats too much work, we just count how many tractors there are, or just roll the dice and try to wake up Frank... or just play with the pieces.

My six-year-old saved his money and spent it on this game. The movie tie-in lured him to the purchase. We've played the game a few times. I'm still not completely clear on the rules. The "points" assigned to the tractors are impossible to read - in fact my son, who wears eyeglasses, cannot even tell where they are. He prefers the old classics, Monopoly Jr., Sorry, Trouble, Mousetrap, and Scrabble Jr. to this game. Purchase one of those instead.

The first thing we observed with this toy was how small the pieces were. Given that the target audience is the 3-6 year old crowd, I'm surprised that the pieces were so small. But my 4 year old really likes the game - not really for the gameplay, but rather just to move the pieces around. I think they could've just made some die-cast figurines and they'd have had just as much fun. Overall, not a great item, but they really love these Cars games!!

The only fun this game has is playing with the game pieces. The game play is very boring and also, like other parents, I still am a little vague on what the rules are. If you are like my son, and wanted a Frank to play with, you can buy one on Ebay. People are making them custom, but at a high price. I suppose this game is worth the money just to play with the little tractors and Frank. But beware, the game is BORING and DULL.

My daughters love this game. It is very cute, and they enjoy it. We really like making the tractors tip over! The only negative thing I have to say is the pieces are very small, and replacements are not available.

This game is fun for the family. It's very simple and can be played by young children learning to count. It's not overly exciting by itself, but you can make it that way with your own spin on sound effects.