I bought this for my grandson, who just turned three last month. He was ecstatic about the bed and couldn't wait for it to be assembled. He has been excited about it everyday since he started using it two weeks ago.
Assembly was very straight forward, except the method of attaching the wheels to the body is a single screw and it is very difficult to hit the intended hole on the other side. Once attached the wheels are not very secure, and if you accidentally over tighten the screw (easily done since you are screwing into more plastic) you are out of luck.
The bed comes with two particle board foundations for the mattress which lay horizontally across the sides and they are squared at the corners, but the headboard end of the bed is rounded, so the particle board foundation doesn't fit flush into the corners, causing the particle board foundation to overlap the bed's center support...this prevents the mattress from lying completely flat. Time to get out the router and trim the corners to fit.
The box the bed came in is very large and took up most of my F-150's short bed...make sure you take a truck to the store if you plan on purchasing one of these beds. I purchased this from a Toys R Us store in Norfolk, Virginia. The store personnel were very friendly and helpful, which I find rare here in Virginia after being transplanted here from the Midwest three years ago.
Make sure you purchase a quality mattress for this bed since you cannot use a box springs...take care of your kid's back!
In my mind this is a much better value that the Little Tikes Sports Car Twin bed, which does not have all the cool decals that this one includes. The manufacture just needs to make a couple of minor improvements to make it near flawless.