Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels Slimecano Playset

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(129)

 

 

difficult even for a parent to put together. doesn't stay together, keeps coming apart. makes a mess. you have to clean it and put it back together everytime you play. cars get stuck on the tracks--this is NOT a racetrack! Can't get the cars to follow ALL the tracks-really just follows one track. VERY, VERY VERY POOR construction, especially for $45 it is really junk. But my 5 y/o daughter just loves the messy goo, noises, etc--

My son got this for his birthday. It took an hour to put together and then we had to find a car that was light enough for the launcher to propel the car all the way up. Almost all Hotwheels cars do not work and we have hundreds. Then the cars get stuck in these tight corridors. Plus there is the mess of the slime. Once you put it all together, it says that it shouldn't touch carpet, clothes, furniture, walls, just about everything. This is a lot of money and it is not worth it. Do not buy!!!!

My son bought this toy with his birthday money based on the false advertising on the front of the box. This toy is not a race track and yet the picture leads you to believe that it is. Its hard to put together, the cars do not stay on the track and the slime stains everything it touches.
What you get is some very expensive slime! My son was completely disappointed, especially when the store would not take it back because the box had been opened.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Whoever made this toy made a lot a money for the company, yet also created a very disallusioned future toy buyer!

The previous reviews say it all. My husband and I returned this toy only hours after assembling it. The tracks fit poorly together, so the car constantly got stuck. The exploding volcano never did explode; it only made a whirring noise. A huge disappointment!

My 6 year old son just got this toy for his birthday--which he has been begging for since he has seen it advertised on every kid's channel on TV. First of all, I knew from past experiences w/the Hotwheels playsets that this was not a good idea, so I was not the one to buy it. It took my husband what seemed like forever to put it together. Once it was together, it kept falling apart--and my son wasn't even being destructive w/it. The noises it makes are extremely annoying. Now about the "lava". I thought I was being smart by letting my son play w/this in my kitchen, but it stained my floor. Also, it got tracked on my living room carpeting and there is a red stain there as well. Needless to say, the lava only lasted for one day because it was such a mess. Then there was a screaming fight w/my son while I tried to explain why we had to throw it away. Do not waste your $$ on this toy. Mattel will be getting a written complaint from me. If I had the receipt for this toy it would have gone back to the store already.

My son really wanted this for his birthday. It is a total piece of junk. It wouldn't go together right and when we did finally assemble it, it didn't work. The slime gets all over everything and it kept falling apart while we were trying to get it to work. We are returning it tomorrow.

this toy delivered 100% of the nightmare described by the other hideous reviews, with one added and unexpected bonus: the slime caused a fabulous burning sensation on my hands. another bonus: lots of laughs triggered by our inability to control our involuntary, reflex-like use of profanity during the assembly phase. they should include blood pressure medication and counseling with this thing. it will push you to the breaking point, and all you will be able to do is laugh maniacally. forget ever taking it apart. you'll never put it together again. the only way to get it de-slimed was to hose it down in the tub (alas, with itchy, burning hands). our plan is to permanently glue the whole thing together and let our son keep it in his room until the fascination wears off.

I purchased this playset for my two year old son for his birthday. I put it together for him that morning so he could play with it right away. I was very disapointed with the quality of the workmanship of this toy. For $50 I expected more. The launcher would not get the car 2/3 of the way up the ramp. The car would get stuck on the seams between ramps and stop. Good thing my son wasn't home when I finished building it. I quickly took it apart, shoved it back into the box and took it back for a refund. I got him two Tonka trucks and five Hot Wheels cars instead.

If you have not taken this out of the box - DON'T. This is the worst quality toy I have ever seen. Not only is it very poor quality, but it does not work. Thank goodness I removed the slime before my son could open it.

My five-year-old has been begging for this toy for a couple of months and we finally let him have it for his birthday tonight. He had a horrible time trying to find a car that would work with it ... and he has no lack of Hot Wheels cars. The launcher does not have enough force to get any of his cars to the top and he has to help them along by hand. But ... then they get stuck in the too tight spaces and too sharp curves. He's sitting with it now, trying to figure out how to make it function properly, but its not holding his attention enough not to check out the cartoons on tv. The only thing that seems to work is the slime coming out, although not at the proper time ... and that's the only part he seems to be enjoying. I'm sure that when the slime dries out this toy will not be used again. A complete waste of money. If your child is into volcanoes, as mine is, I'd recommend trying to find a volcano kit in the kids science aisle instead. Skip this bit of junk.