Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Claw Rescue Track Set

by Mattel

Product Features

• Based on Disney/Pixar’s New Film Toy Story 3
• Inspired by the incinerator scene from the movie
• Kids will love challenging one another to see who can jump across the track
• Lights and sound effects add to the big finish
• Comes with 1 Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Car

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 14 x 23 inches ; 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 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: B0030F6V7S
• Item model number: R2524
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 13 years
• Batteries: 3 AA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,188 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Claw Rescue Track Set: This one-loop gravity track set is based on the incinerator scene in the hit Disney/Pixar film, Toy Story 3. Kids will love challenging one another to see who can take the 1:64 inch character car down the ramp, through the loop and successfully land the jump across the track. Lights and sound effects add to the big finish. Includes one Hot Wheels car. Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Claw barely works. Don't bother with this toy., November 30, 2010

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Sam Archer (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Claw Rescue Track Set (Toy)

This toy is a track with a battery driven motor that releases a car which you must grab with a plastic claw to save from the incinerator.


The plastic claw doesn't really grab the car off the track unless you use your hand to close it.
You would think you could lower the claw which would then automatically grasp the car. Nope.

Opening it requires some force (beyond that of my 4 year old son) and he quickly lost interest in it after 5 minutes.

I tried to get my 6 year old son to play with it, but he said it was "too boring."

Bottom line:
Save your money and don't buy this. The claw doesn't pick up the car like you would want it too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun toy for my 2 year old!, December 15, 2010

By 

Laura Mchardy "mummaL" (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Claw Rescue Track Set (Toy)

I purchased this for my 2 year old son 3 days ago.He LOVES toy story and hot wheels, so this was perfect!! As the previous reviewer stated the claw does not close down around by the car on it's own, you need to do that manually, BUT it is NOT hard at ALL to wind up and release the car from the claw into the other track. My 2 year old has no issues with doing it manually and then releasing it. This toy is a huge hit, I would recommend to any toy story /hot wheels fans!! We will be purchasing more cars to go with it also! LOVE IT!!

2.0 out of 5 stars Moderately dysfunctional but playable, January 8, 2012

By 

JoelsDad - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Wheels Toy Story 3 Claw Rescue Track Set (Toy)

This was purchased as a gift for my son who enjoys building things and race tracks. Per his preference, this was the last such toy he got for Christmas that we assembled.

I like that the back of the box depicts exactly what you get (even if the front plays it up a bit too much).

It assembles in 5 minutes easily enough, though I found that looking at the picture on the box was easier than interpreting the b/w pictures in the instructions.
The pieces seem durable enough to last through the abuse of small children.

I suppose the appeal of this toy is to have multiple cars going at once so there is some challenge to it; otherwise it is very repetitive and not likely to hold interest for very long. Though you'd need one person to continually reload the cars while the other person operates the claw. Unfortunately, the set comes with only one car. The box indicates "not for use with some hot wheels vehicles", and I don't exactly know which ones those are, but my guess is that unless you use the cars specially designed for the track (shown on the box), you won't have much success with the claw. The claw needs to hit the roof of the car so it closes around the car.

Despite my initial reaction that the claw would never work, I was able to get the claw to pick up the car without helping it (as other reviews indicated) by letting go of the claw so it drops as far and as forcefully as it can. However, when it came to dropping the car in the chute, which requires hoisting the claw up so it automatically opens, the car never once landed so that it could run down the chute. Most of the time it landed on its roof, and sometimes it landed sideways.

I found the sound effects to be slightly on the loud side (my hearing is definitely not what it used to be), and there is no volume control.

All in all, I can see this being fun for very young children at the lower end of the target age group. I think a 7+ year old may find this boring pretty quickly.