Hot Wheels RC Terrain Twister Vehicle (Red)

by Mattel

• No terrain is too tough for the Terrain Twister vehicle
• Equipped with pontoons sporting corkscrew shaped treads rather than wheels
• Conquer any environment whether it is snow, water, dirt, or grass
• The possibilities for excitement are endless for the ultimate all terrain vehicle!
• RC Terrain Twister vehicle includes: Rechargeable 7.2V TMH Flexpak battery and charger

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 8 x 14.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: China
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0076IN0RE
• Item model number: X2876
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 14 years
• Batteries 1 Nonstandard Battery batteries required. (included)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,036 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #27 in Toys & Games > Play Vehicles > Radio & Remote Control > Vehicles
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)

Product Description

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Boys are in charge of the rugged action and adventure! Instead of wheels, this remote-control car sports pontoons with corkscrew-shaped threads to tackle any tough terrain!

Conquers Multiple Tough Terrains

No mission is too ambitious, no terrain is too tough for the Hot Wheels RC Terrain Twister! This big, rugged RC vehicle features a sleek design with bold colors and is engineered to conquer almost any terrain, including dirt, sand, grass, and water--it even shreds through snow! With boys in control of the RC device, the Terrain Twister is ready to speed away on exciting adventures--indoors and out.

Exclusive "Power Screw" Technology

Typical tires won't do! The Terrain Twister is equipped with pontoons sporting corkscrew-shaped threads instead of wheels, so this vehicle can handle tricky terrains. Snow? The Terrain Twister stays cool. Grass? This vehicle doesn't fear stains. Dirt? It rolls right off the car's back. Water? The Terrain Twister make waves!

Easy Remote-Control Operation

The RC controller puts kids in the driver's seat. The simple-to-use device has two buttons that can direct the Terrain Twister forward, backward, or side-to-side in a stealthy motion unique to the pontoon threads. For extra convenience, the vehicle uses an included rechargeable battery pack for hours and hours of high-powered play!

What's in the Box?

HOT WHEELS RC TERRAIN TWISTER vehicle (red), RC controller, and flex-pack battery with charger.

Radio Control Vehicle

At a Glance:

• Vehicle handles difficult terrains, making for endless challenging adventures
• Equipped with pontoons designed with corkscrew-shaped threads
• Full-function RC controller is easy to use, even for small hands
• Puts kids in charge of all the action and excitement
• Vehicle is available in a red or green design

Age: 8 years and up

Frequency: 49 MHz

Range: 65 feet (20 meters)

Trademark Information:
HOT WHEELS®
TERRAIN TWISTER™

Product Description

All Terrain all the time! No matter what the season, Tyco R/C's newest innovation in radio control can tackle any terrain! Featuring sleek pivoting pontoons with unique corkscrew treads, the Tyco Radio-Controlled Terrain Twister vehicle is virtually unstoppable as it twists its way over almost any surface!

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 70 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Great concept but poor execution October 1, 2012

By John S. Dean TOP 500 REVIEWER

Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)

Durability: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

I have a lot of R/C things here. I build and fly helicopters and planes. I have several cars, mostly high end ones. My 9 year old son loves when I have them out, but all of them are too much for his 9 year old control. So we also have a few "kid" type R/C toys as well, for him to play with. I thought this might be a fun one to have here, that we both could play with.

Arrived quickly, and in great shape. Packaging was annoying, waxed string tying everything through the cardboard, no quick release storage here. Wax on the strings made it tough on a few of them to untie the knots, so out came the scissors.

It's boxed completely assembled, all you have to do is plop the batteries into the transmitter and the vehicle. There is no on/off switch on the transmitter, but there is one on the vehicle. The rechargeable battery for it is a large articulating double rectangle, held together with a hinge type assembly, so it can bend in half and be fit inside the top of the vehicle easily. The charger is a single unit, with the prongs for the outlet built right into the charger, no cable or anything. The battery slides in from the bottom and clicks with a small release switch to remove. And here was where I found my first issue - no indicator on the charger. No light to indicate it's got power, is charging, and certainly nothing as complex as a multi colored light to indicate charging / complete status.

The transmitter - is absolute junk. It has an 8 way d-pad style control on the left side, for movement ,and the right is a simple up/down slider switch that simply adjusts the angle of the tracks and has nothing to do with movement directly, but modifies the angles of the pontoons so that different movements have different results.

And this is where the real failure was - movement. The instructions simply show 16 pictures, showing what *should* happen when you push the button on a direction. Forward, back, turns, sideway, pivoting. And about the only thing ours did that corresponded to the picture was forward and back. The instructions also state that slick surfaces (sidewalks, asphalt, tile, hard flooring) won't provide sufficient traction, so you really can't expect to be able to drive forward and backwards on it. You have to use sideways motions on them. And that's certainly true, on my linoleum floor in the kitchen it can only go side to side.

I have different carpeting in the house and on all of them, it wouldn't go straight. It would list off to the left, like an RC car that needs a steering adjustment. There was no surface I was able to try it on (grass, concrete, various carpet types, hard floors) that it would actually go straight.

And the turning is just awful. It shows that it "should" turn with the diagonal movements of the control pad, but this one doesn't. You can push up or down on the right slider switch to alter the angles and make it supposedly spin around it's axis like something strafing a target and circling it at the same time, but this didn't work very good either.

It looks cool, and my son was really excited when I unboxed it, but we both got frustrated, and subsequent attempts after making sure the battery was fully charged didn't improve anything. I had hoped maybe as the battery got low, it simply couldn't exert enough force where it needed, which would've explained the performance when we unboxed it (was about 5 minutes of play time in the battery when it was unboxed), but even fully charged the control didn't change.

All in all it's a cool toy, and looks really slick, but the fact that they say you can't go forward or back on hard floors, tiles, or even CONCRETE (?!?!?!) really means there's not a lot of places they seem to expect you to really be able to use it fully. I was surprised at the concrete problem, since I would've thought concrete had enough of a rough surface to provide traction...

It's fall now, and no place for me to test in water now, so all this is only in regards to land operation. But this is a toy that's unfortunately not going to be getting any use in our household...

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun November 1, 2012

By mompie VINE™ VOICE

Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

This is a great RC toy if you don't have the smooth surfaces that most require. It worked really well on grass and rough terrain as promised, okay on concrete and not well at all on smooth floors (expected). It's large and made a real impression on the kids and adults with its unusual styling. There was a small learning curve for the kids since it steers a little differently than a wheeled vehicle, but it didn't take long to get the hang of it. The remote range and battery life seem great - we had no problems with either. It was a hit with the 12 and 7 year olds at our house.

(We haven't had the opportunity to test it in water, but will update if we have that chance.)

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! September 8, 2012

By Les

Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase

Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

The toy works great on land and water and because of the twin screws can do tricks that are quite impressive. I used it in a very calm swimming pool and was impressed with its speed, stability and wild maneuvers. The "adults" couldn't wait to get their hands on it.