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13.12.2018

The current price is £50 which compared to other large constructions in the range is on the cheaper end. However, playability is somewhat limited if this is the only piece. I would recommend spending a little more and going for something like a garage first, then later add some of the smaller add-ons and as interest and playability grows it would be a good addition - as long as you have somewhere it can be played with when used with water.When the box was emptied out I was faced with something resembling an Ikea flat pack. A daunting array of bits and pieces in different bags with excited children jumping up and down. The instructions guided me through it and it wasn’t too long before it was fully assembled.It is a big unit when assembled, so if you have the HW garage and a few other sets, you are going to be running out of space in quick time.The basic premise of this is that the car gets hoisted to the top of the track. It runs down into the warm water bath to heat the paint up. You lift it up and it continues down the ramp and through some sponge rollers. Wind it through the rollers and it carries on down the track and drops into the whirlpool of cold water. The cold water causes the car to change colour. You pump the button at speed which causes the car to spin around and a platform to lift. The car breaks out, runs down the ramp and into the jaws of the gator or through them depending how it is set. The car goes back up the ramp and into the warm water where it changes colour again. On the way down is a track divertor which can be set to avoid the whirlpool and jump over the head of the gator and back to the beginning again.The hotter or colder the water the faster the change of colour. Of course, you need to be careful with the temperature. The hot water is stored in a tank which you open a tap to fill the bath. You need a tank of the stuff because every dip of the car results in water escaping onto the track. There is a catch point for the water as it runs down the track so it will need to be emptied during play or it will overflow. Despite precautions there will be water escaping outside the toy, so you will need to be careful where you place this especially if you have laminate flooring. It can be used dry, but where is the fun in that!
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26.12.2018

Our 4 year old son marked this in the toy shop catalogue as something he would like for Christmas so I thought it would go down well. It's great fun and he loves it, although I have to say that he has always enjoyed playing with water.The actual water element is great. The alligator doesn't do much but I see that there is a theme of these sorts of animals in Hot Wheels toys.It's quite a lengthy build. A few bits were a little unclear on the instructions and the instructions overall are not fantastic but it's not too hard to put together.It comes with one car but that didn't seem enough so I bought a couple of other colour shifter cars separately. However,just be aware that the bigger colour shifter vehicles don't fit well and can get stuck in the track or lift so if you want to buy extra don't go for the vans.Some bits are one time click assembly which means some parts can't be taken apart for storage but only small parts so it's not too bad.It's a large item and a bit wobbly but it holds up ok as long as you don't lean on it. The first water section is a bit unstable and the whole chamber sometimes lifts out full of water, potentially causing a mini flood. The cold water spinner/alligator feature doesn't always work perfectly and sometimes needs a little nudge.It looks like it's designed to connect to other items in the range if you have an enormous house. Sadly, we don't.I did at first think it might be nice if it was mechanised, particularly the conveyor belt but it's not mechanised which suits our son as he enjoys doing something rather than watching, so he likes pushing the cars around and turning the knobs himself.It holds water fairly well but if you're not careful with the warm water lift it does go all over. You do need a jug, towel and cloth to hand but it's only water so it's not hard to clean up or just let dry.Our son certainly had fun moving the cars around and watching them change colour which is a really lovely, clever feature.It's an expensive toy but it's large and has lots of potential for fun. Our son has really enjoyed it so far and I don't see that changing.
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10.1.2019

As a water-based playset, the first thing to note about this is that it's not really suitable for use on carpet - everything around it has a very good chance of getting wet, so it's best to play on a large, water proof surface like a kitchen floor or table. This isn't too much of a problem, and actually it's nice to have the kids playing somewhere other than the living room for a change. However, if your kids have other Hot Wheels sets that they want to connect to this one, just bear in mind that they'll have to move them all to a suitable location first.The set itself is reasonably robust, at least for a Hot Wheels set, and it's held together well through some tough play. It comes with a change-colour car,which is a great feature that both my kids were amazed by at first. It uses a thermal-sensitive colour change system, so getting the car wet doesn't change the colour on its own (as implied by the picture on the box), but it's actually the temperature of the water that does the work. As a result, you need to use warm water for the top section, and iced water for the bottom section in order to achieve the colour-change (this is all explained in the instructions).Like most Hot Wheels sets, it's not really something that lends itself to particularly long play sessions on its own, but by adding on other sets and combining with extra cars/toys, kids will be able to have a lot of fun with this. The mechanisms for pushing the cars around work pretty well, and the only real hassle is that you have to keep filling it up with water at the top, and also emptying the overflow basin at the bottom.As long as you know that it's going to make a lot of water mess, it's a really fun set that Hot Wheels fans of all ages will enjoy.
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19.12.2018

This comes in a very big box and looks extremely impressive, but it is really only a summer toy if you want to use it completely. With the car-wash facility, it really needs to be outdoors, as it produces a lot of splashing and water overflow everywhere. Why would you have a water feature and not use it? We tried it out first indoors, without any water, but then we tried it out in the garden (in midwinter, brrr) with water, so we found out the hard way. There is a lot of overflow even if you are careful.When built, which is fairly easy, it looks good, and the playset is quite sturdy, so you could leave it set up providing you have the room. It needs a bit of making,as you get an assortment of different parts in plastic bags to put together to make the set look as good as on the box.The whirlpool dunk tank is interesting, and the push button is still working fine, despite being used a lot and quite hard by some enthusiastic children. The sponge rollers look like the real thing and will definitely impress the younger ones.The track is OK, but you really need an additional set with it, as it is a tad boring as a stand-alone. You have to raise the lift by cranking it yourself, and the cars are moved around the track by the child - apart from when gravity takes over - so no batteries needed. The tank needs to have hot water in it, and it changes the colour of the car, but I found that the colder the water the slower the reaction, so the warmer the better. I like the way the car jumps over the alligator (the “leap of faith”), and the large and impressive orange water tank sits on high dominating the whole playset.OK if you have plenty of room.Most importantly, my five-year-old grandson loved it – see photo.
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6.3.2019

OK, I've been proven wrong on this one: my kids love it, despite my protestations that it's big, dumb and gimmicky. But Hot Wheels have nailed it with speed, fun (and water) in evidence round every turn of the Gator Car Wash tower.Perhaps inevitably, given the size the structure and its various ramps and chutes, there is a significant amount of assembly required out of the box. Happily though, despite all the connecting pieces and the potential for misalignment, nothing is too fiddly or difficult - it's just that there's a lot of it to do.The water element of the Gator Wash is great, although despite its best efforts to direct water and contain the splashing, you'll inevitably end up with a wet floor,so bear that in mind when letting your children loose with it. It has a couple of barriers in there which re-direct the cars around different ramps on their way to the bottom, and the hand-crank lift works brilliantly to get them back to the top again. There's a water tower with tap at the top, and a bucket at the bottom that's meant to collect the water it holds.It's not without its flaws: there's little scope for children to actually drive the cars themselves because gravity is doing most of the work, the gator snap is not very satisfying, and the car wash spinner doesn't reliably eject the car, often just flipping it upside down and leaving it stuck inside.But the colour change aspect, which works when the included car enters warm and cold water, is great, and if you're able to combine it with other Hot Wheels City components then, although you'll need a lot of floor space, it's going to be played with and enjoyed for some time.
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12.3.2019

First off, you should note this is a “water” toy. I wasn’t expecting this and honestly after building it all (which took ages) I could have done without my son realising it needed water lol.It wasn’t the easiest thing to build, it took me a while, I actually did have to stop and wait for my son to go to bed because he was getting impatient with waiting for me to finish.Once completed, I felt very accomplished. The instructions of building were fairly easy to read, it was mostly just time consuming.Once built (with water added) my son (4) was extremely happy.He loves this set and plays with it all of the time. It is tiresome how many times I have to add water at times.I recommend leaving a towel underneath just in case of spilling/leaking.It is also quite big, so if you have limited space just be aware of this also.The quality of the set isn’t bad either.We have purchased a few of the lower priced sets before and wasn’t that impressed, so I didn’t know what to expect with this one.However, I was happily surprised that this is of a higher quality, which it should be considering the price tag of £54.99.The biggest pro of this though is how much my son loves it and he has certainly played with it enough to warrant the price tag. Recommend highly for little boys/girls who loves their cars etc.
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20.4.2019

This is targeted at age 5 and up, but definitely needs adult help to assemble. My nearly 8 year-old who assembles all our Ikea purchases couldn't manage to put it together unaided despite best efforts. When assembled it's huge and (unsurprisingly) very plastic. We've only been using it in the warm weather so it has stayed outside, but already I'm beginning to wonder where on earth we will store it indoors!The set consists of a winding track with a water tank at the top. The tank has two taps which you turn on and off to distribute the water along the tap and there are various points along the track where the children have to lift, turn or twist things to move the cars to the next stage.This part works really well with collaborative play and my 3 year-old and 7 year-old played really nicely with it for really long periods of time because they each had their own jobs.First day out of the box my son was out in the garden after supper (when it was nearly dark) still playing with it and was back out again before breakfast the next day. I can see why it has such huge appeal, it's like the sand/water machine I had as a child on steroids! Both kids have declared it the best toy ever, I would only caution at considering where you will store it!
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16.12.2018

The Gator Car Wash is much more fun if connected to one of the larger Hot Wheels sets, such as the garage, because it's quite basic on its own and there's only one car included. Requires some self assembly but comes with full instructions and, though fiddly to assemble, isn't too difficult to put together. Once assembled the main features are hot and cold water baths, a 'gator' tunnel and a car that changes colour once dunked in water. There are also ramps, a lift and other bits and pieces that will appeal to younger children but; the hot and cold water tanks need some careful supervision or else water spills out over the toy and onto the carpet!. You don't have to use water if you don't want to but there's little fun left if you don't.The car wash is manually operated rather than battery powered and that can become tedious after a while, particularly for older children who won't want to push a small car up and down ramps. The joy is to connect the car wash with other sets in the series to make one 'huge', completely plastic Hot Wheels play set. You'll need plenty of empty space because once joined together these toys are large and are not something you can easily store away.
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2.1.2019

This is a great set. It’s very unusual as it combines cars with water. Also, there’s lots of inputs from your kids – some sets just involve cars racing from top to bottom. This has your children interacting with it more.The lift reminds me of that on a rollercoaster. It is manual – a hand crank - so there’s no need for batteries. I prefer a manual lift to an electric motor as there’s one more thing for kids to do, fewer things to go wrong and no problem with batteries running out.I like the way that you wash the cars as they descend, and they change colour according to the temperature of the water. The alligator also adds a bit of fun.It is best combined with other Hot Wheels sets.I really like the fact that it will connect with them – it means you can expand it with other sets and accessories over future birthdays & Christmases.The price at the time of review is £49.49 which I think is pretty reasonable. The price may have changed by the time you read this.It’s a very good set. 5 stars as it is fun and original, especially combining cars with water and the colour changes.
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24.12.2018

This is quite a substantial size when built and so it may be worth considering this and where it will go when you purchase. Also because of the water feature you may wish to make this an outside toy however as it is winter and we have wooden floors we have put plenty of towels down when our Son wishes to play with the water alongside the set however when the weather gets warmer I suspect this will end up outside.The set comes with one colour changing car but it would have been nice for there to have been two considering the size of the set. Along with the water spinning tank and upper water area there is a manual lift that your child can crank the cars up in, a spinner brush area,roller brush area and of course the Gator to avoid.My Son really likes the colour change feature and of course the Gator and he has connected the set up to some of the other set he has.A really nice big set but be aware of the size and obviously that to get the most out of it you do need to be able to add the water.
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12.12.2018

The first thing to say about this play set is that, yes, it does use real water. This does present some problems because I got it as an indoor play set but no way am I letting my little one play with water on the living room carpet.Thankfully water isn't needed so that's only a rare treat for in the garden when he's behaving himself :)The set itself is fairly large, not too much trouble to assemble and fairly sturdy once built.There is a conveyor belt style elevator to drag cars up to the top before they then race down the track itself, through two sets of washer rollers, under the water tower and then either jump the gap or go through the snapping alligator jaws.I've also got the City GaragePlay Set which is a bit more expensive(but definitely worth plumping up the extra cash for as it's a significant upgrade over this one).Overall, this is a firm favourite and my little one definitely spends more time playing with his Hot Wheels sets than most of his other toys.
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21.4.2020

I bought this (knowing it was quite large) for my second cousin. Mostly because it looked cool and I was slightly jealous that I didn't have anything like it when I was growing up! Also slightly because I knew my cousin would hate it (like the drum/musical instrument kit I bought the boy when he was 3!It worked on all 3 accounts (3 being the boy loved it!) I have since bought him a smaller add on kit for his birthday and now get regular photo updates (it now gets played with outside to avoid water everywhere!

12.12.2018

This is a hot wheels track with a lift, water wash, crazy ramps and an alligator tunnel. It was easy to set up, with excellent instructions included. The lift is hand cranked and the cars have to be pushed round the whole track. I am not quite sure of the point of the alligator, I had expected it to eat cars or something but it doesn't do much. The water is a fun idea but soon gets messy! Fun for a while, 4 stars.

23.3.2019

The instructions are clear and provided you follow to the letter, the assembly is very straightforward. With a few stickers you are up and running within 20 mins. Kids were initially very excited at ages 11, 9 and 6 and eventually, they wane in interest. Combine with other HW and you can create a city which is a little more appealing. If your kids like their cars this is a good option.

27.2.2019

My 4 year old son loves this it’s his favourite toy.He loves watching the cars change colour.He loves cranking them up to the top.The cold water spinner is fun too!Even my 7 year old enjoyed this toy.My only gripe would be that the drip bowl is difficult to manoeuvre from underneath when it’s full up and that the crocodile mechanism has to keep being reset.

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