13.9.2015

The Hot Wheels 'Volcano Blast' Track Set is another addition to the Hot Wheels tracks which you can collect and add on to your ever expanding track.WHAT YOU GET:The Volcano Blast Track Set comes in a large cardboard box in numerous pieces that require assembly. Along with all of the various track pieces you also get a set of stickers to put on parts of the track, and one Hot Wheels car. You also get a fold-out instruction manual that takes you through the assembly process.THE ASSEMBLY:The assembly is relatively straight forward. The instruction manual takes you through the nine stages of the assembly with clear pictures and very little in the way of accompanying writing.Assembly took around 10 minutes,

10.4.2016

This impressive Hot Wheels Track Builder starter kit is a great way to start your Track Builder collection and build an epic world of Hot Wheels tracks! It is suitable for children aged 4 onwards.This kit comes with pieces of orange track, a split loop, ramps, launchers with connection points and underneath, two 90-degree track turns, multiple connectors, instructions and much more! It also includes one Hot Wheels vehicle so the racing fun starts straight out of the box.The instructions provides you four different ideas to build your track. We built the first design using the instructions and were very impressive with the speed and movement of the cars. The tracks are easy to slide through but to get them out,

5.9.2015

The Hot Wheels Volcano Blast was easy to assemble, following clear diagrams in the instruction leaflet. The only tricky bit was aligning the fiddly Hot Wheels logo stickers onto the sign at the top of the volcano, which I ended up tearing.Once assembled it takes up quite a large footprint on the floor, and unfortunately is quite difficult to take apart again. It would be nice if it could be easily dissembled or folded for storage, like the Play and Go Thomas toys. One of the problems is that modern Hot Wheels track uses a raised tab on the track connectors that clip into notches on the track. Although this keeps the tracks tightly connected, it makes it very difficult to pull the tracks apart again,

6.9.2015

This takes up a lot of space when set up and we set it up in the living room instead of the spare room and found it hard to take apart when not in use. We kept losing cars under the sofa and got a bit fed up moving the furniture to retrieve the cars.That said the grandsons enjoyed playing with it and said we need to buy more tracks to make it more fun, but then it would take over which ever room we put it in and it is very difficult to keep putting it up and taking it down without damaging it. Where as the old version was easy to do this as it was more flexible.Because there were only one car with it we had to go buy some more so both boys could play without them fighting over the one car,

6.9.2015

Love it! This set is great fun, and while it can be improved with the additional of other track sets, it has enough on its own to be great fun,except that you need extra cars. For that I deducted a star - I guess the assumption is that your child already has plenty of cars to use, but given that it can take eight cars, shipping it with four would have been reasonable, but it comes with just one.Anyway, apart from that, it packs a lot of excitement and has plenty of configuration options to keep the interest level going. With Hot Wheels there are always plenty of options, from adding other sets, or just being creating,

8.9.2015

This Hot Wheels set is really very good. It's a lot of fun to build and play with, the design is very clever.I've never played with one before, but hubby remembers his Hot Wheels cars of the early 70's with fond memories and says that they are just as good as ever. In fact, probably better now that there are so many cars and play sets to choose from.The volcano is easy to build but the stickers need a steady hand to stick them on with. The picture instructions are easy to follow and the whole build took us about 10 minutes. The various parts clip together smoothly and importantly, unclip easily too, so you can get it all back in the box.The only thing that this set needs is more cars to be included.

11.11.2017

Love it because my grandchildren just get so much fun from it. At 50 watching two little children take such joy from a simple thing is wonderful and of course takes me back to my youth when these things were big news back in the early 70's.In reality its not made to last but there is something timeless about letting cars scoot down a track and jump off the end. The bibs have their favourite cars for each task and it's all serious stuff. I have the fastest one because of course because I don't play fair and lubricate the wheel shafts....There is a kind of launch thing that you put your car into and then press and release. This can also be set up to go off automatically if you configure the track right.

2.8.2017

I bought one of these a while ago for my boys (4 and 6). It is a great value Hot Wheels starter set... containing 2 launchers, a loop, 2 bends and quite a few pieces of straight track. The track, and particularly the connectors are very sturdy so you don't get any bending at the joints like you did with older track.The only thing that's missing, in my opinion, is a gravity clamp, which used to be a feature of old Hot Wheels sets.There are a couple of downsides... the first being that you only get 1 car in the set... the second being that the connectors are a new format and therefore not compatible with older Hot Wheels track... The new track can be used with old track using the old connectors though.

2.8.2017

I bought one of these a while ago for my boys (4 and 6). It is a great value Hot Wheels starter set... containing 2 launchers, a loop, 2 bends and quite a few pieces of straight track. The track, and particularly the connectors are very sturdy so you don't get any bending at the joints like you did with older track.The only thing that's missing, in my opinion, is a gravity clamp, which used to be a feature of old Hot Wheels sets.There are a couple of downsides... the first being that you only get 1 car in the set... the second being that the connectors are a new format and therefore not compatible with older Hot Wheels track... The new track can be used with old track using the old connectors though.Overall an excellent introduction to Hot Wheels,

17.9.2015

This has been a big hit in our house. It has really amused my boys, who love playing with it.I found it easy to assemble and it didn't take too long to do. It is rather large and so does take up a lot of floor space. It is bright and colourful so stands out in my fairly neutral living room!The boys love firing the cars off the volcano and have made up racing games and other challenges based around the set. One downside is that it is only supplied with one car. As 8 cars can be used with the set, I think that this isn't really enough. It was lucky that we already had some hot wheels vehicles.The set can also be extended with other hot wheels sets - think there may be one on Christmas lists.Overall,

9.10.2015

I got this item for my two nephews aged 2 and 4 and they love it! It does require some assembly but it is all pretty straight forward and then is just simple and easy to play with. It's bright and colourful, can be taken down to put away and doesn't require any batteries or electricity.There are, however, two downsides. Firstly, this is pretty big. It takes up a lot of floor space which is a bit inconvenient. The second is that it only comes with one car. I know more cars can be purchased but it would have been nice if two or three were included - especially since kids this young have an amazing ability to lose their cars as soon as you hand them over!Overall though,

11.10.2015

My son loves his hot wheels track bits and is going to be chuffed on his birthday to receive this. Me and hubby put it together and had a cheeky play. We loved it.The mountain holds 8 hot wheels or similar sized cars, wind it up, press the hot wheels sign and it gradually lets each car down. The cars then hit various obstacles, including a dinosaur skull which catches the car, 2 swing door obstacles and one which shoots a "tomb stone" in the air when the car hits it.There is also a track which goes underneath the mountain. You launch the car and it raises the skull face when it reaches it.We found it easy to put together. There's no screw or batteries required.

6.9.2015

The volcano is quite easy to construct and tale to pieces. Importantly, it's reasonably solid, too, which means it works well, but is also easy to take down and store.It comes with a Hotwheels car, but it is worth having a few as this comes into its own with eight cars.There's a wind up key, which allows you to set the cars around the top of the volcano. Push down the top and all the carscare released one at a time. My girls enjoy this as it's quite exciting.However, one thing I will say about this, is it probably is better with other Hotwheels sets as it allows you to hook them all up.All in all though, this is pretty cool. :-)

11.9.2015

This is a great toy for kids of all ages. It's simple to set up and offers various different ways to play and different paths to take!It's a reasonable size so looks quite impressive when it's built up and my little one (nearly 4) seems to spend ages just playing and making up stories with the this.Only real down side is that it only comes with one car, which seems a little bit of a shameless cash in for Hot Wheels (would play so much better with at least 2-3 cars) but ultimately the kids love it and that's all that matters!

30.4.2018

Cool little starter kit. My 2 year old loves watching the car zoom around the loop. Was he develops, he may be able to use the jumps too and buy extra bits of track to make it more elaborate if he gets into it. Well manufactured product, easy to assemble, and a Hot Wheels car is included in the box. Some stickers included too. Quick delivery too. All good.If this review was useful to you, please click "Helpful" below. Thank you!

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