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Loop the loop car track - recommendations please
roisin · 07/10/2004 10:25
DS2 wants one for Christmas, and my understanding is some work, and some don't - i.e. the cars usually just fall off.
Does anyone have a good one they can recommend. Is the Penny Racers one from ELC a good one?
JanH · 07/10/2004 10:38
We tried a v cheap one from Woolies, roisin - Chad Valley on a 3-for-2, it worked out at about £6! It worked perfectly BUT the novelty wore off very quickly. Mind you DS2 was quite a bit older than yours at the time - 7 or 8 I think.
The ELC one looks fab, much more robust, and ours didn't fly through the air at the end either. I think some have double track though so you can race 2 cars - I don't know if that would be more fun?
HTH!
KBear · 07/10/2004 10:54
DS (aged 3) got one for his birthday and hasn't stopped playing with it for three weeks. It was £7 in Tesco.
Kayleigh · 07/10/2004 11:32
ooooh KBear, I bought one of those in Tesco for a friends little boy who is going to be 4 this weekend. Glad to hear it's a good toy.
roisin · 07/10/2004 20:00
Oooh thanks! I particularly like recommendations which urge me not to spend too much
Thunderbird1 · 07/10/2004 21:35
Yup - DS (4) got the Tesco one & its more than adequate. Bit of an art setting it up to the right height though so that the cars go fast enough but don't fly off !!
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