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Tesco toys can look impressive but are actually cheap and nasty and break incredibly easily, or do not work properly from the 'get go'. Discuss

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handlemecarefully · 14/04/2008 22:23

Ds has received 3 tesco toys over the past couple of birthdays - all 3 were faulty in some way. Were we just unlucky?

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somersetmum · 14/04/2008 22:25

Tesco train track is brill! I don't have much experience of other Tesco toys, so can't comment.

pinkbubble · 14/04/2008 22:26

To be honest, never had a problem with any toy! SORRY!

hana · 14/04/2008 22:26

you generally get what you pay for (or what others have paid for)

SquonkTheBeerGuru · 14/04/2008 22:27

they seem to last a fair while in this house.

And my kids can break anything

paddingtonbear1 · 14/04/2008 22:29

Tesco wooden train track is fine. Their cheapo battery powered engines not so fine, we had 2 which both only lasted a week or so (not dud batteries)! When I mentioned this to a friend, she said the same had happened to her.
dd got 2 Tesco 'laptop' type toys a couple of years ago. Both broke within a month!

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handlemecarefully · 14/04/2008 22:30

Well obviously even Tesco cant fuck up wooden rail track!

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handlemecarefully · 14/04/2008 22:31

The toys concerned were all 'electronic' in some ways... interesting what you say about the battery powered engines

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policywonk · 14/04/2008 22:31

Aaargh that's true about the battery-powered engines - we've had two and they both stopped working very quickly.

Also best to avoid their battery-powered bubble guns IME.

An ethical person will be along shortly to tell us that it serves us right...

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handlemecarefully · 14/04/2008 22:32

Well I have a clear conscience there - didn't buy the Tesco toys personally!

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Twinklemegan · 14/04/2008 22:41

We've had a couple of very good toys from Tesco - we don't make a habit of buying toys from there I might add. They had a "Cars" car which you shake to power up and then let it go - it's still going strong a year later. And recently we've had a model lorry with a trailer that tips up - very good as well and DS loves it. I agree a lot of their stuff is probably not so good, but that goes for almost all toys.

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