Bruder Toys Man Garbage Truck Rear Loading Green
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: BruderBrand: Bruder Toys
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Model: 02764
Product features:
- Made in Germany
- Constructed out of fade-resistant, high-quality ABS plastic, with no glue or screws
- Realistic details and functions encourage imaginative play
- Great for use indoors and outdoors
- Recommended Age Range 3+ Years
Toys and Games Reviews of Bruder Toys Man Garbage Truck Rear Loading Green
Customer Review: Nice Truck, Hoped for More of a Wow! Factor
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a really difficult time deciding which garbage truck to buy: Bruder or Playmobil? I went back and forth, watched YouTube video reviews, and when the Bruder - which I really liked the appearance of - went on sale, I snapped it up. You can, for the record, get this at about 30% off from time to time, and I beleive it's worth the wait.
This was a gift for my two-year old daughter. Both my two and four year old are mesmerized by the weekly garbage collection on our street. Lots of running to the windows, faces pressed against the glass and so on. So I knew this would be a big hit, and it was. I don't know which of my girls likes it better, and it was a struggle tearing my four year old away from it at naptime (the two year old took it with her and is happily singing and shuttling garbage to the main compartment as I type).
The first thing that really struck me about this truck is just how incredibly large it is. There is a sticker on the top discouraging children from using it as a riding toy, and appropriately so; If I were three I'd hop right on and try to scoot myself around the house on it, which is precisely what my two year old did later on in the evening. It isn't broken from the abuse. Yet.
Despite the large body, the cab is small-ish, about the right size for Playmobil people (the truck itself dwarfs our Playmobil figures and vehicles). The doors to the cab do not open, and while I should have paid more attention when ordering, I didn't and was thus disappointed in this. So were my daughters. That was one of the first things they looked for were doors to open on the cab.
The rear of the truck has two little tabs which the two included rolly-cans can clip onto, and a lever with which to dump them. I fashioned some small trash bags to gift alongside the truck. Once the cans are emptied into the rear, the garbage is shuttled to the main compartment via two Archimedes screws which are operated by a crank on the side. These work fantastically when loaded with weighted garbage. For example, the girls have thrown away the marbles from thier marble run and the marbles are very efficiently moved to the main compartment. Playmobil accessories - like the bottles and cans from the kitchen set are great things to fill the trash cans with too. The lightweight garbage bags, however, will make their way back eventually but it's a bit less satisfying. The shreds of wrapping paper they tossed in there not only got stuck in the garbage cans, but just sort of sat atop the screw-devices getting fluffed about for the most part, much of the scraps refused to be pushed into the main compartment. So that's the first minor gripe.
The second is that the trash cans, when loaded up with something heavy - like marbles - tend to come detached during the dump procedure, scattering marbles across the floor, and frustrating the children. Sometimes (tho less often) they will disengage even with a lighter load. We also bought the extra set of cans (three cans plus a dumpster) from Bruder. The dumpster is a bit annoying and tedious to attach to the provided red arms (these fold in for the smaller cans) and the dumpster *does not* stay attached when attempting to empty it into the truck. Which is a shame, becase the dumpster is pretty cool. These issues have led my children to pretty much abandon the trash cans (except for use as ladybug and beetle holders when outdoors) and instead they just cram trash and various other objects into the back of the truck by hand. They don't sense anything's amiss.
So, while I probably would have demoted this truck to three stars based on those issues, they aren't *really* issues that effect the play value of this truck, just aesthetic gripes from a parent who feels she put some big $$$ down on this things and expected it to work seamlessly, and to some extent, effortlessly. The kids love the truck nonetheless, and because of that I don't regret buying it. Although if I had a do-over, I might give a closer look at the Playmobil variation. And I definitely would not buy the extra cans.
I think that overall (assuming I can get them to stop filling the back with sand and seizing the Archimedes screw crank - this can be remedied by runnign water through it) this is a really durable truck. After all, it did support my daughter's 30 lbs... even though it claimed it couldn't do that. It's ABS plastic, what car bumpers are made of, so it shoudl in theory be tough -- and it just feels really solid. It's great looking, very realistic and detailed but not detailed to the point of being fragile and unplayable.
Bottom line: Good toy, but perhaps not 'Great!' and German manufacturing is a plus. Even with its flaws, it's sure to be a hit with truck-loving kids.
Description of Bruder Toys Man Garbage Truck Rear Loading Green
Time to take out the trash! Unload the two included bins using the hinged carrier plate, then transport the trash into the storage section of the body by manually spinning the screw extruders. The cab has folding mirrors and tilts forward to display the detailed engine, plus the lift gate opens and the body inclines to dump the contents.Play Vehicles Toys
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