Hot Wheels Sharkbite Bay Play Set
by Mattel
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MattelBrand: Mattel
Release Date: 2008-11-01
Model: N4739
Product features:
- Good for hours of fun
- 12 fishy phrases for thrilling fun
- Portable playset folds out
- Includes one vehicle
- Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles
Toys and Games Reviews of Hot Wheels Sharkbite Bay Play Set
Customer Review: Little Boy Loves It
Summary: 4 Stars
Most of the reviews on this seem to be negative, although I personally don't have much bad to say about it.
This is a pop-up/foldable set.
There's an elevator that brings a car up to the tallest ramp, which is a curved track which send the car into the shark's mouth that has a surf board hanging from it (you can fold the surf board and open the sharks mouth if a particular car is too light to effectively "break" the board the first time).
Upon exiting the sharks mouth the car is sent down another curved track into a pair of "doors". There's a second bit of track on the lower level, with a piece of track that my son calls "the bridge" (as it folds up) that allows a car to go from one side of the set to the other down a ramp onto a spinning circle the car exits and then can go through a "wave" (the only seemingly useless thing in the set) and get out on the other side.
There is also a "cage" that can carry at least one car, or imprison one also. :)
THE BEST PART is the car catapult/ejector - you place a car opposite of the shark and press a button and the car is thrown into the sharks mouth. This works exactly as directed for us.
Pros:
- It folds up very easily.
- The shark says many phrases. Each phrase is appropriate for the play involved - ie if the car breaks through the sharks mouth it says a phrase like "catch you next time" or if the car gets eaten it burps, etc.
- Car thrower works VERY well, throws cars into the sharks mouth!
- My three year old can open and put this away by himself.
- The spinning wheel of doom is very easily spun, the sticker of eels(?) makes it a little slippery for cars though.
- The cage/prison surprisingly adds a lot of imaginative play for my son.
Cons:
- You can't combine more track to the set to make it apart of a larger senario.
- The "wave" under the shark doesn't do much of anything, I assume it's supposed to throw cars off track - but doesn't.
- The elevator isn't the most durable thing. It hasn't been broke, but I can see it happening, although this wouldn't change the playability of the set.
Description of Hot Wheels Sharkbite Bay Play Set
HOT WHEELS® SHARKBITE BAYTM Play Set: Take a ride on the wild island coaster but beware of the chomping shark because this shark likes his meals on wheels! This portable play set folds out and features 12 "fishy" phrases for "thrilling" fun. Includes 1 vehicle. Not for use with some Hot Wheels® vehicles. Ages 4 and over.Vehicle Playsets Toys
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