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Polly Pocket Pollywheels Race to the Mall by Mattel
Product SummaryManufacturer: Mattel Brand: Mattel Release Date: 2007-06-01 Model: L4357 Product features: - Polly and her friend can race through the big city and win the flag at the finish line
- Or they can dine, shop and stop for the view at the high observation deck
- Girls place Polly and Lila in the two cars at the gate, push the button and race
- Or simply push on the car for continuous cruising, up the elevator and around the town
- What fun for ages 4 and up!
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Toys and Games Reviews of Polly Pocket Pollywheels Race to the MallCustomer Review: My 4-yo daughter LOVES this toy Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, I was very skeptical about this toy at first. We don't want our daughter too hung up on stereotypical girlie things. She loves puzzles and is just getting into card games, etc. The "Race to the Mall" theme sounded pretty bad to me. She saw it when we were shopping for gifts for her 4th birthday and fell in love with the box (give her a break -- she's 4).
But look, it's mostly a car racing game. Sure, the track is pink, but it's an action toy, and she's playing with cars.
I compare this in my mind to the old hot-wheels-branded race track I had when I was little. I think that basically just had the launcher, the loop, and a straight track after that. Maybe there was a finish line for two cars to race (but I'm not sure). This toy is much more elaborate, and allow for much more imaginative use. There's a motorized car escalator, you can route the cars to keep going aroung the track via the escalator, or to proceed down to the finish line, complete with cute finishing flags. There's a little mechanism for launching magnetic shopping bags onto the back of the car that is lots of fun for her to play with. In truth, she rarely uses the "mall" aspects of this, like pretending to eat in the little cafe or buying stuff. But maybe that's because we don't do much of this "mall stuff" in real life.
Okay, what people have said about it being flimsy is true to some extent. If you lean on the track much, some supports will fall down, and you would have to put them back in place. There's a little pin on the track near the shopping bag launcher that I am constantly pushing back into the little hole (one a day, maybe). I try to get my daughter not to lean on the tracks, and it seems okay, but she's pretty gentle with her toys overall.
So in summary, she loves it, and we parents don't really have a problem with. I think it's cool for her to have an action toy that is a nice break from learning her letter writing, doing puzzles, etc. BTW, I think we may have gotten it much cheaper at a physical store whose logo is a red bullseye.
p.s. - I guess it's worth noting that the two cars do not actually race. The car of the person who hits the launcher first goes, and the other one does not go until that person hits the launcher again. So things like the finish line with flags are really just for show. But she doesn't really know the difference, and didn't have some expectations going into it that were upset by this.
p.p.s. - The launcher can jam if it is not on a hard surface. Ours is on carpeting, so we taped up the little button underneath the launcher mechanism.
Description of Polly Pocket Pollywheels Race to the MallPolly and her friend can race through the big city and win the flag at the finish line, or dine, shop and stop for the view at the high observation deck. Girls place Polly and Lila in the two cars at the gate, push the button and race, or simply push on the car for continuous cruising, up the elevator and around the town. Measures 48"L x 13.5"W x 12"H. Wanna go to the mall? I?ll race ya! If anyone understands a girl?s passion for needing to shop immediately, it?s Polly Pocket and her friend Lila. And this racetrack set is just the thing to get them to the mall in record time.  | | Race to the Mall includes two cars and two dolls. | There are three different ways to play with the bright pink and purple track that has over nine feet of roadway. You can place Polly and Lila in their included cars and push down on the key to race them; you can push them around the track at your own speed; or you can put them on continuous cruise mode and watch as they go up the automatic escalator to the starting line. In race mode, winners will get the shopping bag and find secrets and surprises, and a flag will pop up. When you get tired of all that driving, stop in the mall for shopping, dining, or people watching from the observation deck. Ready? Set Go! (Requires 3 AA batteries, not included.) p>
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