Hot Wheels Toy Car Track Builder Track Vertical Launch Kit Playset & 1:64 Scale Vehicle, 50 inches Tall with 36 Component Parts

I bought this for my 8yr old daughter. She is new to hot wheels, and had them at the very top of her Christmas list. I kept looking at this particular set over a month, going back and forth because she had already specifically requested other different launchers, extra track, the booster pack, and extra cars. Since she was starting from scratch, and this looked really cool and had that wow factor, I thought this would really tie everything in and make for creative play. I was worried that it wouldn't work right tho, but I finally pulled the trigger and purchased this, and I'm glad I did.This does work as described. The cars have no problem getting around the loop, but some cars can slow down shortly after completing the loop, so if you're adding a lot more track to this, I'd put a booster or another launcher not too far after the cars clear the hoop. The launcher that shoots the car up work great. This was the part I was most concerned with since I'm new to Hot Wheels, as well. My daughter did get a car stuck it the thing that the car shoots up to. She hit the launcher too hard, and the car jammed before making the curve. We did have to help getting it out, and she said she hasn't had that problem since. The cars do drop off from the blue release part of the set and land onto the lower swirling slide as it's supposed to, more times than it doesn't. Again, it's something that looked too good to be true, but it's not. I personally was pleasantly surprised with this set. I really wasn't sure if it was going to work right at all! I waited almost a month to review this because I wanted to see if it held up, and so far so good. My husband did have to put it up, so it was measured correctly, so please keep that in mind, because an adult will most likely need to do or help with the initial setup. He said it wasn't as difficult as he thought. Probably took 30-45minutes. Other than the original setup, my daughter and her neighbor friend have been able to build onto this setup by themselves and have changed the add on pieces many times with no problems. You can see the add on parts that she connected from her other Hot Wheels gifts connected off to the left of this tracks build. Those extra pieces that don't come in this set are connected right after the yellow loopty loop part ends in my pictures. She's had no problems adding the additional tracks, the white curve, the curve launcher, the booster pack, etc to this existing set that stays up on our wall.This set really has that wow factor. It's a big box, which is great for gifting, and of course will make any hot wheels fan light up. We chose to set it up in our finished basement's t.v./play area so we wouldn't have to worry about putting it up and down often. We did take it down once, and were able to reinstall it just fine without needing additional supplies. Again, a surprise for me. We have not taken it back down since tho. I'd recommend trying to find a place to put this where you don't have to put it away after each use, if possible. It is possible to put up and down however, but it could get a little tiresome. If you don't have a spot to leave it up, I'd get some extra double sided sticky foam or sticky velco pieces to have on hand incase you wear the original out. My daughter really likes this, so I do recommend it. I hope my pictures help give you an idea of what to expect in person.

This is a great kit... It is very easy to setup, everything is color coded and they even have a wall mount template that makes it easy to attach the tape to the wall. Also, I was happy to find that the tape is actually velcro, so the tape can stay mounted to the wall but you can take it all down if necessary. Plus, they made it so it can stay mounted but store items, so it is not so much out in the open.... Finally, it is fun to play with and my son absolutely loves it.... My one complaint, the launcher, has a hard time getting the cars all the way up. Many times it wont make it all the way but sometimes, it launches the cars right into the wall.... but again, my son loves it.

Fun track. Good quality

Got this for my 5 year old son this past Christmas. Setup requires you to place multiple command strips on your wall and after applying them you have to wait an hour before you can continue setting up the toy. It takes up a good 5 feet of floor space but has a convenient holder on the side of it to store the track pieces while still leaving the main unit attached to the wall. No place to store the cars that work with it, which will become important later...My son and 2.5 year old daughter THOROUGHLY enjoy this toy which is why I rated it so highly. But to be frank, it’s pricey for what you get. He has over 200 cars and maybe 12 of them will work. Some of the cars that work are not even Hot Wheels, they’re off-brand, while brand name Hot Wheels do not work with this Hot Wheels track! The cars have to be a specific shape and weight to make it up the track. We have to keep them separated out in plastic bags so he remembers which ones work (and like I said, no car storage). It requires considerable force to hit the launch pad hard enough to get the cars to make the entire circuit. If a car flies off, it will hit the wall behind it with CONSIDERABLE speed. We’ve got a million dents and dings in the paint already. The left two tracks work well once you figure out which cars can make it, but the track with the vertical spiral is a big fail. The car is supposed to fly up and around and then drop into the cup at the top of the spiral but it misses 90 percent of the time.If this worked as it should with the cars that are made by the SAME company who makes this track, I’d definitely recommend it because setup really wasn’t hard and it is a large toy. The hang ups that bother me don’t bother my kids too much, they just don’t use the spiral track...but that’s half the toy.

So this is a great toy for kids but beware it takes up a LOT of space. My grandson, 4 years old, lives this but it is loud and difficult to break down. I used foam core to mount it so it would be portable but oh my, it is really big. It's not very portable. It's about 4.5 feet tall and about 3 feet wide and maybe 4-5 feet long before adding track.Fun, yes. Batteries, no. Quiet, no. But lots of funIt is Roomba bait and we have a big section of the floor blocked off for this beast.