Hot Wheels FTB67 City Gator Car Wash Connectable Play Set with Diecast and Mini Toy Car [Amazon Exclusive]
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| Category | Garages & Playsets | Garages & Playsets | Vehicles | Tracks | Garages & Playsets |
| Dimensions: | 15.24 x 66.04 x 43.18 cm; 1.86 Kilograms |
| Model: | FTB67 |
| Material: | Plastic |
| Colour: | Multicolor |
| Pack Quantity: | 30 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Age: | 5 years and up |
| Assembly: | No |
| Colour: | Multicolor |
| Dimensions: | 15.24 x 66.04 x 43.18 cm; 1.86 Kilograms |
| Material: | Plastic |
| Quantity: | 30 |
DER ZUSAMMENBAU ERFORDERT EIN WENIG ZEIT,NICHTS FR EIN KIND.DIE WASCHANLAGE IST ROBUST UND UNTERHALTSAM.NICHTS FR LAMINAT,EHER FR FLIESEN ,EINE NASSE ANGELEGENHEIT.INSGESAMT GUT,DEM KIND GEFLLT`S
I gave this to my then 3 year old nephew for Christmas 2020 and he was ecstastic. He played with it right away. I think this is an awesome toy for boys who loves to play with cars and with water. I like to put a towel underneath it in case water spills.
Fun car wash set up. My 4 year old loves it and plays with it for hours. Simple to put together and the parts that hold water can be removed to dump.
Caro por la fecha en que se efectu la compra
I bought this toy for my 2.5 years old child. He really enjoyed it and kept him busy for a long time. Of course at the end, there is water everywhere but it worths to his happiness. So, I laid a big towel on the ground. It makes easier to control the water on the laminate floor.
Llego rapido y bien empacada, le fascino a mi nio
Entrega oportuna y el juguete le encant a mi sobrino
Absolutely brilliant my 4 year old loves it the trick with the cold tank is to keep pressing the plunger down fast to eject the car. Fantastic buy, only down side is the colour changing cars are expensive to buy but my son will just be happy to use his other cars anyway.
Est bien, a los nios les ha gustado, pero ahora en invierno no han usado an el agua. Me da la impresin que se va a salir por todos lados.
You Can see that it has many many things to assemble. Our kid loves it, but it’s little bit uncomfortable for adults, as it works with water, it may be little bit annoying. But overall it’s what your child will be happy to have, but I think she/he will get bored soon.
A toy that a child on his own or many children together can have fun! It offers enthusiasm and many hours of play! A great buy!
A toy that a child on his own or many children together can have fun! It offers enthusiasm and many hours of play! A great buy!
Lo compr para mi nieto de 5 aos y est encantado con el juego; mi hijo se lo mont en su habitacin y y me dice que pasa muchos ratos entretenido. Ha sido un gran acierto, pues no es solamente una pista de coches, tiene otras variantes. El otro da estuve jugando con mi nieto y pasamos un buen rato. En resumen: ha sido un acierto el regalo.
SIENTO QUE FUE UNA EXCELENTE COMPRA A UN MUY BUEN PRECIO
Great toy ! Just watch and have a towel ready lol. Adult assembly required.
La pista es fcil de montar siguiendo las instrucciones y las pegatinas ya las trae puestas.
La pista tiene 2 zonas; una en la que debes utilizar agua caliente y en otra agua fra, as el coche que viene incluido cambiar de color de naranja a blanco segn la temperatura.
Advertencia: Ojo con el tamao de los coches que meten en la lavadora de agua fra, porque aunque sean de hot wheels, si son un poco mas grandes se quedan atascados y toca tirar de destornillador para liberarlos (es fcil de hacer).
Cumple con las expectativas del nio! Justo como lo vio en video!
No utiliza bateras!
C’tait un cadeau pour mon petit-fils et il a bien apprci et se promet des heures de plaisir.
My 3-year-old and 5-year-old boys love this hot wheels set. It was very easy to put together and was quick to get up and running. The only issues I’ve run into are cars getting stuck in the spin wash section. Between that, and refilling hot and cold water, this play set does require a lot of adult attention.
El precio es el ms bajo que encontr y el envo fue en menos de 24 hrs en CDMX.
El material es muy resitente.
Mein Sohn war erstmal sprachlos als er diese tolle Bahn sah!
Es war leicht aufzubauen und schnell konnte es los gehen !
Der Spa verflog aber als er die ersten Autos aus dem Strudel nicht raus bekam…aber dennoch hei gelieb
My son loves this! He’s 5 and spent birthday money on this and is enjoying it in the garden! It’s defo a summer toy for outdoors! Unless ur a patient parent who doesn’t mind water everywhere. Really pleased with this purchase. Probably my sons favourite hot wheels set.
My son loves this! He’s 5 and spent birthday money on this and is enjoying it in the garden! It’s defo a summer toy for outdoors! Unless ur a patient parent who doesn’t mind water everywhere. Really pleased with this purchase. Probably my sons favourite hot wheels set.
Molto scenografico. Dimensioni grandi, piacevole come gioco ma bisogna rassegnarsi ad avere la stanza bagnata. Unico neo l’auto dopo poco tempo non cambia pi colore
It’s super easy to put together thanks to the step by step instructions. The boy loves it. You’ll want to put a towel down underneath, but the mess, in our case, really is minimal. Totally worth it, my 7 year old boy is happy!
Es muy grande, se divierten muchisimo, los recipientes para agua se quitan fcilmente.
Muy buen regalo, me lleg mucho antes de lo pactado, excelente servicio.
Les enfants sont tous fou avec la station
Juste deux point ngatif signaler
Une pice tait casser
Mais j’ai bnficier d’un change sans soucis.
Et le prix plus lever pendant la priode…
Autrement juste recommande
Semplicemente sensazionale. Il bimbo ci gioca tantissimo. Ben fatto anche se ingombrante e bagnato per definizione. Non si pu giocare in casa con l’acqua perch si allaga tutto. Il meccanismo acqua calda e fredda una complicazione importante una macchinina inclusa veramente poco visto la spesa importante
Perfectamente precintado.
Tal como esperaba, fcil se montar si sigues las instrucciones sin saltarte pasos.
El tema del agua que es lo que nos preocupa a las madres, cae agua, es irremediable, es un juguete con agua, eso si poniendo una toalla debajo o directamente instalando el juguete en la terraza te evitas sustos.
Si en la bomba de agua pones agua templada el coche cambia de color, y volver a cambiar con el agua fra del lavadero.
Es una pasada, los nios se entretienen mucho. adems puedes aadir tantas pistas como tengas y hacerlo an ms grande.
Ottimo giocattolo, cambia colore in base al acqua fredda o calda, per la fredda consiglio di metterla in frigo cos avviene pi veloce il cambiamento di colore. Si pu giocare anche senza acqua anche se meno divertente
Mais vraiment ent c’est super !!!
Je recommande vraiment ment cet achat. Mme mon fils de 11ans prend plaisir jouer avec son frre.
Livraison prime au top comme toujours.
N’oubliez pas de cliquer sur “utile” si mon commentaire vous a aid
It worked on all 3 accounts (3 being the boy loved it!) I have since bought him a smaller add on kit for his birthday and now get regular photo updates (it now gets played with outside to avoid water everywhere!
I bought this (knowing it was quite large) for my second cousin. Mostly because it looked cool and I was slightly jealous that I didn’t have anything like it when I was growing up! Also slightly because I knew my cousin would hate it (like the drum/musical instrument kit I bought the boy when he was 3!
It worked on all 3 accounts (3 being the boy loved it!) I have since bought him a smaller add on kit for his birthday and now get regular photo updates (it now gets played with outside to avoid water everywhere!
A los nios la pista les encanta. El problema es que es un peligro lo del agua, a los peques esto les emociona. Al final siempre se nos va de las manos y lo mojamos todo. Lleva su tiempo montarla y se desmontan algunas piezas con facilidad. Aun as, se divierten muchsimo y la verdad es que fue un gran regalo.
if any thing like the last hot wheels i got my grandson then will be happy gift so not opened ye
Pista molto bella e divertente. L ho presa apposta per il divertimento del auto lavaggio sapendo le conseguenze… Acqua a giro… Ci gioca pap e figlio. Non tutte le macchinine passano agevolmente. Complessivamente divertente e di buona qualit.
Para todos aquellos enanos amantes de los coches. Mis hijos juegan a diario con este lavadero. Pueden estar mucho rato absortos con este juego. Quiz por poner algo negativo, tiene una palanca que al accionarla hace bastante ruido. Pero en general es un gran juguete.
Great value when I picked it up on sale at $49.97. Kids love it even without water in it.
Kind of easy to put together. I don’t like how the parts come off easily though. Other than that my boys love it! We tend to use it with out the water more than with because of the mess. If you are going to use it with water put a towel under or don’t fill it all the way up. Super fun to play with though!
Die Bahn ist laut meinem Sohn mega abgefahren, allerdings ist nur ein Auto dabei. Fr den Preis knnte man bestimmt noch ein weiteres dazu legen. Ich habe dann noch mehrere Color shifters Autos dazugekauft die dann leider Immer in der Bahn verhaken, was zu Gre beim Kind fhrt.
Die Bahn an sich ist super gestaltet, wir haben dicke Handtcher druntergelegt damit sich das Wasser beim Spielen nicht ausbreitet.
No problems at all with the toy itself but it did not come with directions.
This was very easy to put together and is a great addition to the ultimate garage, and some of the other smaller add on’s we have, it’s popular with both my son’s one is 5 the other is 19 months and it’s been popular with many of our friends kids too
Il prezzo d acquisto davvero eccezionale, in alcuni punti vendita ho trovato lo stesso prodotto al doppio e non un modo di dire! L imballaggio era perfetto e amazon come sempre velocissimo.
Il bambino si diverte davvero tanto e un ottimo passatempo molto meglio che tenerlo sempre incollato alla TV.
Devo dire la verit ci passo molto tempo anche io a giocare con lui.
An sich sehr gute Erfindung von HorWheels, unser Sohn ist von seinem Geburtstagsgeschenk begeistert. Ich dagegen teile seine Freude nicht so ganz: alles ist klitschnass um die Waschanlage! Etwas zum draufstellen ist notwendig. Momentan steht die Waschanlage in der Waschkche.
I gave my nephews as a present and they loved it. Great fun and good value for money.
Habe die Bahn fr meinen Sohn gekauft.
Aufbau ging schnell und ist sehr gut beschrieben.
Ausprobiert ist die Bahn schon toll aber auch sehr nass.Besser man legt ein Handtuch unter.
Das Krokodil ist eher bei dieser Bahn strend da es an dieser Stelle immer stockt und nicht durchfahren kann.
Bei dem Wirbel bleiben die Autos fter stecken, dann muss man helfen ,fr Kids etwas schwierig.
Mein Sohn hat trotzdem spa daran.
Die Bahn konnte mein sechsjhriger Sohn alleine aufbauen. Seitdem ist sie der Hit – allerdings noch im Badezimmer;-)
Es wird doch mal etwas nass unter der Bahn. Ich habe jetzt eine Gummimatte als Schutz fr den Fuboden in seinem Zimmer bestellt. Die Bahn ist toll!
Great product- bought for my 4 year olds birthday and he loves it!! Was easy to assemble and had provided hours of fun.
Hola el producto es de muy buena calidad y llego super rapido.
Take your time reading the instructions but once together makes a great toy for my 3 year old grandson.
My kid has a lot of fun with this and the quality seems fine.
Das Resultat ist dann auch viel stabiler als es whrend des Aufbaus den Anschein macht. Es ist kein Problem das ganze Konstrukt anzuheben und von A nach B zu befrdern.
Die Kinder spielen nun schon seit ber einer Woche im Garten mit dem Set. Wasser rein, Wasser raus. Autos hoch, Autos runter. Bei 3 Jungs 2-4 Jahre ist bisher nichts auseinandergefallen oder kaputt gegangen. Ein wirklich sehr sehr empfehlenswertes Set fr den heien Sommer, dass Kinderaugen leuchten lsst.
Paquete en excelentes condiciones, Santa pudo cumplir con su cometido.
CONNECT
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Works smoothly with what it’s supposed to do and connects with other tracks easily.
GAME PLAY
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Kids love it. They love using the car wash.
HOURS
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It has hours and hours of play.
The set consists of a winding track with a water tank at the top. The tank has two taps which you turn on and off to distribute the water along the tap and there are various points along the track where the children have to lift, turn or twist things to move the cars to the next stage. This part works really well with collaborative play and my 3 year-old and 7 year-old played really nicely with it for really long periods of time because they each had their own jobs.
First day out of the box my son was out in the garden after supper (when it was nearly dark) still playing with it and was back out again before breakfast the next day. I can see why it has such huge appeal, it’s like the sand/water machine I had as a child on steroids! Both kids have declared it the best toy ever, I would only caution at considering where you will store it!
Nach 8 Wochen haben wir das ganze aber mal die Dusche stellen mssen und mit Kalkreiniger eingeweicht. Danach lief alles wieder wie geschmiert. Es setzen sich halt mit der Zeit Kalkablagerungen durch das laufende Wasser ab.
Bei unserem Krokodil funktionierte leider nach ein paar Tagen das Maul schon nicht mehr ! Schade!
My 3 Yr old son loves this. It took quite a while to put together as the instructions weren’t brilliant but overall it’s a brilliant toy and is played with every day.
My 3 Yr old son loves this. It took quite a while to put together as the instructions weren’t brilliant but overall it’s a brilliant toy and is played with every day.
The instructions are clear and provided you follow to the letter, the assembly is very straightforward. With a few stickers you are up and running within 20 mins. Kids were initially very excited at ages 11, 9 and 6 and eventually, they wane in interest. Combine with other HW and you can create a city which is a little more appealing. If your kids like their cars this is a good option.
First off, you should note this is a “water” toy. I wasn’t expecting this and honestly after building it all (which took ages) I could have done without my son realising it needed water lol.
It wasn’t the easiest thing to build, it took me a while, I actually did have to stop and wait for my son to go to bed because he was getting impatient with waiting for me to finish.
Once completed, I felt very accomplished. The instructions of building were fairly easy to read, it was mostly just time consuming.
Once built (with water added) my son (4) was extremely happy.
He loves this set and plays with it all of the time. It is tiresome how many times I have to add water at times. I recommend leaving a towel underneath just in case of spilling/leaking.
It is also quite big, so if you have limited space just be aware of this also.
The quality of the set isn’t bad either.
We have purchased a few of the lower priced sets before and wasn’t that impressed, so I didn’t know what to expect with this one.
However, I was happily surprised that this is of a higher quality, which it should be considering the price tag of 54.99.
The biggest pro of this though is how much my son loves it and he has certainly played with it enough to warrant the price tag. Recommend highly for little boys/girls who loves their cars etc.
De los mejores productos de hot wheels, instrucciones perfectas, armado fcil. Diversin total
OK, I’ve been proven wrong on this one: my kids love it, despite my protestations that it’s big, dumb and gimmicky. But Hot Wheels have nailed it with speed, fun (and water) in evidence round every turn of the Gator Car Wash tower.
Perhaps inevitably, given the size the structure and its various ramps and chutes, there is a significant amount of assembly required out of the box. Happily though, despite all the connecting pieces and the potential for misalignment, nothing is too fiddly or difficult – it’s just that there’s a lot of it to do.
The water element of the Gator Wash is great, although despite its best efforts to direct water and contain the splashing, you’ll inevitably end up with a wet floor, so bear that in mind when letting your children loose with it. It has a couple of barriers in there which re-direct the cars around different ramps on their way to the bottom, and the hand-crank lift works brilliantly to get them back to the top again. There’s a water tower with tap at the top, and a bucket at the bottom that’s meant to collect the water it holds.
It’s not without its flaws: there’s little scope for children to actually drive the cars themselves because gravity is doing most of the work, the gator snap is not very satisfying, and the car wash spinner doesn’t reliably eject the car, often just flipping it upside down and leaving it stuck inside.
But the colour change aspect, which works when the included car enters warm and cold water, is great, and if you’re able to combine it with other Hot Wheels City components then, although you’ll need a lot of floor space, it’s going to be played with and enjoyed for some time.
Not as good as my sons other sets but
We don’t use water with it indoors
My 4 year old son loves this it’s his favourite toy.
He loves watching the cars change colour.
He loves cranking them up to the top.
The cold water spinner is fun too!
Even my 7 year old enjoyed this toy.
My only gripe would be that the drip bowl is difficult to manoeuvre from underneath when it’s full up and that the crocodile mechanism has to keep being reset.
My 4 year old son loves this it’s his favourite toy.
He loves watching the cars change colour.
He loves cranking them up to the top.
The cold water spinner is fun too!
Even my 7 year old enjoyed this toy.
My only gripe would be that the drip bowl is difficult to manoeuvre from underneath when it’s full up and that the crocodile mechanism has to keep being reset.
I bought this as Christmas present, kids love playing with it. The water feature is really fun for them
As for the reviews that the spinning part doesn’t eject the cars… the water has a full line that is very hard to see. It’s about two cups or so of water. If the water is below that line it doesn’t work very well. However, once I filled it to the right level the water swirled and pushed the cars right out.
As a water-based playset, the first thing to note about this is that it’s not really suitable for use on carpet – everything around it has a very good chance of getting wet, so it’s best to play on a large, water proof surface like a kitchen floor or table. This isn’t too much of a problem, and actually it’s nice to have the kids playing somewhere other than the living room for a change. However, if your kids have other Hot Wheels sets that they want to connect to this one, just bear in mind that they’ll have to move them all to a suitable location first.
The set itself is reasonably robust, at least for a Hot Wheels set, and it’s held together well through some tough play. It comes with a change-colour car, which is a great feature that both my kids were amazed by at first. It uses a thermal-sensitive colour change system, so getting the car wet doesn’t change the colour on its own (as implied by the picture on the box), but it’s actually the temperature of the water that does the work. As a result, you need to use warm water for the top section, and iced water for the bottom section in order to achieve the colour-change (this is all explained in the instructions).
Like most Hot Wheels sets, it’s not really something that lends itself to particularly long play sessions on its own, but by adding on other sets and combining with extra cars/toys, kids will be able to have a lot of fun with this. The mechanisms for pushing the cars around work pretty well, and the only real hassle is that you have to keep filling it up with water at the top, and also emptying the overflow basin at the bottom.
As long as you know that it’s going to make a lot of water mess, it’s a really fun set that Hot Wheels fans of all ages will enjoy.
This toy is super fun! Both of my boys (9 & 4) have had a blast playing with it. I was worried about it using water and was afraid it would have to be played with outside to avoid a wet mess on the floor. But, we actually have only played with it inside. They can have some fun without using the water features. But, when they want to use the water features, we just put it on the tile flood with a towel underneath and there’s not much mess. Also, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to dry the whole thing when they were done — wipes down very quickly with a towel.
Great toy, works perfectly for us! Do beware of the mess though! It’s best to put a towel underneath!
Seems like a good addition to any Hot Wheels se
Le encanto a mi sobrina de regalo de navidad, buena calidad como todo lo Hot Wheels.
This is a great set. It’s very unusual as it combines cars with water. Also, there’s lots of inputs from your kids — some sets just involve cars racing from top to bottom. This has your children interacting with it more.
The lift reminds me of that on a rollercoaster. It is manual — a hand crank – so there’s no need for batteries. I prefer a manual lift to an electric motor as there’s one more thing for kids to do, fewer things to go wrong and no problem with batteries running out.
I like the way that you wash the cars as they descend, and they change colour according to the temperature of the water. The alligator also adds a bit of fun.
It is best combined with other Hot Wheels sets. I really like the fact that it will connect with them — it means you can expand it with other sets and accessories over future birthdays & Christmases.
The price at the time of review is 49.49 which I think is pretty reasonable. The price may have changed by the time you read this.
It’s a very good set. 5 stars as it is fun and original, especially combining cars with water and the colour changes.
Easy build. Even mom can do it everything is in bags according to what “zone” you’re putting together. Which is awesome! Only thing I hate is that it only comes with one color changing car. Each new color changing car you buy is 30 bucks. It’s ridiculously pricey. What can you do. My son’s extremely happy. So that’s all that matters to me.
I love that it comes with a picture of each piece you can buy to complete the city. It’s amazing how many more you can get. The city will be huge when we are done!
Attention avec la station de lavage, il y a vite de l’eau partout…
Our 4 year old son marked this in the toy shop catalogue as something he would like for Christmas so I thought it would go down well. It’s great fun and he loves it, although I have to say that he has always enjoyed playing with water.
The actual water element is great. The alligator doesn’t do much but I see that there is a theme of these sorts of animals in Hot Wheels toys.
It’s quite a lengthy build. A few bits were a little unclear on the instructions and the instructions overall are not fantastic but it’s not too hard to put together.
It comes with one car but that didn’t seem enough so I bought a couple of other colour shifter cars separately. However, just be aware that the bigger colour shifter vehicles don’t fit well and can get stuck in the track or lift so if you want to buy extra don’t go for the vans.
Some bits are one time click assembly which means some parts can’t be taken apart for storage but only small parts so it’s not too bad.
It’s a large item and a bit wobbly but it holds up ok as long as you don’t lean on it. The first water section is a bit unstable and the whole chamber sometimes lifts out full of water, potentially causing a mini flood. The cold water spinner/alligator feature doesn’t always work perfectly and sometimes needs a little nudge.
It looks like it’s designed to connect to other items in the range if you have an enormous house. Sadly, we don’t.
I did at first think it might be nice if it was mechanised, particularly the conveyor belt but it’s not mechanised which suits our son as he enjoys doing something rather than watching, so he likes pushing the cars around and turning the knobs himself.
It holds water fairly well but if you’re not careful with the warm water lift it does go all over. You do need a jug, towel and cloth to hand but it’s only water so it’s not hard to clean up or just let dry.
Our son certainly had fun moving the cars around and watching them change colour which is a really lovely, clever feature.
It’s an expensive toy but it’s large and has lots of potential for fun. Our son has really enjoyed it so far and I don’t see that changing.
This is quite a substantial size when built and so it may be worth considering this and where it will go when you purchase. Also because of the water feature you may wish to make this an outside toy however as it is winter and we have wooden floors we have put plenty of towels down when our Son wishes to play with the water alongside the set however when the weather gets warmer I suspect this will end up outside.
The set comes with one colour changing car but it would have been nice for there to have been two considering the size of the set. Along with the water spinning tank and upper water area there is a manual lift that your child can crank the cars up in, a spinner brush area, roller brush area and of course the Gator to avoid.
My Son really likes the colour change feature and of course the Gator and he has connected the set up to some of the other set he has.
A really nice big set but be aware of the size and obviously that to get the most out of it you do need to be able to add the water.
This comes in a very big box and looks extremely impressive, but it is really only a summer toy if you want to use it completely. With the car-wash facility, it really needs to be outdoors, as it produces a lot of splashing and water overflow everywhere. Why would you have a water feature and not use it? We tried it out first indoors, without any water, but then we tried it out in the garden (in midwinter, brrr) with water, so we found out the hard way. There is a lot of overflow even if you are careful.
When built, which is fairly easy, it looks good, and the playset is quite sturdy, so you could leave it set up providing you have the room. It needs a bit of making, as you get an assortment of different parts in plastic bags to put together to make the set look as good as on the box.
The whirlpool dunk tank is interesting, and the push button is still working fine, despite being used a lot and quite hard by some enthusiastic children. The sponge rollers look like the real thing and will definitely impress the younger ones.
The track is OK, but you really need an additional set with it, as it is a tad boring as a stand-alone. You have to raise the lift by cranking it yourself, and the cars are moved around the track by the child – apart from when gravity takes over – so no batteries needed. The tank needs to have hot water in it, and it changes the colour of the car, but I found that the colder the water the slower the reaction, so the warmer the better. I like the way the car jumps over the alligator (the “leap of faith”), and the large and impressive orange water tank sits on high dominating the whole playset.
OK if you have plenty of room.
Most importantly, my five-year-old grandson loved it — see photo.
The Gator Car Wash is much more fun if connected to one of the larger Hot Wheels sets, such as the garage, because it’s quite basic on its own and there’s only one car included. Requires some self assembly but comes with full instructions and, though fiddly to assemble, isn’t too difficult to put together. Once assembled the main features are hot and cold water baths, a ‘gator’ tunnel and a car that changes colour once dunked in water. There are also ramps, a lift and other bits and pieces that will appeal to younger children but; the hot and cold water tanks need some careful supervision or else water spills out over the toy and onto the carpet!. You don’t have to use water if you don’t want to but there’s little fun left if you don’t. The car wash is manually operated rather than battery powered and that can become tedious after a while, particularly for older children who won’t want to push a small car up and down ramps. The joy is to connect the car wash with other sets in the series to make one ‘huge’, completely plastic Hot Wheels play set. You’ll need plenty of empty space because once joined together these toys are large and are not something you can easily store away.
When the box was emptied out I was faced with something resembling an Ikea flat pack. A daunting array of bits and pieces in different bags with excited children jumping up and down. The instructions guided me through it and it wasn’t too long before it was fully assembled. It is a big unit when assembled, so if you have the HW garage and a few other sets, you are going to be running out of space in quick time.
The basic premise of this is that the car gets hoisted to the top of the track. It runs down into the warm water bath to heat the paint up. You lift it up and it continues down the ramp and through some sponge rollers. Wind it through the rollers and it carries on down the track and drops into the whirlpool of cold water. The cold water causes the car to change colour. You pump the button at speed which causes the car to spin around and a platform to lift. The car breaks out, runs down the ramp and into the jaws of the gator or through them depending how it is set. The car goes back up the ramp and into the warm water where it changes colour again. On the way down is a track divertor which can be set to avoid the whirlpool and jump over the head of the gator and back to the beginning again.
The hotter or colder the water the faster the change of colour. Of course, you need to be careful with the temperature. The hot water is stored in a tank which you open a tap to fill the bath. You need a tank of the stuff because every dip of the car results in water escaping onto the track. There is a catch point for the water as it runs down the track so it will need to be emptied during play or it will overflow. Despite precautions there will be water escaping outside the toy, so you will need to be careful where you place this especially if you have laminate flooring. It can be used dry, but where is the fun in that!
This is a hot wheels track with a lift, water wash, crazy ramps and an alligator tunnel. It was easy to set up, with excellent instructions included. The lift is hand cranked and the cars have to be pushed round the whole track. I am not quite sure of the point of the alligator, I had expected it to eat cars or something but it doesn’t do much. The water is a fun idea but soon gets messy! Fun for a while, 4 stars.
The first thing to say about this play set is that, yes, it does use real water. This does present some problems because I got it as an indoor play set but no way am I letting my little one play with water on the living room carpet.
Thankfully water isn’t needed so that’s only a rare treat for in the garden when he’s behaving himself 🙂
The set itself is fairly large, not too much trouble to assemble and fairly sturdy once built.
There is a conveyor belt style elevator to drag cars up to the top before they then race down the track itself, through two sets of washer rollers, under the water tower and then either jump the gap or go through the snapping alligator jaws.
I’ve also got the City Garage Play Set which is a bit more expensive(but definitely worth plumping up the extra cash for as it’s a significant upgrade over this one).
Overall, this is a firm favourite and my little one definitely spends more time playing with his Hot Wheels sets than most of his other toys.
My kids really enjoyed opening the box and assembling this hot-wheels play-set. It has a myriad of different features, and they spent hours outside on the deck testing each one of them thoroughly. The construction seems to be fairly durable, and the small car provided passed through all of the system parts without getting stuck. However, the colour changing paint on the car didn’t work quite as well as expected. Things to keep in mind when buying this toy are that it’s quite large and best used outside if you are using it with water.
Vorab:
Negative Rezensionen kann ich nicht verstehen. Wer kauft denn eine Waschanlage fr ein Kind und bedenkt dann nicht, dass es kleckern KNNTE?!? Auerdem: es ist Wasser…WASSER. Es ist kein Saft oder Tomatensuppe.
Bei uns hat es in dem viertel Jahr 2 Mal nur gekleckert, weil mein 3-jhriger nicht aufgepasst hat. Das waren maximal 2 Esslffel voll. Zur Not halt Handtuch drunter, wenn man pingelig ist.
Zudem einfach mal die amerikanischen Bewertungen angucken. Da hat das Teil fast 5 Sterne durchgehend. Berechtigt.
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Der Aufbau dauerte vielleicht 3 Minuten. Damit es keine Sauerei gibt, hat Hot Wheels natrlich an Wasser-auffang-behlter gedacht. In den Wassertank oben kann warmes Wasser eingefllt werden. In das untere Wasserbecken kann kaltes Wasser eingefllt werden. Auch hier wurde an eine integrierte Trennwand fr Eiswrfel gedacht.
Die Waschanlage wirkt, wie von HW gewohnt, hochwertig und langlebig.
Der Aufzug wird von Hand angekurbelt und kann auch rckwrts genutzt werden. Oben angekommen fhrt das Auto nach einer kleinen Kurve in ein Wasserauffangbecken. An dieser Stelle kann man nun bei Bedarf den oberen Wassertank aufdrehen und wie bei einem normalen Wasserhahn luft das Wasser perfekt ber das Auto. Durch eine Art Sieb, welches gleichzeitig als Schienenzwischenstck dient, kann das Auto danach weiterfahren und durch die groen Brsten “gewaschen” werden. Darauf folgt eine Weiche. Nun kann man entscheiden, ob man nach einer “Lappen-Brste” ins kalte Wasser fahren mchte oder versucht unbeschadet am Hai vorbei zu kommen.
Die Waschanlage kann man natrlich mit anderen Bahnen und Schienen verbinden.
Hier wird die Waschanlage tglich bespielt (nicht nur vom Kind) und mit den anderen Sets verbunden. Von uns eine klare Kaufempfehlung!
Wenn Ihnen diese Rezension geholfen hat, wrde ich mich ber ein “hilfreich” freuen.
Vielen Dank!
Assembly :
Assembly of The Gator Car Wash is intermediate difficulty, required no tools and took roughly 30 minutes to complete. I was able to assemble it by myself because it’s built from the bottom up so stabilizes itself during the assembly process. Most older and experienced children could probably assemble this on their own, but in most situations an adult will most likely need to help. There is a lot of pieces that simply snap together, some of them become semi-permanently attached so the toy will not come apart easily into its original pre-assembled form. The play set comes with one color changing car but traditional hot wheels cars can also be used. Additional cars can be bought separately.
Presentation & Play :
Most children are attracted to this toy. It’s very large with bright colors and incorporates the use of water, with the addition of color changing toy cars to the mix there is a lot of attractive elements.
To play with it is easy, you start by placing a car in the starting position at the bottom labeled “carwash” and then using the elevator raise the car up to the starting position, which is a cavity that the car sits in. From there you release the car to travel down the track. What the car encounters on its way down is a sponge roller to clean the sides, a plastic representation of cloths that clean the top of the vehicle, then it drops into a cavity with water, then you press down on a rod that rotates the spinner until the car is lifted up and out while trying to evade the gators mouth.
Conclusion :
My children like it, they play with it a lot. It does take up a lot of room but I can spare it so that’s ok. I haven’t taken it apart yet, so I can’t say how easy that is to do. I leave it setup in the play room, and when not in use place a sheet over it to stop dust from settling on it. Overall it’s a good toy, it’s somewhat complicated so good for their minds and my children like it, that’s what matters the most to me.
My son likes hot wheel and this is another great addition to his Hot wheels collection. The box contains manual crank elevator, crazy track, water tower, whirlpool dunk tank, and one Colour Shifters car
First of all, Hot Wheels Ultimate Gator Car Wash Playset is very huge. Much bigger than all the playlets he is currently having so he was quite excited when we were opening this. Second thing that excited him was the car is colour changing. And, finally who does not like to play with water. yes, this playlet requires water and inspire of the some mess it may create due to water, the fun he is having is way higher than other playlets. One of the exciting part is to escape through whirlpool without getting in the jaws of giant alegator.
Another fun part is car wash and kids send their car through crank elevator, turn the water On from water tower and wash the car. Here, car changes the colours. when car passes through whirlpool chamber, it changes colour again.
I would say this set is huge amount of fun and kids likes this set very much. Only downside is there is water involved and hence it is not indoor toy and rather outdoor toy. Having said that, we had no issues with kids playing in our unfinished basement with large 6″x 8″ rubber mat on the floor. Another thing I would say is it would be great if they included few more colour changing cars.
THE GOOD:
(1) Giant Playset
(2) Very nice, build, design and construction. Colours are interesting.
(3) Super FunColour changing car, large elevator, water, whirlpool and aligator – Kids will love it
(4) Price is good for this size of playlet especially because we have both many smaller playlets in about $60-70 price range. You only spend little more spend more to get this. (Price $89 at the time of writing this review is super value)
THE BAD:
(1) Only one colour changing car included. Not a big deal, you can buy it separately.
(2) Water creates some mess, but, I would not necessarily call it a bad thing, but parents should note this. Especially people living in apartment who do not have outdoor space or basement may have to think creatively such as putting big rubber mat on the floor.
(3) For colour changing you really need hot and cold water.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
We really liked this set. The fun it provides is simply unbeatable. Though I would call it mainly outdoor toy (play on deck), but indoor play is possible.
Growing up, I had a simple car wash station where you could push the cars through each area and “wash” your cars. This is like that concept on steroids, and is plenty of fun. Setup was very easy for this toy, as the parts just simply click right into place. Adult assembly is definitely required, as some parts require force to install. The instructions are easy to understand, and very straight forward.
This toy has a few different stages. It has a conveyor belt that brings the cars up to the top. From there, they enter into a dunk bath that you lift them out of. Then they proceed to a scrub brush that you have to spin manually. After there, you have the option of sending the car into a spinning car wash before being eaten by a gator. Or you can have them jump over the gator and escape. Lucky enough for these cars, the gator works probably half of the time so they won’t meet their doom that often.
It is a shame that the alligator only works sometimes, as it definitely adds a fun element to this set. With that being said, this is still a very nice play set. Kids definitely like to play with water, and this definitely takes advantage of that. As long as they are playing on a waterproof surface, they should have lots of fun.