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Added on 08/03/06
My son got this toy at 18 months, and it kept his interest for nearly 6 months. I added on the amusement park after 3 months, and he figured out directions, speed, on and off, how to set gears against each other so they would start spinning, and he...
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My son got this toy at 18 months, and it kept his interest for nearly 6 months. I added on the amusement park after 3 months, and he figured out directions, speed, on and off, how to set gears against each other so they would start spinning, and he even learnt to look at the back of each gear to see whether it could go into the middle part on the motor cog. The toy and he were practically inseparable for weeks, and its been known to have stayed on for the whole day at a time... Cons: its noisy especially at the slow setting, and my son liked it on, so even if we switched it off, he would walk over and switch it on even if he was not playing with it right then. Get rechargeable batteries! The pieces turn up all over the place! Its started making a grating noise at some point, louder even than the usual whine. The noise went away mysteriously after a couple of days. It quit working after 6 months. So the 4 stars on durability. Not too bad given the price and tough usage it had been put... See less 
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