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Tonka Real Rugged Front Loader
Posted By ed2yp79 , on January 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM .Category: Play Vehicles
- Whether your little excavator is looking to get down and dirty in the sandbox, at the beach or right in your own backyard, this front loader will help him get the job done!
- Raise and lower the bucket for real scooping and dumping action!
- Just like the real thing, this TONKA-tough construction vehicle is built to handle the toughest terrain
- Tonka is mom tested and kid approved!
- Trusted by Mom for over 40 years!
Product Description
Whether your little excavator is looking to get down and dirty in the sandbox, at the beach or right in your own backyard, this front loader will help him get the job done! Raise and lower the bucket for real scooping and dumping action! Just like the real thing, this TONKA-tough construction vehicle is built to handle the toughest terrain… More>>
Tonka Real Rugged Front Loader
I bought all three of the trucks offered and they are wonderful! Just the right size for smaller hands and very sturdy. They are well built, bright and I am sure when summer comes my granddaughters will have a great time with them.
Rating: 5 / 5
I agree with the previous reviewer – this is the worst designed toy ever. The scoop is disproportionate to the body. If the scoop is lifted off the ground at all, the whole front loader tips over. I don’t think you can actually get the loader to sit as it is shown in the picture – it would fall over. There are so many better loaders and trucks, don’t waste your money on this one.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the most bizarre toy loader I have ever seen and tried to use (I am a 38 yr old parent to a 2 yr old). Not only is the body shorter than it is tall, thus making it difficult to move across terrain (like that commonly found in a sandbox), but the scoop – if you can call it that – doesn’t function AT ALL and appears to logically upside down.
To pick up even a modicum of sand you must hold the scoop tilted back with one hand while pushing with the other, otherwise the scoop tilts forward and dumps out all the sand; then you must pull back on the handle while simultaneously holding down the flimsy plastic body. This will get you about 1/4 cup of sand…and is pretty difficult for a 2 yr old to maneuver, to boot.
I just can’t fathom how this thing made it to production. Don’t they test these on actual children?
It’s cheap, that’s for sure. But it is not worth even one penny.
Rating: 1 / 5