You know a toy is good when your toddler has insisted on playing with it so much (and having YOU play with it) that you can no longer stand the sight of it. Such is the case with Hot Wheels Color Shifters Bubble Matic Car Wash Playset. It's a pretty clever little toy. I expected it to be much messier, given how many fluids are involved, but it's quite tidy (as tidy as it can be, considering the terrorist who plays with it). There's a little basin that collects the water that you spill over the car so you can refill it with the same water over and over.
The bubbles are pretty neat, too. When your batteries are brand new, the bubble blower is a little too vigorous - for us, it popped the bubbles almost as quickly as it blew them. After a few minutes of running, though, it worked great. It's fun how they stick to the car.
Hot Wheels Color Shifters Bubble-matic Car Wash
Very satisfying. I wish the track flattened out by the rollers. My son likes the car to pass through slowly, but the slope of the track makes the car zip down to the end. How is a car wash obsessed toddler supposed to savor the pure glee of the rollers like that, huh?
Anyway, my 3.5 year old adores it, even though the husband and I can't stand playing with the stupid thing anymore. Highly recommended. Would annoy myself with its existence again. You know a toy is good when your toddler has insisted on playing with it so much (and having YOU play with it) that you can no longer stand the sight of it. Such is the case with Hot Wheels Color Shifters Bubble Matic Car Wash Playset. It's a pretty clever little toy. I expected it to be much messier, given how many fluids are involved, but it's quite tidy (as tidy as it can be, considering the terrorist who plays with it).
There's a little basin that collects the water that you spill over the car so you can refill it with the same water over and over. The bubbles are pretty neat, too. When your batteries are brand new, the bubble blower is a little too vigorous - for us, it popped the bubbles almost as quickly as it blew them. After a few minutes of running, though, it worked great. It's fun how they stick to the car. Very satisfying.
I wish the track flattened out by the rollers. My son likes the car to pass through slowly, but the slope of the track makes the car zip down to the end.
How is a car wash obsessed toddler supposed to savor the pure glee of the rollers like that, huh? Anyway, my 3.5 year old adores it, even though the husband and I can't stand playing with the stupid thing anymore. Highly recommended. Would annoy myself with its existence again. My son adores this toy, though he doesn't quite play with it as designed. (Uses tubs of hot and ice water, THEN puts on the track.) It is a cool concept, and it is nice that the designers TRIED to keep the wet contained, though still a little too wet to play in an unshielded area. TG I had some extra bubble soap, would be a real disappointment to open this toy up and find that it needed bubble soap to function properly.
Tried using as a 'bath toy' but the batteries and intake for the bubble machine are a little too low for that. I personally would rework the design to be able to be used in the bathtub. Overall, good toy, my son loves it, and spends hours 'painting' his car with the warm and cold water. (Uses sponges and water color brushes for 'paint' brushes).
Transform your car's color and wash it clean with the Hot Wheels Color Shifters Bubble-Matic Car Wash! Watch them transform color in the warm water Dunk tank, then change color again in the ice-cold Bubble Platform!
Comes with a motorized bubble station for good clean fun - and tons of bubbles! - Give your Color Shifters car crazy color changes - Changes color by adding just water and bubbles!
- Totally unique transformations with no two cars ever alike - includes playset and 1 color shifter car, High Voltage - requires 2 'AA' batteries, not included, bubble solution not included. Available at Amazon here: A Hot Wheels unboxing, demo and review by Keith's Toy Box. More Hot Wheels sets, cars, toy reviews, stunts and demos at A toy review and demonstration by Keith's Toy Box where you can enjoy kid-friendly videos for babies, infants, toddlers, pre-school and primary school children. Watch unboxing, exciting demos, in slow motion, and play with these tried and tested toys from Hot Wheels, Thomas, Chuggington, Mega Bloks, Lego, Duplo, to Takara, Tomy, Tomica, Plarail, Disney Toys, Pixar Disney Cars, and Sesame Street!
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