Review Tonka Ricochet RC Vehicle
My 6 year old nephew loves this and I will have to admit I had a lot of fun with it too. Sorry for the horrible audio in my video - between the 30 MPH wind we had today and my incessant cackling at watching him play, it might be better to mute this! :)
The grass was parched and dry from no rain, there were obstacles such as small rocks, yet this truck made it through the course almost 100% of the time. I think we got stuck just twice in loose dirt on a slight incline. My nephew set up a make-shift ramp made of thick 1" bark from a walnut tree that was recently cut down; the Tonka vehicle broke the piece of bark in half with no damage at all to the truck.
After I shot this video, we went to the front yard and ran it up & down the street - the range is decent, I think we had it 3 to 4 homes away before the truck didn't recognize the signal from the controller. While we were out in front, my nephew made some new friends as every kid on the block had to come outside to check out the new toy.
Our only complaint is the same as most everyone else: The battery needs to be reconfigured. It would be best if the charger could be directly hooked to the vehicle without having to remove the battery each time it needs charged. That's a pain! Battery life could be better also - it lasted around 30 minutes before it needed recharged. And then it takes several hours to re-charge it!
Even with the battery issue, I recommend this for any kid in the 6 to 10 year old age group.
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