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We bought this for our daughters, ages 4 and 6. They were SO excited about it (having seen the commercials of course) and they seem to like it but we (Mom and Dad) hate it.

The pieces are flimsy, especially the track supports. Even the slightest bump will have the track pieces separating and the supports falling off. The escalator feature is fun for the most part, but again, if the set up is bumped it dislodges the drive mechanism and the escalator won't go.

Needless to say, either Mom or Dad has to be nearby to re-set the pieces every two minutes.

The teeny accessories are useless and the girls haven't even attempted to play with them.

This toy is very cheaply made, and a big disappointment from a major toy manufacturer such as Mattel. It might be on your little girl's wishlist, but I'd steer clear of this one if I were you!

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My 3 year old daughter had been asking for this toy, after seeing it on tv. I was concerned about the flimsiness that I had read about and had even decided not to buy it. However, I saw it at Costco, with an additional set of cars, girls and shopping bags for a very good price. One weak moment later and it was in my cart. It is a pain to put together. The directions are almost useless. The parts don't go together easily. One part not at all. As mentioned in a previous review, any slight movement will make it fall apart. However, when it is completely together, it's a great toy. Even my seven year old son wanted to play with it. So, I adhered strong, transparent tape to every connection. Miracle of miracles, it now stays together.

Bottom line if you are willing to put some extra elbow grease into it, it is a fun toy. You should only get this toy if your child REALLY, REALLY wants it. Otherwise, the time commitment to work out the construction problems is not worth it.

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Despite the eye-rolling girly theme tacked on top, it's a decent race track game. You launch the cars, they go through a loop, and then there's an elevator ramp that pulls the cars up (as on a roller coaster) and a swirly ramp to go down. My daughter asked how the cars stick in the loop, and we got to talk about centrifugal force. There's a switch, so they can exit the "mall" or they can go in an endless loop back up the elevator ramp. My daughter fills it up with her Hot Wheels, which mostly also work with the elevator. Lightweight Hot Wheels with good wheels can also be launched through the loop but many of hers are too heavy and fall. She doesn't seem to mind a little extra Crash-Em-Up action with those, though.

The mall thing is barely developed it's just a place with a table and chairs where the dolls can sit when they're tired of being in the cars, which would add some simple dollhouse type play to the toy. You can dispense magnetic shopping bags into the cars, but even that isn't really about shopping. It's just cargo. Pink and lime green cargo.

My daughter loves playing cars, but she's at that unfortunate age where she knows what is a boy toy and what is for girls, and that that's important to her. I'm surprised, but the pink race track thing is just what she wanted. Go figure.

One caution: with the elevator ramp running, it is kind of noisy.

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After reading only bad reviews and knowing how much my daughter would love her own track to play with her big brother I had to buy this and try it myself. I just spent the last hour setting this up and playing. This is just as sturdy as any Hot Wheels track. You'd have to kick it to knock this over. It's no steel or wood structure but it's more than adequate. This is made by Mattel who also makes Hot Wheels! They probably just felt it could be bad press to have a girls Hot Wheels track!! Too bad because they would probably sell a lot more. The only thing I could see people complaining about is the setup instructions are so so and maybe a few supports can fall out. However I played it without 3 supports and actually lightly smacked it a few times just to test its sturdiness and it was fine. I ran the escalator for about 5 minutes with no issues. I can't say how it works after that but it seemed like a good belt. I usually don't have the time to review these things but if you are like me looking for the only girl race track out there and read the 1 or 2 bad reviews I had to tell my story seeing I spent the time!! I know my son will actually want to play with his little sister's toy this Christmas.

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So disappointed! My girls 4 and 7 were so excited about getting this toy but it's a piece of grabage! It's poorly made and falls apart so easily the girls get so frustrated because every time they touch it the pieces disconnect. It's a waste of money don't bother buying it.