This toy is a lot of fun (for me and my kids). Elevator for trucks is so cool. If ur kids touch the car/truck as it goes in elevator, whole thing has to be readjusted tho. Had since xmas. Trucks that come with track are great. Fast too. I bought additional cars for this track (maybe different brand?) The cars don't compare to the trucks that came with this trackind bc car battery cover on bottom falls off and cars are slow.. Also, just a side note here: I thought I bought another track that was same brand with cop cars (142 piece deluxe police series something..I don't think it is a super snap Speedway product). Those cop cars were really cool because you press siren on top to turn car on and off plus lights flash, but those cop cars don't work with this track's elevator just FYI. In sum, great toy.

This in no where near worth fifty dollars. It is made of very cheap plastic and not hard to put together once you get the hang of it. The cars often run off the track when they get to the red crossed X partition. I put a piece of thick paper on each side of the red X track piece to help keep the cars on the track. My grandson does like to play with it and I do suggest buying two additional cars as the ones that come with it are VERY cheaply made.

My grandson loves this track and the self-propelled cars. He especially likes the lift and the bridges/tunnels that came with this set. He just turned 2; this set was an 'add-on' (Christmas present) to a more basic set that he already had. He has been playing with the track and cars at least since he was 18 months old. As he gets older he just gets more creative, as well as capable, in playing with them. There are some small parts to the set; when he was younger, we just put them away. Now we carefully monitor his play but let him try to build the bridges that use the smaller parts.

I was looking for a unique gift for my boys to share for Christmas and came across this delightful track set completely by accident. I'm very glad I did! If you want to use all the pieces, there's not too many ways you can set it up, but you can mix and match the sets and everything fits together without a hitch, and it's very durable! The cars come with batteries, which is GREAT for opening up a package and letting the kids play while you put the track together. As they get older, I think the track will grow with them, as they can customize it how they like and have fun coming up with new designs with the individual track pieces.

If you're looking at this product and thinking, "gosh, do I really want to have to put all those individually clicking and interlocking pieces together?" it really isn't as daunting as it seems. The package comes with them clipped together in strings of 12 or so pieces, with 3 of each color present in each section, and it makes first-time set-up a breeze. Even with the unpackaging and sticker-sticking for the accessories, we got the whole track up and running in less than 20 minutes.

The only reason this track set didn't get the full 5 stars is that the cars are either off or on. My boys LOVE that they stay on (and the red one even lights up!), but this momma misses having a sleep setting if they've been running into a wall for five minutes without anyone noticing. That being said, they are more gentle on batteries than you might think, and the fact that they don't require remote controls is a huge plus in this house.

Grandsons have gotten a lot of use and fun out of this expandable and flexible battery operated race car set. Only real issue is that one of the three battery operated cars will not switch off so must remove the battery to get it to stop running. Rather cool elevator which lifts the car up to go down the ramp. There is one section of ramp holders that don't grasp the track well enough to stay in place for much use, but it's not really necessary since the track assembly is so flexible and assembled in many creative ways.