Fun toy!!

Got this for my grandson because he into dinosaurs. It’s a fun toy & he loves trucks too!! Have to get some more dinosaurs to go with this truck. It makes noise & holds his interest

Another RC vehicle.

The main idea of this playset is to get rid of the dinosaur before it attacks the human and "pulling" the man out of the RC jeep.
To get rid of the raptor is easy-peasy by hitting the animal on any hard obstacle. The raptor attached to the car by simple locking and moving device.

That's what they called “Raptor Attack Mode,” and it powered on by the red switch by moving it on "forward" position and it's located right near the driver's seat. In the Regular mode, the red switch on the "backward" position is basically locking the kicking mechanism of the driver's seat, and the animal is just running beside the car.
So the "kicking out" process has nothing to do with the raptor, but it is only the randomly working mechanism that is operating the driver's seat. The last thing to say about the “Raptor Attack Mode” is that the kicking happens pretty fast - the longest period was twenty seconds.

From the whole story above, my kids adopted only the idea of banging the car over and over again on every possible object the vehicle could reach. Moreover, the kiddos did it without sharing the joy with the toy-man and the dino. After I saw kids playing this way in turns for several days, I can reassure you that the car is surprisingly sturdy! The plastic is thick and gives an impression of high-quality material. All the parts are nicely fit, attached well and overall the jeep feels great in hands. The same I can say about the remote, the human and the dinosaur.

The acceleration of the car is impressive and the speed the vehicle gain is remarkable, just it's getting quite noisy to the point it is bothering adults and possibly neighbors if you live in a condo.

The remote control has two buttons, for the left and right hand respectively. The left button is for the forward/backward directions, and the right button is for the left and right directions.
The remote operation is smooth, just the car doesn't hold the straight line, unfortunately, which is slightly improvable due to the dial that located between the front wheels and the adjust their direction.

The set requires 2 AAA batteries for the remote control and 6 AA batteries for the vehicle, and they are not included.

Lots of fun

Firstly, you should know that this toy car has two “modes”: the first is the regular driving mode (like any RC car), and the second is called “Raptor Attack Mode”. A small switch inside the car that looks like an emergency brake changes it between the two modes. In attack mode, the raptor will 'try' to knock the human out of their seat, while you attempt to knock the raptor off of the car before he 'succeeds'. In reality, this means that the human’s seat will eventually flip him out of the car, but if you can smack the raptor into something at high speeds you can detach him and win. It’s also possible to simply ram the car into a wall or something similar at high speeds, which will also knock loose the raptor.

Attack mode is a fun way of turning the toy into a 'game' if your kid gets bored with just having a raptor car that they can control. Provided you have enough room to manoeuvre, there’s a bit of a thrill to not knowing how long you have until the human is ejected. We found it to be on average of a minute. Once you learn that you can cheat by banging the car into almost anything to knock the raptor loose it does kill some of the challenge, but if you play the game as it’s meant to be played it can be very tough to knock the raptor loose without also hitting your car.

Speaking of, the car itself is very sturdy, and feels like it can take a lot of hits without being broken or even dented. It’s clearly designed to allow a certain amount of rough-and-tumble play to go on without affecting its performance, which is great to see in a toy like this. The raptor attachment also seems quite sturdy, and can be smacked into things over and over without being damaged. The little toy man is probably the only piece that doesn’t seem particularly sturdy, but it’s also the piece NOT designed to be smashed into things over and over again.

The level of detail on the car is very impressive. The paint job is very clean but also very detailed, and even areas like the interior and rear of the car are impressive in how realistic they look. The raptor is a bit less detailed, in that 'Blue' lacks her signature blue streaks. As a result, it doesn’t actually resemble Blue, the dinosaur from the recent films, but it looks fine as a generic velociraptor. The human model is probably the worst of the three again. It looks nothing like Chris Pratt or his character in the recent movies (Owen), it looks like an incredibly generic man with brown hair. On top of that, the model seems to have stubble, but it hasn’t actually been painted in any way to match his hair colour, so it instead looks like he has a bumpy face, as if his jaw were covered in warts. Not the kind of thing that would ruin this toy for a kid, but certainly sloppy to see for us adults.

The remote control for this car is pretty basic, but as a result, it's easy to pick up. It has only two pads, one which allows you to go forwards and backwards, and another which turns the wheels left and right. Turning to either side is not particularly quick due to the size of the jeep and requires a decent amount of space to make a full turn. The acceleration on the car is very good, reaching top speed in just a few seconds, but the car struggles to drive in a perfectly straight line at any speed, and in particular at high speeds. You’ll have to make small corrections as you drive if you want to avoid driving all over the place.

Between the car and the remote control, you’ll need a total of 8 AA batteries, and none are included. Thankfully I keep a lot of rechargeable batteries in the house (that tester life yo), but I’m sure some people would buy this toy and find themselves unable to use it without a second trip to the store to buy more batteries. So make sure you have enough!

I used this car primarily indoors, and found that it worked very well on both hardwood floors and on carpet. Based on its design, I’m sure it would work in grass or dirt just as well. While I'm tempted to give it four stars, frankly the flaws are minor, and fun factor keeps it at a five. Toy cars are a hit with kids of all age, boys or girls and this is a fun one, especially for dinosaur or Jurassic Park fans.

Requires 8xAA batteries (not included), two for remote and six for toy.
Ages 6+