Review time! - Vtech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Ultimate Amazement Park Playset

Dad: "Today we're going to talk about Vtech's Go! Go! Smart Wheels Ultimate Amazement Park Playset. Yes, it does have a ridiculous title. I agree. I'll refer to it as GGSWUAP for now."

Bill: "Vrooooooooooom.... eeeeerp! PAKOOSH!"

Dad: "Hey Bill do you want to stop for a second and come talk about your toy?"

Bill: "Disinterested."

Dad: "Okay then. The GGSWUAP was the first thing in the Go! Go! Smart Wheels line that we bought for Bill. His mom picked it for his first birthday which was a little early for his height since it's so tall but that just meant he could enjoy it longer."

Bill: "My car's fixed up, I'm ready to go. Beep Beep hit the gas! Let's go!"

Dad: "The track comes with the white race car driven by Rob which, along with the fact that he loves to race, he dutifully announces every few minutes while you're playing with it. Interspersed in between are classic children song instrumentals as well as a few other phrases and lots of racey engine noises."

Bill: "Rob likes to go down the steep hill and through the loop the most."

Dad: "He isn't very good at the loop anymore. His wheels are a little gummed up so he tends to slide down the track more than roll."

Bill: "It's hilarious when he gets upside down and then falls on his top."

Dad: "That it is, son. Luckily, other than the wheel issue, he is robust. Bill has thrown him down on the hard kitchen tile quite a few times and he only has a few decal scratches to show for it."

Bill: "It's cool. He has a helmet."

Dad: "The design of the gar is nice. It's like a super-deformed Le Mans car and it's well detailed for a Smart Wheels car. All Vtech cars have little songs that they play that refer to various things they do like the race car races, the school bus takes children to school, etc. However the music for many of them are the same, just with different words. Some of them are pretty badly written but Rob's are better than most."

Bill: "That's enough. Tell them about the track."

Dad: "I thought you weren't participating."

Bill: "Yeah well you're not very good at this. I will have to help you out AGAIN!"

Dad: "Well the tower is about 3 feet tall and there are a few different tracks to run on. At the top is a staging area for two cars with a tip-start feature to have them race. Though, the tracks are different so it's not exactly a fair race. The right lane leads straight down the hill into a loop. The left side leads to a round track that circles downward and into a teeter-totter which can be tilted forward to go down a chicane hill or backward to lead to another tilter which dumps onto a spiral hill."

Bill: "Oh man, remember when Mom would put other toys on the chicane hill? Like the lion, or the stacking rings, or the racoon puppet? That was HILARIOUS!"

Dad: "What was that racoon even DOING on that track? He doesn't belong on the track!"

Bill: "I KNOW! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Dad: "Classic. The other feature of the GGSWUAP is a little gas station/music player stuck strangely out of place on the side. It plays music and various race announcer phrases. It also has a "smart point" gas station on it which has ridges that contact the little fingers on the bottom of the Smart Wheels to tell the car where it is which causes the car to say different things related to where they are. Certain parts of the tower have these little smart points and they're nice but not really that fun. Bill rarely messes with them except the ones built into the tilters."

Bill: "They don't even work all the time. Too fiddly. Rob and I have races to run."

Dad: "If you've seen other pictures of the GGSWUAP on other sites you may notice Bill's is missing a few bits and bobs. That's because there are a few bits that are super easy to take off so he did. Immediately. Day one. So those got put away for later. There was a Start billboard on top, a little arch over the chicane hill, and a little curved bit of track that attached to the end of the loop. They may be useful later but right now they're just chewing/cat whacking bits."

Bill: "I don't get to have any fun."

Dad: "So the GGSWUAP is definitely a good value. Bill has had it for half a year and it's still his go-to toy. It's a little big at 3 feet long but we have it against the wall in the living room and it's not really that in the way. It's pretty sturdy. Bill basically learned to stand by hanging on to it and stretching to reach the top to put cars on the track. It swayed a bit but he's only knocked it over once or twice. I'd definitely recommend it if you can stand all the songs and tunes. Or you could just not ever put batteries in it and your kids won't be the wiser!"

Bill: "Those poor kids..."

Dad: "What do you think of it, Bill?"

Bill: "It's the best. Two thumbs up. Whatever that means. Up your nose? I don't know."

Dad: "Bill... don't be crass. Go sit with your toy and say cheese!"

Bill: "Cheese!"