My husband had Tonka trucks as a kid, so when Christmas rolled around for my 18 month old son, my husband insisted on buying him his first Tonka truck.  We went for total effect, and bought him the mammoth Tonka Toughest Mighty Dump Truck.  Although this particular truck is for older kids, my son loves it.  The dump bed is large enough to put his five year old sister in and push ...

Go ahead, try to find children's books about ice cream trucks. There aren't very many of them. That's why I was so happy to find this one, titled Isaac the Ice-Cream Truck, and ordered it online before ever having read it. If you have a little one that loves books about trucks, chances may be he or she does not have any about the trucks that jingle down the streets pu...

My husband, his brother and his father all work in the construction industry. That is why I wasn't surprised when last Christmas my father-in-law bought my son a CAT (Caterpillar) toy Dump Truck. This toy dump truck is from CAT's Junior Collection. The dump truck is yellow and black and looks just like a CAT dump truck. They toy doesn't do anything special other than it functions as...

Wheel Pals: Cushy Cruisin' - Pickup Truck is made by Playskool toys, and is a great first car for your little ones that are into vehicles. My son loves it, he is 15 months old and loves to push it all over the house. The best part about hat is the soft, cushy rubber on the toy-it bounces into things without a scratch or damage to either our stuff or the little car. The front bumper has a so...

My father gave my youngest son the Tonka Garbage Department Truck last year as a Christmas gift.  My son plays with this toy all the time.  He takes this truck everywhere he goes.  The garbage truck comes with a little garbage container and a sanitation worker.  When the child attaches the garbage container to the side of the truck,  there is a button that can be pushed...

This Tonka dump truck is an oversized, metal and heavy duty plastic body playing machine. The bed is well made of sturdy metal. The edges are rolled with no real sharp edges so litlle ones will not get cut on. The body is very well made, very sturdy. The top of the dump bed has a red molded plastic handle made into the bed so kids or adults can lift the bed for dumping or generally tossing arou...

On our last vacation we rented an economy car from a neighboring business to us, U-Save Car and Truck Rental. The service was impecable and we had a huge selection to chose from. The vehicle's were very clean, all we had to do was load our luggage into the trunk and go. You can chose their insurance or carry your own personal insurance. The rates beat everyone else here in town. They do hav...

This is part of the Little People franchise.  If your children like Little People, they will love this book!  This particular one is all about different modes of transportation.  Each page has flaps to lift and secrets to uncover, making this a very interactive book.Each page contains a learning activity as well.  There's a page on colors, shapes, counting, professions, ...

This looked like a neat playset. It had the blue moonsand, truck molds, tire molds and a mechanic mold.  It also has a mat you can play on.  However, upon opening the package, we discovered that it would not work for our children.For one thing, this "sand" does not clump together as easily as one might expect.  It just falls apart into little crumbly pieces, so you...

 I have owned legos since I was a child and now purchase them for my almost 5 year old son. The cement mixer is part of the lego city collection. This is recommended for ages 5+. My son has been playing with these size since his 2nd birthday, but alot since his 3rd birthday. This is a new piece this year.  This has 213 pieces and he couldn't build it all by himself but there are s...

 I have owned legos since I was a child myself and now buy them for my almost 5 year old son. This recycle truck is part of the city series and is brand new this year. For the $15 this cost I feel it is worth it. We highly enjoy legos and this collection.  Being not quite 5 my son is not able to completely build this himself but does help with parts of it. It is recommended for ages 5...

    This chevron car carrier, named casey, is available from Chevron gas stations. It ranges in price depending on what the station has priced it at and also if you find one that has been on their shelves a while they are much cheaper, since older, but the same. This is made to hold other chevron cars.   My son is almost 5 and has had this for well over a year and loves...

My son's friend got this Tonka Tow Truck for Christmas and they both love it and enjoy playing with it. The truck is large enough for little hands which is a nice feature. It's made out of durable plastic that can withstand hard play and outdoor conditions as well. The neatest feature of this truck is the pull down tow rig that talks and say "Hey buddy, hook me up". The boys p...

My 4 1/2 year old son received this as a Christmas present this year. He was so excited to play with it. We put it together and it is made very cheaply. It does not close up very well. The package says that everything will store inside but it does not. It is very hard to get everything to fit inside it. We do not put everything inside because it does not fit. We have parts stored on top so my s...

Cute, but boring. And why do the toy companies all think that toys need a bunch of pieces that just get lost as they are strewn about the house? This truck comes with a cow as the driver, and he is hauling a pig and a sheep. They don't really do anything. The sheep squeaks a little when shaken,a nd the pigs head creaks when moved from side to side. In order to make the truck go on its own, ...

The deluxe Bungee truck net is 78" x 60" and is made of UV and weather resistant material. It is designed to hold down lightweight loads or 50lbs. Don't use this as a tailgate net. This is used to secure items in the  bed of your truck, and has hooks that stretch over the area to be covered. When installing ,be careful  not to let the hooks slip and hit you in the f...

I was out garage shopping and came across these for my grandson.  Not knowing anything except i was buying him some cars to play with, I purchased this box of four cars.  They are 1:43 scale, have both plastic and metal parts, and are 4 1/2 " long. They came in their original box, which was in mint condition.  The four trucks are also in mint condition, and&nb...

This book is called The Big Book Of Trucks By Tonka by Patricia Relf. It is a very large sized hardcover book the retail price is $11.95. Now, if I bought this book at the retail price I would be extremely disappointed. Having purchased it from ebay instead for $1.00 plus the shipping (altogether it came out to be under 5 bucks) I would have to say that it is worth the money. The grade school t...

I rented a truck recently from U-Haul to move from Buffalo, Mn to Chanhassen, Mn and the quality of the service was just terrible! Things went fine until it was time to return the truck. Not being familiar with the Chanhassen/Shakopee/Chaska area, I called the number I was directed to on the rental contract for finding drop off locations. I was given directions to a location in Chaska and told ...

I have had Excite Truck for the Nintendo Wii for almost 8 months now and it still gets regular play - which is saying something these days. Excite Truck is a third person racing game (the camera hovers behind your car) where your goal is to both finish well but also to earn stars along the way by performing jumps, takedowns, tree runs, and any number of things.You steer by holding your Wii...