Dillon's Mom

The Geotrax set is a great toy!!! We just bought the firestation and remote control firetruck for our son at Christmas. He is only 15 months old, but he loves this system!! Since Christmas, we have accumulated a large amount for his Geotrax system. We bought the Mountain Blast for him this month. This is a great addition!! Even though he is very young, he loves to push the dynamite to make the "blast" and he can understand how to work the remotes. He also loves to run the windmill. The Geotrax system seems to be very sturdy and durable for the younger children. It can get to be an expensive hobby. There are many more additions that we plan on getting him. The only draw back to that is finding room to store it all when it isn't being played with. Unfortunately, we do not have room to build it and leave it up all of the time, so we build him a small track to keep in his room all of the time and then we build the big layouts for him on the weekends. I love the fact that these additions do not have a bunch of little pieces that come apart, but it does present a problem as far as storage. There are a few things that they could do differently to make this set even better. The trains need to have 2 different speeds and go in reverse. That would make it alot more fun to play with. You will definetly need to invest in rechargeable batteries!!!!! You will go broke trying to replace regular batteries, they die out pretty fast. The rechargeables are more expensive to start, but they definetly pay off in the end. I would recommend this set to anyone with little kids - girls or boys. I have 10 year old twin girls that love to "help" their little brother play with his Geotrax. I think they have more fun with it than he does. It is a great toy for everyone in the family.

Rating:


Great toy for your little boy!

This set is great for any little boy, they love trucks! I would recommend buying the Mix N Go work crew to go with this. There are many pieces included with this set including 2 boulders, and 3 rocks to attach to the mountain that get blasted off. I believe the age level on this is 3 and up, as opposed to most other Geotrax accessories which are 2 1/2 and up. This is probably because there are so many parts.

This set is easy to operate, and I liked that it came with more track pieces than the other add-ons. The way we added it to our set was to make it an optional area, you have to flip the switch track for the train to go over there. However, I need to reconfigure the set because my son doesn't play with this as much as I though he would. But he did receive like 7 other accessories for his birthday at the same time. But you have many options on how to set it up, because you can use the track however you want.

The boulder loader on the top is a lot of fun too, and the cars that come with this are fun as well. I definitely recommend this set for your little guy!

Rating:


Really Nice Add-On

Unlike so many Geotrax accessories that connect with a single piece of track, this accessory becomes a major part of your track set up. You get six pieces of track in addition to the mountain itself. If you flip the two switcher tracks outward, you can integrate these track pieces more easily with the existing track. The coal car's load will push down, and pop back up when you pull the hook-connector. For the money, Mt. Blast is one of the best accessories you can add to your Geotrax set up.

Rating: