toy car

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe 30th Anniversary Car
$49.99
I decided to put this together by myself with the "help" of my 2 year old and I didn't think it was overly complicated. The only downfall was the yellow rooftop parts which are supposed to snap in. I saved those for my husband because you really have to use some force to snap them in. One of the rooftop parts was missing (we had 2 left side pieces and no right side piece). I think you run that risk with any toy and we have experienced missing parts with Step2 also. Called customer service and they are supposed to be sending the right part. Not a huge deal, but had we saved this for Christmas which was the original plan we would have assembled Christmas Eve and Santa would have an incomplete car under the tree. That would have been a serious disappointment. Lesson learned, always assemble early.

Hot Wheels 10 Car Pack - Styles May Vary
$16.99
We purchased my son a car/train table for his 2nd birthday. These make a nice addition. The cars that came with the table were so cheap that I afraid to let him play with them. These are sturdy and came in cool colors. I'm not sure who enjoys them most, my son or my husband.

Shake &#39N Go Nascar Jeff Gordon
$14.99
my 2 year old loves this toy! he shakes it up and away it goes! he absolutly loves it.

Manhattan Toy Automoblox Mini's 3-Pack
$29.99
My son already has a bunch of normal-sized Automoblox cars. He plays with them every day even though he is only 20-months old and they are recommended for 3+ year olds. I find Automoblox to be high quality toys.

I purchased four MINI Automoblox cars (red coupe, blue sedan, green pickup, and green SUV) so we can take them for trips for my boy to play. My son loves MINIs too. If he plays with MINIs inside the car, it is challenging to find small wheels after he takes them off and drops them on the floor.

There are two major differences (besides the size) in MINIs compared to the full-size Automoblox that I want to mention:

1. MINIs do not come with driver and passengers
2. All four MINIs use the same type of connectors for the wooden pieces (full-size Automoblox have vehicle specific connectors that can be interchanged and add another level to the puzzle)

It seems that the quality of the MINIs is just slightly below the quality of full-sized Automoblox cars. There are some artifacts from the manufacturing process on wooden bodies of the MINIs. Nevertheless, Automoblox are great fun toys.