Nathan, my middle child, is 10.5, and it is NOT easy to find things that he still enjoys playing with. I was happy to discover him and his best friend who is the same age happily playing with the GX Racers 360º Spinway Playset, 1/4 Pipe Ramp, and GX Street Force Skate Pack that I received from Jakks Pacific for review. Nathan’s friend collects mini skateboards and always has at least one in his pocket when he comes over, so between those and some toy cars, they spent a good hour playing, which is a lot for video game obsessed boys!
What’s unique about GX Racers is the gyro spinning action. The cars don’t just go forward, they spin on their sides! Keeping the cars moving AND spinning is the challenge! This is the Spinway Playset, which is a molded plastic track with a handle at one end. It comes with plastic flags that can be set up to make an obstacle course, then as the car is spinning it’s way across, you turn the handle to move it from side to side. It’s hard but it’s fun!
For more gyro spinning fun, there are GX Street Force Skate Packs, with a mini skateboard that also comes with a gyro. Designed with different cool street styles like camouflage and graffiti, these skateboards practically fly when launched! I recommend setting up the skateboards at one end of a LONG hallway, because they move fast and travel an insane amount of distance. Definitely a cool toy for kids who like skate/fingerboards!
To go with the GX Skateboards, there’s a 1/4 Pipe Ramp with two sides that double the fun! Launching them onto one side of the Pipe Ramp sends the skateboard flying straight in the air, the other side launches the skateboard into the distance. Like I mentioned, this was also fun for the boys to use with their own mini skateboards, pretending to do the skate tricks they’ve seen on TV.
Put GX Racers Playsets on your birthday or Christmas gift list for kids who love cars and skateboards! GX Racer sets are available at Walmart, Target, Kmart, Amazon, and Toys R Us. Thanks again to Jakks Pacific for sending us these cool toys to review!
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This very blurry photo shows Kaitlyn holding the box that the Lucky Bee Bee charm dangle came in, it’s meant to be clipped to a belt loop or backpack and came with three charms that clip on. Janis from Jakks also sent a charm necklace, with three attachable charms. The charms we got include a fortune cookie that opens on a hinge to reveal a tiny fortune, a nesting doll with a tiny doll inside and another tiny doll inside that one, and a lunchbox that really opens. It’s exactly the kind of dress-up jewelry that little girls love, and the charms can be mixed and matched to personalize the necklace or dangle for the individual likes of the wearer.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=852ac70c-8bf6-449a-a75a-85c1dec10fba)
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