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Waste of time and money
This is an absolute piece of garbage. My kids LOVE Paw Patrol, and were thrilled when we brought this home with us, but the rest of the day was spent in tears, as the slide broke over and over again. Krazy Glue did not work on it and I had to chisel off the dried glue, but Super Glue does seem to hold it for about a week at a time, at which point I need to scrape off the old glue and do it all over again. The kids actually take turns playing with it; it's so top heavy that one girl holds it in place while her sister plays so it doesn't tip over. The most annoying part was that the batteries in the communicator piece in the middle died after about two weeks. They're 1.5 volt batteries, not something we usually have around the house. I went out and bought new ones, and they don't seem to sit well in the holes, so they don't make a connection, and even with new batteries it still didn't work. I had to wad up little pieces of floral tape and jam them between the batteries and the lid of the battery compartment to wedge them in tightly enough that they would make the connection. I am so disgusted with what a piece of junk this is.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that it breaks all the time, the kids absolutely adore it. They are so in love with Paw Patrol I could hand them a turd in a box with the Paw Patrol characters printed on it and they'd be delighted. Good thing, too, because that's not too far off from how I'd describe this toy.
October 2014 · Toys and Games