Car Trax Ultratrax Toy Review at London Toy Fair 2016 from HGL Flexi-Trax | Beau's Toy Farm
Channel: Beau's Toy Farm
Date: 2016-03-27

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Car Trax Ultratrax is a colourful children's toy made by HGL where a motorised car or truck follows the course of a laid out track.  To be honest, it's very like Flexi-Trax and we're not sure which came first! The track (or trax) can be pulled apart at any point and reconnected quite easily to any other part of the track.

If it's not Flexi-Trax, isn't definitely not like Scalextric, but it is suitable for younger children and is a lot of fun to play with. As part of this review, I also met Martin Grossman, director of H Grossman Ltd toys (based in Glasgow) who showed me all four sets in the Car Trax series.

The kit is easy assembly and comes complete with lifting ramp, flexible track, a turntable and a lift. It allows kids to create their own ultimate Car Trax challenge.  Depending on what set you buy, it includes 1 or 2 battery operated cars.  The sets are recommended for ages 3+

As luck would have it, I got hold of the biggest set in the Car Trax series - Ultratrax. It has an incredible 216 pieces with a lift, a bridge, a turntable unit and comes with two motor cars. Each car takes one AA battery (not included).

The battery operated cars are placed on the CAR TRAX and follow wherever the track takes them - Whether it is up the lift, over a bridge, down a ramp or re-routed to another track!

None of the other pieces on the Car Trax are battery operated, even though they can move. How is this possible? Well the tyres on the battery operated car keep spinning, so they turn cogs on the turnstile or on the lift. These cogs make the turnstile turn when spun around and they can also make the lift rise. Very clever indeed!

I really enjoyed the toy, so much so that I was playing with it long after filming - I don't often do that with all the toys I review! The only negative point I could find with "Car Trax" is the quality of the plastic parts which feel a bit 'cheap' - But don't get me wrong, they do their job very well and I have not had any broken parts after playing with the set for hours. I've never held Flexi-trax before, so I can't comment on a comparison between them.

Overall, the set presents exceptional value for money with the smallest set in the series costing just £5.00 in shops.

The Car Trax set that features in this video that I review is the largest of all the sets and retails at £29.95. I should mention that some pieces in this set were missing when I unboxed it and so don't feature in this video. However, this could have happened because the box I picked up was from the H. Grossman stand at London Toy Fair and the part missing could have been pinched from it for demonstration purposes.

I do recommend this game for levels of enjoyment and very respectable price point.

To find out more, go to their home website:
http://www.ozbozz.com/car-trax/

I have seen the Car Trax for sale at The Works here:
http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/party-bag-fillers/car-trax---flexible-track/5021813116202

You may find them at Tesco here:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/hgl-car-trax-turnaround-trax-play-set/302-3948.prd

But there are quite a few for sale on Amazon, just none of this particular toy - So you may see it is hard to find!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N4WULGO/ref=s9_hps_bw_g21_i1

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