Product Description

Take home your very own Roary racing car! Remote controlled Roary comes with a steering wheel control so you can steer Roary forwards, backwards, left or right! The remote is chunky and easy for little hands to use. With sound and phrases. A fun first remote controlled car that allows your child to control the play - great for the next Schumacher in training! Bright colours and human like "face" make him appear friendly.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1114 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Vivid Imaginations
• Released on: 2007-07-28
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 3.09 pounds

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Manufacturer's Description
R/C Roary Take home your very own Roary racing car! Remote controlled Roary comes with a steering wheel control so you can steer Roary forwards, backwards, left or right! With sound and phrases. 4 X AA batteries and 2 x AAA required. Ages 3+

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Customer Reviews

Light 'em up, Roary!!!
My son and I have had great fun with this toy over the past couple of months, and still do -- best Christmas present I ever bought!

It is speedy, tough, and faithful to the TV character. Admittedly traction is better on carpet than laminate, but I found it very easy to control, and had no problems with the turning circle. No, it won't turn on a dime, so you do have to practice some 3-point turns, but well, there's your educational element: spacial awareness, hand/eye co-ordination, etc. - good practice for when the kids are 17!

If responsiveness, or range of remote IR signal decreases, just replace the batteries in the car (not necessarily the remote), and all should be well again. I've also found that sunlight can interfere with the remote IR signal when the car travels into direct sunlight at a distance - just move closer to it.

All in all, a superb toy. If I had had one as a kid, I would have been well chuffed. I just wish they would bring out another remote control character, e.g. Maxi, so you could have races!

Good Fun But Poor turn and wheels spin
This toy was bought for my son's 4 birthday. He was able to quickly grasp the remote contol functions so enjoyed it for a while. However my comments echo those of others, as the car is vitually impossible to control with any accuracy. The Steering is slow to respond and makes it difficult to steer round any corners. This means that you have to practice multiple three point turns to get around even a fairly small space. The wheels also have a tendency to spin when you try to move forwards, again making the car hard to control even for an adult.
We have another buggy type remote control car and this soon over took roary in popularity because of its contolability and speed.
The toy is though very robust and is bright and very accutate when compared to Roary on the TV.

Excellent Fun!
All I can say is that it goes faster than I thought it would, and can happily drive around our house (which isn't particularly big). I would say turning circle of about 6 feet, and drives at an adults walking pace, so perhaps the other reviewer had a faulty car?
The remote is infra-red so you have to keep it in sight to drive it, other than that you just need to keep that dad's of it!
Not very educational but you wouldn't expect it to be, the sounds are also good (and can be muted if they get annoying!).

Durability is fairly good, it hasn't been thrown down the stairs yet(!), but has been crashed into the walls etc and has survived unscathed.