Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy: It's a Baywatch Bonanza
Written: Jan 05 '05
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Pros: the wheels move
Cons: pretty much everything else
The Bottom Line: The Bottom Line is on a mission to de-clutter this toy room. This toy may have to go.
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| pippadaisy's Full Review: Fisher Price Rescue Heroes: Dune Buggy |
My sister knows that her middle child (a boy) and my middle child (a boy as well) are very similar in nature, and tend to love the same things. Therefore, when it comes time to buying gifts for my little one, she usually scopes out what her son's favorites were at the same age and gets Buster one of the same. Such was the case with the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy, which spent most of its time before its arrival at my house unwrapped with the box nestled next to my nephew's version. Unfortunately, this time her guesswork was a miss.
::: Speed Buggy, I Miss You! :::
If you are new to Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes, it can be summed up quite simply as a toy and video line starring large, muscular civil servants performing unbelievable feats in the line of helping people, all with porn-star names. Any of the crew, from Ariel Flyer to Rocky Canyon, can drive this dune buggy in style, saving all manner of everyday citizens caught in riptides or mindless bimbos drunk on daiquiris without the sense to get out of the surf.
The Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy is one of the more simple entries in the Rescue Heroes toy line, requiring no batteries. The vehicle is approximately 14-15 inches long and 11 inches wide at its widest point. The majority of it is red plastic, with large nubby black wheels and a silver steel floor that looks like a smaller scale of the flooring in a fire engine. Two Rescue Heroes can ride along looking for hot babes... er, trouble... with one in the black bench seat and on riding along on the platform behind.
The Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy comes with a flotation device that can be "launched" (i.e. shot) from a mounting on the rear spoiler, and a rescue raft that attaches underneath the dune buggy, and can be launched by pressing a button on the hood of the vehicle.
::: Sand In Its Engine Would Be the Least of Its Problems :::
Assembly of the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy really wasn't very taxing; all that had to be done was snapping the spoiler and roll bar on, and applying stickers. Of course, once its assembled, it's all downhill from there.
For starters, there is no steering wheel. This was also the case with the Mission Select Firetruck, but at least that vehicle had a control panel that looked technical enough to steer. Apparently, the Rescue Heroes have since developed some form of telekinesis and can steer their vehicles by THINKING about it as there is no instrument panel here to even suggest an alternate method of steering.
The stickers themselves are the bane of my existence. Perhaps our Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy had been exposed to foul weather conditions or other humidity, because approximately 4 nanoseconds after being applied, they began to peel. Buster has had this toy for less than two weeks and we've already lost one headlight and are in dire threat of losing the Rescue Heroes logo that covers the hood. Other stickers are peeling as well, and yes, we followed those complicated explanations to make sure that the car was clean, etc.
Finally, this vehicle really doesn't DO much of anything. It has a raft, but the raft doesn't float, so forget having your HydroTeam Billy Blazes use it to actually save someone, because that boat is going right to the bottom.
Best of all, unlike some of the other vehicles, there is nowhere to store the nearly ubiquitous backpacks when a Rescue Hero is driving. Billy Blazes wouldn't be caught DEAD without his gear, so Buster tries to shove it down into the seat with him. Billy ends up with his pack on his lap, which is just fine seeing as he doesn't need to reach any pesky steering wheel to drive.
::: Baywatch Prop Department Cast-off? :::
It is my firm belief that the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Dune Buggy has about as much realism as an episode of David Hasselhoff's finest work. A rescue raft that doesn't float, peeling decals, and lack of steering wheel give this rescue vehicle about as much believability as a parchment proclaiming Pamela Anderson a medical doctor. Save your $18.00 and get something more fun.
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Other Rescue Heroes reviews:
Al Pine with Arctic Tracker • Bicycle Helmet Value Pack • HydroTeam Billy Blazes • Mission Select Ariel Flyer • Mission Select Billy Blazes • Mission Select Jake Justice • Mission Select Matt Medic • Mission Select Mountain Action Command Center • Mission Select Rescue Firetruck • Mission Select Wendy Waters • Rescue Heroes Walkie-Talkies
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 16.99
Type of Toy: Other
Age Range of Child: Other
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