Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 25, 2000
Pros: Fun, easy to play
Cons: None
Summary: My son received this program when he was about 5 years old for a Christmas gift from his grandmother. He still plays it at age 7 and loves it! The age requirement is for ages 4 and up.
Tonka Construction is an interactive, 3D kids ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2001
Pros: Will keep child playing for hours if you let them.
Cons: Sometimes there are freeze glitches.
Summary: My twin boys love this game. They hate that they have to take turns because they both want to play. It has taught them great hand eye coordination learning to control the trucks with the mouse. They loved big trucks since they were two and this game ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 27, 2001
Pros: tons of activities, encourages sequential thinking
Cons: freezes on occasion
Summary: I originally bought this game for my three year old son who is a construction equipment fanatic. I knew he would love it, but wasn't sure if he would be able to navigate it well being so young. He not only learned the game inside and out quickly, but ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 4, 2001
Pros: Children can see what is involved in completing a construction site.
Cons: None
Summary: This is a game that will help your child see how construction projects are done. They choose various projects. In the garage they are able to put parts on a truck with air tools with the click of the computer mouse. My four year old loves it. They ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2000
Pros: 2 yr old to 7 yr old love it
Cons: paving is kinda hard for the very young
Summary: Definitely "G" rated for all ages product! "Grandma" was thrilled to buy it for my then 2 yr old son (from my approved gift list).This is a great game! Just seeing the TONKA yellow and the truck on the package, made for exciting gift ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2000
Pros: easy to use, always interesting
Cons: maybe the inavailability
Summary: My wife and I purchased this game for the Christmas of '98 when we bought the computer. Since our youngest son was a dump truck nut, we figured that the purchase would be a sound investment.
The Tonka Construction Site is made to look like a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2000
Pros: Entertaining and good problem solving skills for children
Cons: none
Summary: This Tonka game was given to my son for a birthday present when he was 4 years old. He is now 9 and continues to enjoy this game. Like the tonka trucks this product is also built to last and keeps him busy for very long periods of time.
In ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 13, 2000
Pros: Easy to learn, great graphics, neat stuff to print in color
Cons: Runs a bit slow on my P100, although we manage.
Summary: Both of my boys (age 7 and 5)love this and the Search and Rescue game so much, that I just went out and bought the Garage game. We've had this software for about 3 years and just as my 7 year old seems to getting a little too old for it (although he ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 12, 2000
Pros: Graphics, Skill required
Cons: Difficult to move the mouse
Summary: My son is four and has all three Tonka games. He received Tonka Construction on his second birthday. He lives and breathes trucks! Tonka Construction is the easiest of the three. He has spent hours with Meko! (a character on the game) In this game ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2000
Pros: My son can play by himself
Cons: I can never get on my computer
Summary: My son got this program for Christmas when he was 4 he plays it once a day & loves to sit and play. He likes all the equipment and the sound. He will sit and play for at least an hour. My husband even likes to play it. I love Tonka Joe he is great. I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 23, 2000
Pros: Easy to play, easy to understand, easy to follow
Cons: some tasks are difficult for young kids at first
Summary: Tonka Construction is a great game. My 5 year old son loves construction equipment, so we bought this for his 3rd birthday. It was the first of the Tonka games we bought him, and he loves it. He is constantly asking for the rest of the games. He has ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 14, 2000
Pros: Easy for young children to operate
Cons: I don't like my kids to print things out often, and there is not an option to stop this.
Summary: Tonka Construction is an interactive game where children can make their own buildings, do construction work, and learn about different construction vehicles. It also recognizes the children by name for their effort. My kids got this as a gift when my ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2000
Pros: son has become more suspicious of advertisements
Cons: completely useless and boring
Summary: My six year old son has been "helping" his dad build things in the garage since he was old enough to walk. He saw the numerous and repetitive ads for Tonka Workshop and was convinced he would enjoy building on his computer.
Since he ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 8, 2000
Pros: GREAT GAME AND LEARNING TOOL!
Cons: Didn't get here soon enough!
Summary: How on earth did our parents keep us busy, I cannot remember. But this Tonka Constructions Game is MARVELOUS.
This game lets the kids use their imagination, and blast to build up construction sites, then build from scratch. There is on ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 29, 2000
Pros: Very creativity
Cons: Vehicle are a little hard to get used to moving
Summary: Tonka Joe is great. There are 5 different construction sites to blast. Then you get to decided what you want to put on that site. Tonka Joe is always there to help with any problems.
You can dig, plow, blast and build with fourteen 3-D ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Jan 27, 2000
Pros: Entertaining, good learning tool, especially good for boys
Cons: Movement of vehicles a little tricky
Summary: This game is an excellent learning tool as well as an entertaining one. My 2 1/2 year old son, however, had difficulty manuevering the vehicles at the various sites. In fact, it was tricky even for Mom to turn the vehicles around at first.
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2000
Pros: great value, teaches problem solving
Cons: try to get your kid off the computer!
Summary: I bought this for my 5 year old son and he could play it for hours. He does occasionally build actual buildings, but for some reason he is always building a desert. You can't figure kids out I guess.
We own several Tonka titles and always get ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Jan 20, 2000
Pros: hours of fun, colorful
Cons: needs 256 colors for your computer, can mess up some color displays
Summary: I bought this game after my son was playing it at a playland nearby. He had really liked it. I have had this game for 2 weeks and I hardly see him. Mind you, my 4 year old is extremely hyper and this Tonka game keeps him occupied for hours. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 20, 2000
Pros: My son liked it.
Cons: It froze my computer and required changing the settings
Summary: I really hated to "lose" this game. My son really enjoyed it. I, however, hated it. My husband's comment comment was "it wouldn't be so bad if they hired some programmers"
First off the game requires changing the settings on the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2000
Pros: Varying "play" rooms, from building to demolition
Cons: Can't get your child off the computer
Summary: I bought this game for my son for his fourth birthday (he's now six). He has probably derived 1000+ hours out of building, destruction, mapping his own little worlds. I can honestly say no computer game has kept his quite as busy, intellectually and by ... read more
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