Mega Bloks Build & Race Rig

(Fisher-Price $22.99)

For toddlers, who generally love big trucks, this Mega Bloks Race Rig is sure to be a winning choice. The truck comes with a little racing car that has five sounds, comes apart in three chunky pieces, and is easily reassembled. Best of all the car can race down a steep track or glide across a bridge and in either case rolls out the front end of the truck. For starters, kids will need help assembling the various “raceways” that are formed with the carrier part of the truck. Unlike a lot of track toys, this one works well, once it’s set up. Toddlers will like the repetition and the dependable action. Once they learn how to assemble the different roadways, this is a toy that can also help develop fine motor skills as well as problem solving and imaginative pretend play. Marked for 1 and up, but we say this is more for 2s and even 3s.