Best Toys

Lots of little boys and girls dream of being astronauts when they grow up. As a result, they often love spaceship toys, and the Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle is a favorite spaceship toy for many. Kids can follow the easy picture directions and use all the pieces included to make one huge space ship with exterior fuel tanks, and astronaut at the helm, and an alien stowaway. Or they can use different combinations of pieces to make thirty different space ships. There are hours of fun to be had with this toy, and kids will call this one of the best toys ever.

The Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle is recommended for ages four and up because there are many small parts. This makes the toy unsuitable for kids less than four years of age. Some of the youngest astronauts in training may need help from a parent when building new space ships even with the picture directions, but they are likely to get the hang of it pretty quickly and will soon be rebuilding on their own. A great feature that makes the Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle one of the best toys 2008 for kids is that it is possible to build more than one spaceship at a time, allowing more than one child to play with the set. This toy offers kids the opportunity to share, which is something that all parents want their kids to learn.

There are thirty- three different pieces included with the Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle set, and some of the parts are pretty small and easy to lose. For this reason, parents should probably keep an eye on kids while playing with this toy, so that none of the parts get lost. It may even be advisable for parents who buy this set to also invest a couple more dollars in a durable plastic box in which to store the pieces that are not in use. If kids are taught to put the pieces they are not using into the box, there should be no heartbreak from missing pieces.

The Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle comes with pieces to create an all terrain vehicle for exploration of other planets, a tiny spacecraft with an alien pilot, and many other pieces that can be combined in a variety of ways. One child with an active imagination can play with this set for hours of pretend play fun, or a group of three or even four children can divide up the set into several space craft and play cooperatively in a group. Kids will have so much fun with the set, it will surely be one of the top toys 2008 on their list of favorites.

One of the features that kids like the most is the moveable space arm attached to the ship. Another feature they are sure to love is the sound effects and lights the spaceship can make. The toy requires three button cell batteries, but the batteries are included and last for a long time. As is the case with many top toys among kids, the Matchbox Mega Rig Space Shuttle is sure to get lots of use. No reason to worry though, because Matchbox makes toys very durable to withstand rough treatment and repeated crashes.