Bruder 02439 Cat Excavator

We bought this for our 2yr old on his 2nd birthday. He loves Excavators, and really isn't interested in anything that isn't a realistic representation. The "cartoony" type of toy equipment just doesn't hold his interest. This one nailed it though. The tracks, the pivot points in the boom, everything. He can even put his "dude" into the drivers seat. Great toy, well worth the money. If I had any con's, it might be that it isn't rugged. Its plastic, so its obviously easier to break than the old metal tonka trucks. However, despite saying that, I've seen him being faily rough with it, and it held up well, so maybe saying it isn't rugged isn't valid anyway. Great toy, I highly recommend it.

Super good quality. Held up with my 3 year old son playing with it all the time. Looks realistic

I bought this excavator for my 5 year old boy and he loves it. Its much larger than I expected and very high quality. The shovel does swing 360 degrees and the bucket moves and extends in a realistic fashion. The tracks move easily and it rolls smoothly even on carpet. The cab door does not open, and to put a guy in the seat, you have to shove him through the window space. This frustrates my 5 year old somewhat. The engine compartment does open. This is a very nice toy and if you are planning on letting your child use it in the sand, there are lots of little places that sand will get into and probably never come out. My boy has no trouble working the digger but we use it to scoop blocks and marbles not dirt. It's just too nice to mess up. One major positive is that there is no real small pieces to lose or break.

Go ahead and spend the money, this thing works great, and has great detail. My son loves playing with it, and there is no assembly required, take it out of the box and start digging. It’s pretty large but it’s fun to operate.

Good toy. My 3 year old son loves it. The Excavator is very realistic which is huge for my boy. He likes the real life looking trucks. It also functions very well, the crane moves very well. It seems durable too, but I'm not 100% sure b/c he's only had it 2 weeks. I'd recommend this Excavator to buy!

This brand is on the pricey side, but mostly good quality...I spent a lot of time putting on the tracks with the little plastic attachments to hold it in place, with great care, but even so, many have come off and or gotten lost. The track does not move at all on sand, which is where my grandson uses it exclusively, but on the floor or carpet the tracks worked very well initially. All of the other aspects are excellent and work well and look very realistic. If I had it to do over, it would have been wheels not tracks! The Bruder Brand is expensive, but for a toy these days to last, you have to pay more for it...so I have to say I'd buy Bruder again, just to get higher quality, but this particular model let us down a bit. I hope the company makes improvements on this model. I would recommend for indoor use only, or an outdoor hard surface, not sand!

THE GOOD -The details are exceptional on this one. -Its target audience may be slightly older than who I bought it for, but my little 5yo wants to use this like the life-size version. He digs in the dirt! -He seems to like it much better than the true junk found in the local mega-box store. -The price is a little steep, but If it lasts a couple of years and he gets as many hours of enjoyment as he is currently getting the it was money well spent. The bad -I wish the plastic was a little thicker. -The hoe portion of this could be easier to manipulate. (or make each part of the arm independently manipulable. -The plastic tracks stretched very quickly (1 week), and there is no tensioner or adjustment to be made. So the tracks sag on the bottom. This could be redesigned with a fabric core (think timing belt on car) to prevent stretching.

Excellent made toyd

Gave it to my 3 year old grandson and he loves it. He played with it steadily the first day for over 6 hours! He calls it his "Bigger Digger" as he also has a little Tonka digger. He also decided that it will be an "Inside" toy, not for the sandbox, as he doesn't want to get it dirty. It looks really tough with high grade, very hard plastic, so hopefully it will last. Beautifully detailed with German engineering. The only minor downside is that it comes with some small plastic pieces for a handrail, mirror and some track inserts. These items seem to be mostly if you wish to treat this as an accurate model, not a hard playing toy. The track inserts don't stay and the hand rails easily pull off. I suggest not using these pieces at all.

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Very good quality toy! Looks like the real thing at a smaller scale. It's mainly made of plastic, but this is high quality stuff. It's true that there are no glue or screws that are in the way and could harm children. Very well made and designed. We gave it to our little boy for his birthday and he loves it! Fun in the house, where it does not scratcha anything, and loads of fun at the parc or in any sandy area. You pay for great quality here! Even better if you get it on sale.

My son had 2 broke both within a year playing in his sand box very disappointing

Feels very solid compared to other toy excavators. All moving parts are smooth, even with lots of sand and dirt doesn't gum up the movement of the tracks or cabin. Only complaint is the bucket, it feels a bit loose. When digging in wet or compacted sand feels like you might break it off if you apply too much force. This wouldn't be an issue if the price wasn't as high though.