When the Crash is as Much Fun as the Race

by Lori Cunningham

You might recall a couple of months ago I told you about MomSelect.com, a website that brings together moms and manufacturers to stimulate mom’s conversations based on products they like.  Recently, MomSelect.com offered an opportunity to try out a new inexpensive toy for kids called  Marble Racers.  I knew right away, anything that lights up would bring lots of excitement in my household.  So I signed up to review the Marble Racers.   The very next day I was alerted that I was chosen to participate in the program.  Interestingly enough, within an hour of being notified, I had a package  at my door!  Boy, was that quick!  Apparently, the manufacturer of Marble Racers is only 20 minutes away from my house.  Cool.  I hid away the box until Friday of that week  for our family fun night.  MomSelect.com sent me six cars to try out.

 “Craft Project”

On family fun night, I unveiled the cars to my kids.  Their eyes widened as I hit the car with my hand and they lit up.  My daughter was particularly  thrilled as she saw that you can put the stickers on the car to decorate them yourself – a craft project!  She also noticed that at least two of the designs were meant for girls.  My son was excited because one car could be decorated as a police car, one as a fireman car, and one with cool flames down the side.

We went to work right away on peeling off the decals and applying them to the cars.  To my surprise, my four year old son was able to put on most of the stickers on his cars himself.  It took us about 5 minutes per car to put the stickers on.  My kids were very intent on creating their car and didn’t even “test driving” the car until they were done decaling (rather than detailing) all their cars.

Off to the Races!

Now with the cars completed, it was time for the races!  We have a long hallway which we used to set up the cars.  We turned off the lights and sailed the cars down the hallway.  Due to the weight of the marble, the cars flew down the hallway.  The cars light up when they crash into things, or when my kids hit the cars first before sending them down the long corridor.

We had one kid at each end of the hallway so we could race them back and forth.  Then we tried racing the cars back in forth with one of the kids in the middle, trying to grab our cars.  We all had a good time.  One car would be fun, two cars more fun, but six cars was just crazy!  We always had plenty of cars to roll back and forth and we had names for each one.

Where to Buy

Marble Racers can be purchased online here  for $7.99 each.  Or better yet, if you live in California, Arizona, or Nevada, you can pick them up at a nearby CVS Pharmacy for $4.99 or $29.94 for all 6 cars.  For a limited time, the company that makes Marble Racers, Skullduggery (a kids educational toy maker), if offering a Buy One Get One Free special on all six models of Marble Racers when you guy them at CVS in California, Arizona, or Nevada.  To take advantage of this special offer:

Mail or email a copy of your CVS receipt with your Light Up Marble Racer purchase to the following address:

Skullduggery
5433 E La Palma Ave
Anaheim, CA 92807
skorders@skullduggery.com

Include the following information:  

• Your name and address (No PO Boxes).
• The name of the Light Up Marble Racer you would like sent to you for free (Fire, Police, Confetti, Cat’s Eye, Volcano or Cyclone).

Please note that this offer expires May 21, 2010. Sales slips must have a date of May 21, 2010 or earlier. This offer is limited to CVS purchases in ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA & NEVADA only.  Offer limited to the first 1000 entries.

A Mom’s Perspective

I have to admit, these are fun racer cars that can go pretty fast and relatively straight.  My daughter loved being able to create her own as a “craft” and my son loves smashing them against walls to light them up.  For my daughter, her cars are a”work of art.”  For my son, they are a demolition derby delight.  For me, they are a fun activity to do with the kids.  They are small and portable and fun to use.  They are sure to catch everyone’s attention if you give some as a part of a birthday present to your child’s friend.  I’d also recommend taking advantage of the Buy One Get One free offer now.

Well, gotta go, my Confetti Marble Racers is ready to try to win another race down the hallway strip!