Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Power Tower Trackset

VERY fun track set!
I hesitantly bought this at a large toy store on a whim. Before opening it, I checked Amazon's price and reviews. After reading the reviews, I *almost* took it back. Instead, I decided to try it (at the pleading of my 5 & 8 y/o sons). However, when I put it up, I used TWO of the LARGE command strips on EACH of the brackets holding the big tower. It hasn't budged a millimeter! My boys have been seriously abusing it for about 3 weeks now, and it's still solid and secure to the wall.

Now... I must say, it DOES jam with large or odd-shaped cars. Some cars don't make the jump or the sharp curve and fall off. Some cars get munched by the monster and fall out the bottom. But that's what ALL Hot Wheels tracks are like! That's the FUN part! Some cars just don't work - it's designed to work with *most* cars, and this one indeed works with *most* cars. My boys have only found about 3 or 4 cars that won't go up the tower. Or sometimes they'll send too many cars to the...
Cool idea, but it doesn't hold up.
My 8 year old saw this and thought it was the coolest thing ever. He spent his own money to buy it. We brought it home, and followed all the directions for installation. We even waited longer than the recommended hour after putting up the 3M adhesive brackets before hanging the track on the wall.

It lasted 10 minutes. One of the moving parts began catching on the center spiral tower and then the whole thing came crashing down off the wall. Only one of the 3M adhesives held.

I expected better results from both 3M and Mattel.

We're not sure what we will do next. Mattel will be called on Monday. We are even considering getting out the power drill and some screws to try to salvage it. Or maybe doubling up with extra 3M strips.

This toy is a great concept, but I don't think they tested it enough before putting it in stores.
FUN TOY!
This is a fun toy, we bought it for our 3 year old and he loves it and everything else "hot wheels". It was really simple to put together but there are a few flimsy peices and sometimes the cars get flipped upside down and jammed when they reach the bottom spiral so thats the only reason I gave it the rating I did but once we got it up on the wall I think I had more fun playing with this than he did and I'm the mom so that tells ya this really is easy and fun!
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