Nintendo Mario Piranha Plant Slide

K'NEX Nintendo Mario Kart 7 Piranha Plant Slide Track Set (Toy) Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program (What's this?) I did not like this toy in the least. It leaves a lot to be desired. It reeks of a poorly utilized license cash-in. In general I have very little positive to say about this product.

The assembly difficulty is highly uneven. While the track is basically a handful of clip together pieces, the Piranah Plant set piece is rather challenging, even for an adult. The sticker placement is also challenging and with a strong enough adhesive you have one chance to get it all right.

The car itself is simply useless. The molded top fits over the car body, so the assembly is easy. However, the front part of the body stretches out too far. This results in the car sticking on the ramp. Basically, the car will not travel a complete circuit without constant help from the user. Removing the plastic body and using just the car base is even worse. Without the car body the car base travels too quickly and will jump the track and fly off.

The Piranah Plant is honestly just horrible. It is difficult to assemble and barely works. The molded pastic Piranah Plant head is so heavy, it binds up the movement mechanism. I had to apply a lubricant to get the unit to work smoothly. Worse, the green pipe doesn't affix securely to the frame. As a result, it will continually fall off while operating the Piranah Plant. Lastly, the whole Piranah Plant is rather superfluous. To use it on the track means you knock Mario's car off the track. A car that doesn't auto shut off. So, on the occasion Mario's car makes it around the track, you knock it off and it shoots off. Tracking down Mario's car non-stop makes this an aggravating, high maintenance toy. Also, if your not careful, Mario's car will break the Piranah Plant in some way. It really isn't designed to be constantly hit by Mario's car.

Overall, I would not recommend this toy. It is expensive and of dubious enjoyment. There is very little interaction to be hand. It is distinctly a single player experience. The little interaction to be had, the Piranah Plant, causes the car to crash and careen off the track risking damage to the car. The toy is difficult to assembly and full of tiny pieces that are easy to loose. Worse, the toy simply doesn't work; the majority of the time as Mario's car get stuck on the ramp. I was very disappointed with this toy.


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