Monster Truck Speed Demons

Recently I purchased the little three Hot Wheels Monster Jam Speed Demons. They are mini monster trucks. They are way cooler than the typical, larger Hot Wheel monster trucks. The boys have been collecting the larger monster trucks for a few months now. B has five, J has four, and V has none.

V has a very low interest in Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and the like. Vehicles?! Whatever. Whenever we give her one she quickly abandons it and it joins the pile of unclaimed (unloved) cars in a plastic shoe box.

Anyway back to the newest acquisitions--mini monster trucks. Why are they so cool? The larger monster trucks sit on extra big wheels and sometimes they have interesting paint jobs--they look like a fierce animal or even a dinosaur--but they don't drive particularly well and they don't fit on the Hot Wheel racing tracks. The mini versions don't just look good, they move on their own--"Pull 'em back; Then let 'em go!" And boy do they go--they take off on a wild ride doing loops and circles and wheelies. It's pretty amazing. They are fun to watch. (The first few runs they are pretty tame, but once the truck is broke in, it goes wild.)

The boys have a great time racing them on the kitchen floor. The only problem is that the trucks tend to drive themselves under the furniture and if they boys don't retrieve them right away, they can be hard to locate at a later time. Bedtime was an all out search party the first two nights the boys owned the trucks. V, as expected, does not play with hers much. It's been parked on the bathroom counter since day 2.

I'm going to look for more of these little gems. In addition to being more fun, they are half the price of the larger monster trucks and they take up less room to store. Now...how do I hunt for more while watching the boys full-time? If they are with me, they will see them and demand them immediately and I want to use them at some future date for incentives. (We sometimes offer Jake an incentive for attending nursery--in fact that's how he earned his new mini monster truck. The other two toddlers also got one because they attended their church classes, too, but they don't need bribes to attend.) I already checked on amazon.com and the prices were triple what the going rate at the local grocery store is. Triple! They would make great party favors for little boys--assuming you were willing to give any of them up. We have a mission for the day! Find the Bat Mobile Speed Demon Monster Truck.




The photos above were taken the first day the toddlers received their monster trucks--notice V is watching and not playing with her new truck. Would she have liked it better if it were pink and had a princess decal on it?