Top Race Remote Control Digger Excavator 15 Channel Professional 1:14 Construction Toy with Lights and Sound - Boys and Girls, Age 12+

I bought the Top Race Digger Excavator with Grapple fork TR-215 and the Top Race Construction Dump Truck TR-212. These are both well constructed and fairly tough toys. The 400mAh 7.2v battery supplied is perfectly adequate for some serious play time. I did have a problem with the USB charger for the digger which although the light continued flashing, stopped charging completely. I phoned Top Race and the man asked me to email a copy of the invoice to them. I did this, with a description of the problem and he posted a replacement USB charger and battery immediately. It arrived two days later and works perfectly. Impressive service from the company. Now thinking about getting the Bulldozer and Crane!

Well made unit, the battery charger was faulty but I sorted it myself. I would suggest buying a spare battery as the one that comes with it is only 400mA and they appear to be the size of 5 AAs. I bought a second battery 2400mA from Amazon complete with charger this gives plenty of run time till you get bored.The machine is quite sturdy and can lift around 240g anything heavier and it tips over, the jaws are strong and grip most things.The remote takes a little getting used to but once you remember what does what it is easy.It has demo button and makes the machine go through a sequence on its own, I like the squeaking noise it makes when travelling - just like the real thing!The engine noise can be turned off.It should have a flashing light on top of the cab instead of inside.When switching on the machine and remote control an acknowledgement tone is heard to confirm units have paired.

I purchased this for my son to replace a Bruder excavator that kept breaking due to a weakness within the design on the arm, and he absolutely loves this! The battery seems to last for as long as we need, and charging it up is very easy with the included USB cable. The control scheme was a bit fiddly to get to grips with at the start, but even though he's four years old, he can use it with ease now. The arm itself opens wide enough to pick up wooden blocks and other items that my son likes to dig up, and the caterpillar track movement action is perfect, allowing him to drive it across to his dumper truck to then drop the blocks in. When I've had a go (which is always loads of fun) I've even driven the excavator across multiple items on the floor, including a cushion and when it topples over perfectly onto the tracks, it can be rather satisfying! I've even used the arm to pull it along the floor and over certain objects. All in all, this is a great product that's well worth the price!

Remote control very flimsy and poor quality for the price of this product. The digger itself after 5 uses has now broken and the main arm will not lift or lower properly. Trying to get in contact for a replacement/repair but so far impossible to get in touch with the seller about this. Update: had contact with the seller but no solution offered. Clearly a faulty item and only 6 months old. Very expensive for the quality and customer service.

This excavator provides tons of fun, has been using it for the last 4 years and it is a trully amazing toy. I bought better battery [2800mAh] so it lasts 1 hour. On the top of that Hobbit Village is the seller that I personally never have encountered. Service provided, the communication and kindness is simply out of this world! After using this toy with a grapple fork I asked them could I also buy the normal excavator scoop and to my biggest surprise they offered it to me for free and even paid for it's delivery. Sadly this item has been lost by Royal Mail but nonetheless it gave me soo much happiness and only proved this sellers kindness. Fully recommend this seller, they will go above all expectations to make you a happy customer! Fully deserved 5 stars!

A great cheap toy I'd buy again

Works really well for the price, however you need to purchase a seperate battery with a higher amp hour battery. Comes with 400 amp hour battery which lasted about 20 mins (aas stated in small print). Purchased a 2400 amp hour battery which latest an hour. Why they cant sell it higher amp hour battery?!

We purchased this digger for our wee boys birthday.. there was a little something just not right so my husband got onto Top Race and they quickly sent a new battery to see if this would solve the issue, unfortunately it did not and upon being informed this Top Race sent a brand new digger which we received one day after informing them battery didn’t work. We are that impressed with how efficient and willingness to help this company is we would definitely purchase items for our machine crazy boy from this company... The digger is great fun and our little boy loves it..