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This was a huge hit this Christmas. My son is 12 and he didn’t know what to expect with this. It combines apps with live toy play. First, the cars are well made. The kit comes with two but we took advantage of an offer and got a third for half price. The starter track is quite large once you roll it out. I can see expansion tracks would be fun but the starter one is quite good. Charge your cars in about 8 minutes. The starter kit comes a three port charger for three vehicles. If you have a fourth racer, you may want an additional charger or you simply wait til one becomes free.

When the cars are on the track, they drive themself. It is really incredible!!! The best thing is you can race alone, against the computer(s), or other racers. Everyone needs to download the Anki app on their phone in order to race. Caution: you cannot mix and match phone platforms. Meaning, all must be iPhone or all Android to race each other at this time. Also, you have to ensure you device is compatible to run the Anki app. Some older phone operating systems are not able to run the app. I have an HTC One X and it is not able to run it. While the cars are charging be sure to create accounts on the Anki website. Then you login from your app and race. Races can be as short as 15 laps or longer. You can control your speed, fire weapons and use tractor beams initially. At first you think it is just about going in circles. It isn’t, it has alot of strategy. As you race, you aquire points. Points can then be used to purchase vehicle upgrades. Picking the right upgrades definitely makes a difference. As far as racing against the computer, during races, there is race chatter (eg. talk). Some are pretty funny.

We played Christmas night with the lights down low and it was a lot of fun. This is a great toy for young and older kids (and adults!)

– Mr. Fred

Bought this for our 13 year old daughter and she loves it. A couple things that I can add that I haven’t seen addressed in other posts are..Storage is nice as it comes with a “tube” and can be rolled up into the box for storage. One issue we had was we have an iPad and a Moto android phone. We realized that both devices have to be the same – both apples or both android to be able to race the two cars at the same time. This was probably explained but I am not tech savvy so I didn’t realize it till we set it up. My Samsung tablet 3 (which I just got for Christmas last year) will not download/run the app. Someone in another post suggested trying to download the app before you buy the ankidrive to see if your device will run the race cars. That sounds like good advice and would have helped us. It wouldn’t have stopped us from buying the race set though. We planned to purchase a new phone so we will be sure it is compatible. We are learning to use the track and we have had no cars run off the track. I can see where this would be a BIG advantage if you have smaller children. I was never a fan of the old tracks that you can to connect and constantly put the either the cars back on the track or reconnect tracks that came loose. We don’t have cats/dogs in the house so I can’t say how that effects the race track but we have moved it from room to room today with no problems. I do the see the need for a “duster” as you can see some fuzz on the bottom of the cars. Yes, you do need floor space. Check the dimensions to be sure you have enough floor space. I know everyone’s is different but to give an idea – it is easily the same or slightly longer than our full size couch – probably about as wide too.

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