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Sonic The Hedgehog Mini Launcher Go-Go Racer Review

DISCLOSURE – THIS ITEM WAS GIFTED TO THE REVIEWER FOR THE PURPOSES OF WRITING THE REVIEW. ALL THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ARE THE REVIEWER’S OWN.

Reviewed by H Whetton

Sonic the hedgehog first appeared as a computer game around 1991, making him and his friends a classic. Sonic is loved by millions young and old and has been redesigned over the years.

The Sonic the Hedgehog Mini Launcher Go-go Racer is the classic Sonic and friends. There are three in the collection, Sonic, Amy and Tails. I just have the one launcher to test. On first glimpse the packaging is great, fully recyclable. The packaging is very attractive, supporting the classic Sonic blue. There is a small window in which you can see a very mini Sonic in his car. Very handy when purchasing the others in the set, stops you doubling up. On the back of the packaging there is a picture of three units clipped to each other, racing, the back of the box makes it look really exciting. Due to the size of the cars it is recommended it is a 3+ toy.

Photo credit: H Whetton

Inside the box, I must admit was a bit of a disappointment. There was the sonic car, which even though it is so small it has great details. It has two rollers on the bottom making it easy to roll. Then a launcher, this is green with a big yellow button with a couple of stickers on the side. I think it would have looked better with different decals and a brighter colour, anything to make it look less dull. Also in the box is a small target and a very simplistic instruction leaflet. The launcher is all manual, no batteries or charging needed. It is very straight forward and basic, I don’t see anyone having difficulty in using it.

Photo credit: H Whetton

The aim is to knock down the target, or race with other cars. It is a really basic toy, you place the car onto the launcher then press the yellow button and the car shoots out. Depending on how hard you hit the button depends on how far the car goes. You can get the car to go quite far. The car doesn’t work very well on carpets, it works best on hard floors, we used our kitchen floor, and worktop and it went quite a distance. Long term playability with one car is very short, it becomes boring very quickly. It is really designed to be used with at least one other racer, or one of the play sets available in the Go-go racer range. The Mini launcher retails around £10.99, which is not unreasonable, but as I previously said you do really need more than one racer to get the full potential out of the Sonic mini launcher racer which could make it an expensive set of mini cars. There are playsets that range from £14.99, which enables your child to enhance their play.

Photo credit: H Whetton

I feel that this is quite a negative review of the Sonic the hedgehog mini launcher, it was not all bad, the details on Sonics are lovely, he looks really cute and there is no mistaking him, and the car works great, having the rollers at the bottom of the car helps it to roll quickly, and there are no wheels to fall off. The launcher I think let’s it down. It does not have anything special about it, it quite dull and basic, also as I have commented on the playability with one car is limited. If you have the full set I can see the playability improving as it would give a healthy competition between cars and friends.

The Sonic the Hedgehog Mini launcher does make a nice birthday present, however, being so close to Christmas I think the Sonic the Hedgehog mini launcher, would make a nice stocking filler, especially if siblings or friends also have a Sonic the hedgehog Mini launcher.

I have managed to find a couple of outlets that actually sell the Sonic the Hedgehog mini launcher as a single unit, the prices vary buy a few pounds. Whereas you can purchase the play sets from all good toy retailers.

Rating: 3/5

Asda retails at £11.00.
Toys n Trucks retail at £10.99.
eBay ranges from £13.00 plus £3.00 postage.
Jakks Warehouse sells the Sonic the hedgehog mini launcher racer as a four piece set comprising of 2 sonic, 1 Amy and 1 Tails.

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