My First R/C GoGo Auto from Kid Galaxy

A great product - once you get past the initial hiccups! If you're looking for a soft, easy to use and uncomplicated R/C car for your little ones, the My First R/C GoGo Auto from Kid Galaxy is the one to pick. Be prepared for some intensive battery installing, but once you're over that hurdle, you'll have a blast with this little R/C car.

Pros

Cons

I was pretty excited to try out the My First RC Go Go Garbage Truck from Kid Galaxy. It looked and sounded great - imagine a soft rubber R/C toy which even a 2 year old can operate! At first glance, the toy car looks attractive enough. It is green and white with black wheels and a green easy-to-handle controller. It does feel soft to the touch, and that quelled my fear of it hurting anyone.

On to the next step - installing batteries. First of all, you need 2 sizes of batteries for the R/C car - 1 9V battery for the controller, and another 3 AAA batteries for the vehicle itself. Now came the tough part - and tough it was! I landed up taking the entire body of the car out of the rubber casing in order to open the battery compartment. The instructions are not clear. Once it was off and the batteries were in the proper place, I did manage to put everything back where it belonged.

After heaving a sigh of relief, I very excitedly started to press on the controller buttons to make the car move. Guess, what? Nothing happened. On investigating it a little more, I found that the rubber flaps on the side of the wheel were stopping the wheels from moving. After vainly trying to realign the body to avoid friction with the wheels, I gave up and used a scissor to cut the offending flaps off.

Finally, the car started! In all fairness, once the car was moving around, my kids and I really enjoyed controlling it. The controller is easy to use with two big buttons. One button makes the car move forward, and the other button makes it turn around. The car responds well to the controller, and is very easy to manipulate for small kids too. The car operates on the 27 MHz frequency.

Kid Galaxy makes other car models in the My First R/C Go Go series including a police car, a race car, a fire truck, a taxi cab and a school bus. You can check them out at Kid Galaxy