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    Tonka Construction

    Tonka Construction

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    From: Hasbro Interactive
    Category: Video Games

    List Price: $29.95
    Buy New: $2.75
    You Save: $27.20 (91%)



    New (11) Used (16) from $0.01

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
    Sales Rank: 16551

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Macintosh
    Genre: Childrens Activity Software
    ESRB: Everyone
    Media: CD-ROM
    Autographed: No
    Memorabilia: No
    Age: 5 - 20 years
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
    Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5 x 0.5

    Model: 99010
    UPC: 076930996584
    EAN: 0076930996584
    ASIN: B00003IE7V

    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Accessories:

      • PC Gamer (1-year)
      • Pimpjuice Premium Energy Drink, Extra Strength Formula, 8-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24)

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      • Tonka Construction 2 (Jewel Case)
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      • Tonka Raceway

    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com Product Description
    Kids will have a blast taking charge of a fleet of tough 3-D Tonka vehicles. Help Tonka Joe and his team build buildings, bridges, castles, and a lot more. Kids can even repair and paint their trucks while they learn all about them. You and your child can explore five different construction areas in all.

    Product Description
    Kids will have a blast taking charge of a fleet of tough 3D Tonka vehicles. Help Tonka Joe and his team build buildings, bridges, castles and a lot more. Kids can even repair and paint their trucks!


    Customer Reviews:   Read 3 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars My 3 year and 5 year old love it!   April 4, 2008
    Jaymi (Weston, Idaho)
    My kids love this game! We actually found our game at a thrift store and my kids play it non-stop. It's easy for them to understand, and they don't need my help ( a plus for me ) When the little neighbor boy comes over that is all he wants to do, so I am buying another one for his birthday!


    2 out of 5 stars Save your money   April 30, 2006
    Samer Alaqeel (Dallas)
    I bought Tonka Construction, because of the good reviews. If I can save one person from buying this then I am happy! First the game is very hard to control you have to position the trucks exactly right or they will not do the task. It was very hard for me. My daughter (7) did not like it, because it was to hard to move! I bought it for my 3 year old boy so you can imagine the disaster. The game has a very good idea, but just poor quality. The choices are so few you play the same 3 games over build a road, clear an avalanch and build one of 3 buildings in the city. Wish I had not bought this game, get tonka town that is a Great!


    3 out of 5 stars great game, horrible implementation   March 18, 2004
    audrey_the_librarian (boston ma united states)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Most kids love trucks and construction, so this game should be a smash hit. There are lots of trucks to paint and use on a wide variety of fun construction tasks -- building a castle, clearing an avalanche, etc -- and the kids do love it. But they also get very frustrated. The game crashes often and you can't save, so all the work is lost, and about half the time the crash requires you to reboot the whole computer. The cursor disappears at important times and they game is fussy about getting a veicle to a precise spot before it will let ou move on. Also, it's not always clear what is expected next.

    Great idea but badly developed, more's the pity.


    2 out of 5 stars Good game, lousy UI   January 3, 2001
    16 out of 16 found this review helpful

    I bought the Tonka Construction Game for my 3 year old. First note to parents. This game ONLY runs under 256 color mode which means I have to keep changing the color depth down. Its annoying especially for someone like myself who programs software and knows it would have been trivial for them to allow the game to run under higher resolutions just not lower. Anyway, that aside the game is dearly loved by my 3 year old at least until he gets one of the trucks stuck in some corner of the map. It also has sub-par mouse movement making it not that hard to do and once it does you have no out other then killing the program using task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL). HASBRO big tech note here, EVERY game should respond to the user hitting the escape key and perform some intelligent exit ideally from the current scene or at least the game itself. So despite all of this, I will probably look at Tonka 2 because the game premise is good and every kid loves trucks. Hopefully, they will fix these somewhat obvious UI issues in which case Tonka 2 could really be a good choice for children's software.


    5 out of 5 stars He never gets sick of it!   December 6, 2000
    Dana Niles (Bryn Mawr, PA USA)
    4 out of 4 found this review helpful

    Is it possible to wear out a softwear program?! My 5 year old has been playing this game for over a year and between this and Search & Rescue he never wants to play anything else! He finds it incredibly rewarding - worthy of a good belly-laugh - when he can print out his works of art and certificates! We definately got our money's worth!

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