Toy Review: Truck with 5 Beach Accessories by Simba

With the warmer weather here now, it is time for children to start playing in the sand box. Some will choose their own sand box in their backyard, others will head to the beach. For any of these children, the Truck With 5 Beach Accessories by Simba is a great sand or beach toy. The summer presents a lot of challenges for parents to keep their children entertained, luckily the Truck With 5 Beach Accessories by Simba can serve as both a beach/sand toy and an inside toy for those rainy summer days. The reason the Truck With 5 Beach Accessories by Simba is that unlike many other sand/beach toy sets, it includes more than just the sand toys like buckets and shovels, it includes a truck as well. All little boys love to play with trucks, and girls do too.

The truck included with the Truck With 5 Beach Accessories by Simba is a dump truck. It even has moving parts, as the rear of the dump truck flips up to dump sand or any other objects it is carrying. The dump truck is the toy that converts well to indoors in this set. Other toys in the set include standard beach toys including a pair, two shovels, and two molds. The two molds are a starfish and a fish. The fact that there are two shovels in the set and two molds makes it a great toy to take to the beach and let your child share with a friend.

There are some negatives involved with the Truck With 5 Beach Accessories by Simba though. The first is that these pieces are rather large, especially the truck and the bucket, and there is no carrying bag for the set. If you are looking for specific colors, be careful about ordering online since you are not guarenteed to get the colors displayed with the product. Finally, it is nice that there are two shovels included in the set to share, but in reality it might include two because they are made out of thin plastic that breaks easily. My son had his shovel break when digging in the wet sand near the water at the ocean. For $15 at most online retailers it's not bad, but just don't expect this to be a toy that lasts more than one beach/summer season for your child. There are other beach/sand toy sets that are constructed better, but very few of them include a truck. So you really need to decide how important the plastic truck is for your child.