October 2012 Notable Toys — Hobby Goods

It’s all aboard for BIG railroading adventures and fun with Li’l Big Haulers train sets and separate-sale items. The Short Line Special ready-to-run train set comes complete with steam locomotive with operating headlight and tender, two colorful passenger cars, hook-and-loop couplers on all cars, 4'3" oval of steel alloy track (12 pieces), power pack and speed controller, and illustrated instruction manual. Launch date: August 2012.

Kids can paint and design their own John Deere Tractor. This kit includes a  tractor, 6 non-toxic washable paints, paintbrushes, and sticker decals. Tractor and wagon assembly not required. Tractor is approximately 6 inches in length.

From the classic TV series The Munsters. Now people can build their own house from 1313 Mockingbird Lane. HO scale, easy to build accurate plastic kit of the Munster's abode. Complete with window inserts to ease finishing. Needs paint and glue for final assembly. Launch date: September 2012.

This Ready to Run, Scale 1:20, 2.4GHz Carrera Red Jumper Radio Control (R/C) car represents state of the art technology by combining a Lithium ion Battery with a high powered engine. Included with this Ready to Run car is the controller, 2 - AA Batteries and a Lithium ion Battery and a Charger for your Lithium ion Battery. The car is fully functional and can be controlled in all directions. This R/C car provides racing excitement for both indoor and outdoor fun.  It has digital proportional (Servo Tronic) steering.  It comes with an ergonomic controller and runs at speeds up to 13mph.  Utilizing state of the art battery technology, the power pack has a short recharging time of 80 minutes and allows the vehicle to run for up to 40 minutes. The Carrera Red Jumper R/C combines innovative features with excellent quality and high speed performance for hours of racing fun. Launch date: July 2012.

Race “Spider Racer” and “Lizard Tail Spinner” down straights, around curves and loops as they chase each other. Race Set includes Spider Racer, Lizard Tail Spinner, straights, curves, loops, hand controllers and transformer. It comes with 17.38 feet of track. It fits in a footprint of 7.12 ft.x3.90 feet. Launch date: May 2012.