Choosing a first toy construction truck for kids
Dig, load, haul or lift — four jobs, four very different toy construction trucks for kids, and how to tell which one a child actually wants.
The yard/Guides
The depot
Guides from the Maxx Action depot
Five pieces written by the people who draw the trucks: how to pick a first construction rig, what the lights and sirens are actually doing, how to keep a model rolling, what size suits which age, and how to turn three vehicles into a working site.
Lights, sirens and what they actually teach
Why we tune each siren differently, and what a child is doing when they press the same button fifty times.
Keeping a truck rolling
Batteries, grit in the wheels, a boom that has stopped moving — the five faults we see most and how to fix them at the kitchen table.
Scale, age and the right size of truck
Why a bigger truck is not automatically a better gift, and how our sizes map onto real children.
Building a site from three trucks
The smallest set of vehicles that gives a child a full working loop, and what to add next.