When Gavin was 8-months-old we received our first Mega Bloks dump truck. As he was just learning to crawl, trucks and large vehicles were the only motivation he needed to get moving faster, as he pushed them aimlessly back and forth across the living room floor. Since then, any truck, car or item with moving wheels has been pushed, zoomed and parked in the living room, in his bed and within his play area.
Though we’ve donated many toys to charity at this point, 2 1/2 years later, we still have his original Mega Bloks dump truck. He fills it up with all sorts of cars, blocks, play food and flies across the living room. This fun, toddler truck looks just as good as the day we opened it from the package.
When I was contacted about their updated version, Dylan Dump Truck, which is part of the Mega Bloks First Builders line, I couldn’t say no. This version not only has updated colors, but the driver is larger, and the driver’s seat area is wide open, making it easier for younger kids to put him in/out of the driver seat. The only thing I will caution about a child running behind a dump truck is that, well, it’s a dump truck. The back will flip up and sometimes it can be a little dangerous when running behind it at top speed. There are 6 included Mega Bloks, that can be stored in the back, or stacked on the top of the dump truck.
Now, what’s the other vehicle, kids, especially boys, love to talk about in my opinion? School buses. I searched high and low for Gavin for a yellow school bus. At the time I couldn’t find any, so Sonny School bus is definitely filling a void in the toy bus market in my opinion! The drivers between the bus and the dump truck are interchangeable. The school bus has a unique feature where the top flips up, making it a great container for dump and fill play.
With both vehicles having a MSRP of $9.99, these toddler trucks make excellent first birthday gifts for boys.
Would you like your own Lil’ Vehicles from the Mega Bloks First Builders line? Then enter the giveaway below! Each winner will win 2 vehicles each (1 school bus and 1 dump truck). There will be 2 winners for this giveaway! Giveaway ends 10/9/12 at 12:01 a.m. EST
Mega Bloks provided these items free to facilitate this review and giveaway. Any opinions are my own.
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My daughter likes the school bus.
The dump truck is too cute!!
My boys like dump trucks AND school buses! Both are tremendously exciting. But if I won these, I’d give them to my friend’s 9-month-old son.
She likes firetrucks.
Thanks for the chance.
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Dump trucks.
My daughter would love the school bus
school bus!
My son adores dump trucks of all kinds… so my favorite would be the one he would pick… Dump Truck! Thank you for this great giveaway. 🙂
Oh Carter loves school buses!
My son loves a pick up truck.
my grandson loves tractors
Who doesn’t love school buses and dump trucks. My children just go crazy for these vehicles. They would joyously love these toys. Happy kids = happy Mom. Thank you!
My son loves toy cars.
My daughter loves school buses!
He like fire engines the most.
My son likes trains.
Mine likes to watch the trash truck. We run to the window to watch 🙂
school bus
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My grandson loves police cars. He gets so excited to see one out on the road.
My son loves trains.
My lo is turning one on the 19 and loves any kind of truck or car.
My son loves Tanks
my son loves the dump truck
School bus!
boats and school buses
His favorite toy is a Cars play set!
My grandson would love Dylan the Dump truck
My son loves anything trucks… he picked the dump truck out of the 2 though
My grandson is a bit young yet, but my son’s favorite was a firetruck.
She would like the school bus
My son would love the dumptruck!
My nephews fav type of vehicles are motorcycles
School bus!
Gotta go Dump Truck 🙂
My granddaughter would love the dump truck!
My daughter loves trains.
My childs favorite would have to be the dump truck,
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Dump truck.
my son loves dump trucks, or any trucks
my daughter loves dump trucks
trains
my 5 year old reall y like tonka steel dump truck.:))
My son loves dump trucks!
Hot Rod Cars.
My son loved anything which was construction related… dump trucks, cranes, backhoes, etc.
fav vehicle is the airplane…does that count? if it has to be a ground vehicle – school bus
My boys would go crazy over these trucks. They’d be great for Christmas! Thanks for the chance!
Daddy works construction, so my kids love anything to do with heavy equipment. Dump truck, Excavator, Back Hoe, etc.
Favorite vehicle is a Bus
I would like the Steer-me Steve for my grandson.