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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: Martin Milner on September 16, 2007, 16:05:01

Title: 4427 - Quad Bike (or All Terrain Vehicle) & Rider
Post by: Martin Milner on September 16, 2007, 16:05:01

(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/QuadbikeFront.jpg)

(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/QuadbikeBack.jpg)

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One of only two quadbikes in the Playmobil series (I think) the other being number 4425 with red & yellow colouring. All the colours are printed on, there's no stickers to apply and mess up or get peeled off again.

This is one of the items Chris insisted I get during his adventure yesterday; I don't know why as it comes with a rider.

I can imagine children having a great time with this little vehicle; it has a clockwork mechanism so you can pull it back a short way and then let it run - probably through leaves and puddles and along sandy beaches. I haven't tried it uphill yet. It's not quite pocket size, but it's definitely take-on-a-day-out-in-the-backseat-of-the-car size. This is the kind of thing I need to get a spare of, because I'm going to take it to the park and get it all messed up and scratched.

(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/chrisappears.jpg)

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(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/chrisescapes1.jpg)

Title: Re: 4427 - Quad Bike (or All Terrain Vehicle) & Rider
Post by: playmofire on September 16, 2007, 17:08:28

Nice review, Martin, and thanks yet again.

There are three quad bikes, the third being a police patrol one.  They're great fun, as you say, and tests show that the running characteristics differ, some accelerating much faster than another initially, but the other then catching up.

I keep looking at the possibility of converting one to a fire brigade quad bike.

Title: Re: 4427 - Quad Bike (or All Terrain Vehicle) & Rider
Post by: PlayMoto on August 04, 2013, 18:43:23

Quote from: playmofire on September 16, 2007, 17:08:28

Nice review, Martin, and thanks yet again.

There are three quad bikes, the third being a police patrol one.  They're great fun, as you say, and tests show that the running characteristics differ, some accelerating much faster than another initially, but the other then catching up.

I keep looking at the possibility of converting one to a fire brigade quad bike.

That last sentence....  ;D :-X :toot:
(i just couldn't resist this)  :love:

Anyways, the quads have 2 speeds: they start slow and later up the speed. They're great for father-child races  :rock: :woohoo:

Title: Re: 4427 - Quad Bike (or All Terrain Vehicle) & Rider
Post by: playmofire on August 04, 2013, 19:06:40

Quote from: mfrankena on August 04, 2013, 18:43:23

That last sentence....  ;D :-X :toot:
(i just couldn't resist this)  :love:

Anyways, the quads have 2 speeds: they start slow and later up the speed. They're great for father-child races  :rock: :woohoo:

The way they speed up is very clever.

I have done a simple conversion which I will post here shortly.  (It was done some time last year.)

Title: Re: 4427 - Quad Bike (or All Terrain Vehicle) & Rider
Post by: PlayMoto on August 04, 2013, 20:59:08

yeah, at first i thought the one i had bought for my kids was broken. They reeled it back and then set it away. After a few seconds that thing rocketet away lol  ;D