Hess Truck and Helicopter - 2006

I purchased this as a birthday gift for my 3 year old son who wanted something a little more interactive... he calls it his “special toy” now and absolutely loves it. This being my first time with Hess, I can tell they put care into the design of their products... superb overall (had me wishing they made toys like this in my early days)!! The semi truck intricately lights up all over with 2 C batteries and has buttons for various patterns of blinking lights to help the chopper find its way to the landing pad (the truck bed). The real masterpiece though is the helicopter itself, which lights up and spins its rotors with the push of a button on 1 AA battery (and for all the action the battery seems to last a good while). It’s lightweight (so easy to carry) but pretty durable in hands his age—the only minor issue is the green tail elevator fins which easily pop off and are now permanently kept off for safekeeping. Happy flying!! Would gladly purchase a Hess product again.

Love them.

kids (& fathers) have lived the Hess collection for years, and never are disappointed.

Very good quality for a reasonable price.

Product packaging was a huge disappointment. It had a big tear/hole in the box and a box cutter slice across one end. Hess is a recognized seller of cool trucks for young and old and Hess's product packaging is a part of the whole experience. Grandsons like Hess products and I like giving them but we don't need sellers who send out damaged product packaging, especially for kids toys/gifts.

My son loves trucks and semi-trucks in particular, so this was a great find. Both the truck and the helicopter light up, while the copter's blade also spin. There's a setting on the copter which allows you to chose either lights and spinning or lights only which is nice. The blades of the helicopter spin smoothly and quietly, there's even a decoupler which prevents the motor from breaking when the blades are blocked. The helicopter in ours doesn't look like the one in the photos; ours is the Bell B222 which is a bit cooler.

I got this for my son, who was 14 months old at the time. He's 4 1/2 now, with an older sister and a baby sister, and the truck is still played with and still looking practically new. Nothing is broken or bent or missing, and all the lights and the helicopter's rotors still work. This thing has been dropped, stood on, thrown in toyboxes. I'm amazed how well it has stood up.

This toy was so welcome. The kids love it.

Hess products are sturdy & well made & survive a lot of rough treatment by toddlers.

Awesome toy, works well and in top notch condition when arrived… many hours of fun play.