Theo Klein John Deere Tractor Engine

My daughter told me that my 2 1/2 year old grandson loved riding on lawn tractors (John Deere of course!), and had taken to carrying a tool box around the house to fix stuff. I read the reviews and watched several videos on YouTube before deciding to buy it.A lot of reviewers said that assembling the toy was a pain. My son in law has a very demanding job, travels a lot, so I determined that I would buy it, ship it home to me, assemble it, then ship it to my grandson for Christmas. This worked out very well, but did add another $100 to the price, since I had to buy a new box for the assembled toy ($10) and the cheapest shipping was still almost $90 from the Catskills in New York to southern California via the US Post Office.I found that assembling the toy was actually quite fun and unlike many online videos, I did not have extra parts afterwards. Everything worked perfectly. It actually only takes about an hour and a half, including unboxing, reboxing and wrapping.However, I must warn other grandparents!!! The instruction manual is very difficult to read, text is small, illustrations are tiny, and VITAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION is hidden from the assembler.For example you will read many reviews and watch multiple videos that all claim that the headlights never worked. In fact, the headlights always work, but the assemblers did not read the fine print!READ THIS CAREFULLY!!!!Turn on the headlight, by pressing in on the light itself!The RED Button does NOT turn on the headlights, it breaks them, creates a fault.It is a wonderful feature for the troubleshooting toddler. You can create a problem with the headlights, that will require that the Headlight be removed from the tractor, reset (by pressing a spring release), then reinstalled.The whole philosophy of the toy is to pose problems for the toddler that they can solve:What do you do when the head light doesn't work?What do you do if the glow plug needs to changed?What do you do if the engine needs to be removed and overhauled?How do you repair the brakes?How do you replace the wheels?Can you check the oil?In addition, it is easy for my grandson to push around, has a horn with a nice peaceful sound, and a quite charming not to loud starter that plays a diesel starting up.Since Christmas, my daughter tells me that my grandson is up every morning at 6:30 servicing his tractor engine, that he is completely obsessed. Best Christmas present ever.Plus, he's going to grow up interested in fixing things!!!!I highly recommend this toy if your granddaughter or grandson is starting to play with tools, likes screwdrivers, nuts and bolts.Just think! Lego, Meccanno and all the other wonderful toys that require an interest in mechanics!!!ETC.

My son is 3-1/2 years old bought this for Christmas ...he was little frustrated at first but quickly caught on the assembly and disassembly of this toy....over all built ok it's been almost 2 months nothing broke yet , I also looked at the toy similar to this at Walmart but it is a car not a tractor....I feel the John deere is better made ( heavier plastic ) i also think they could shave a little off the price , and by that I mean it's just plastic no metal , and the only other down fall is the speaker is hard to hear for the ignition when you start the tractor....but with that in mind it also has simple trouble shooting features to it that I did not realize it had until I put it together , also has working headlights over all not bad buy , keeps him busy and his mind active..

Assembly wasn't that bad, and didn't take long at all. The kids love it and play with it often. Only negative is they did break one of the spark plugs but we should be able to fix it.

It’s a great toy for any toddler. Why I gave it 4 stars is because the instructions were small with only pictures showing how to put it together.It would have been nice to have extra nuts and bolts just Incase the child lost any, Or at least how to order some.It showed it all came from China. No way to reorder.

Bought this for my two year old grandson who loves tractors. I was very skeptical about ordering it and debating for a few weeks due to a lot of bad reviews about it, but decided finally to try it. Was so glad I did. He loves it so much and it's all he plays with. It's made fairly good and have had no problems with it like alot of people complained about. The price does seem a little high for what you get, but that's my only complaint about it. If your kids love tractors they will love this.

The steering wheel is the only complaint I have as it seems to not stay in place as well as I believe that is should. Pulls off really easy.It is a great toy though.

Great toy for fun and somewhat to spark the mechanic in your young ones. The hood broke before getting completely together no big deal though.

This is a great gift that my five year old loves. But the headlights don’t work properly. I put the correct size batteries in, but they still rattle around and they don’t connect properly-it is almost like a spring is missing. We already got rid of the packaging, so returning it isn’t an option. I took off stars for the non-working headlights.