Magic Tracks Review: Bendable Racetrack

Magic Tracks is a bendable glow-in-the-dark toy racetrack. How does it live up to the hype? Read my Magic Tracks review.

About Magic Tracks

Magic Tracks is a glow-in-the-dark, bendable racetrack that allows kids to shape the track as cars traverse the track. The product website is buymagictracks.com, which was registered in January 2016. The screen capture below shows the official website as it appeared in March 2016.

What They Claim

• Bend, curve, and shape the track in any direction
• Completely customizable
• Track pieces glow in the dark
• LED race cars
• Rolls up for easy storage
• 440 track pieces

Magic Tracks Cost

Note that the screen shot above shows the original pricing, which has since been reduced.

The television/web offer is $19.99 + $5.99 P&H. You can a second set for another $5.99 P&H. An unspecified “web service fee” of $1 is also applied to each order. Non-continental U.S. customers must also pay another $5.99 surcharge.

You can now find Magic Tracks in some stores such as Walmart, in the As Seen on TV section, for about $20.

Reviews

Magic Tracks is a flexible racetrack which features light-up cars. You simply snap the pieces together and adjust the track to whatever design you want. You can even adjust it while the cars are moving along the track. Below are a few notable pros and cons associated with the product.

Pros: In short, this As Seen on TV racetrack is an excellent toy that kids will love. Snapping together pieces is simple, and even young kids can get in on the fun. It only took me about 90 seconds to completely assemble the track. The glowing feature is designed to add extra enjoyment when used at night, as are the LED lights in the individual cars. The glowing feature probably looks best when used with a black light. In my test to see how long a new set of batteries would last (shown in the video below), the Magic Tracks car lasted over 8 continuous hours, which I feel is an acceptable amount of time.

Cons: You only receive a single car per set, and it requires batteries. Although snapping sections together is easy, it is also easy for them to fall apart or to create areas the cars cannot traverse, especially when creating ramps. To get enough track to feel sufficient, you’ll have to pay double shipping for their mandatory “double offer” which puts the price over $30. Look for Magic Tracks in stores in order to avoid these shipping costs. Finally, the glowing effect is minimal at best. As stated earlier, it would be ideal to use a black light to amplify this effect.

Perhaps the most notable detail about Magic Tracks is that it is essentially a knock-off of another product called Neo Tracks. That product is very highly rated, and sports a 4.5 star customer rating. It can also be purchased for less than Magic Tracks.

Overall, Magic Tracks is an excellent product, although it is a more expensive knockoff than Neo Tracks, which you may wan to consider before making your final purchase. I’m not impressed by the glow feature, but overall it works about as I expected.

Magic Tracks became a huge holiday hit in late 2016, so you can expect to see this item in stores for years to come.

Video Review

You can see my hands-on video review of Magic Tracks below.

 

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Updated December, 2016