Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. The acceleration pedal on the battery-operated ride-on toys can stick, posing fall and crash hazards. Be cautious when buying, even with push or pedal ride-on toys, because you are trusting these toys to support your child. Bikes under $100 are easy on the pocket book, but not always the easiest and safest to ride. The Kent Chaos is your best bet for a boy’s bike in this price range. If you’re interested in checking out mid and high-end bikes, read our Kids’ Bikes Comparison Charts and Recommendations page.
By the time a child is on a 20” bike, they are waaaaay past the point where there should be coaster brakes on their bike. Reality is, coaster brakes are far cheaper than hand brakes and are pretty typical of any kid’s bike under $200. The Magna Throttle was declared by our testers to dynacraft klds-on toys be more difficult to control and a wobblier ride than the Kent, although they did like that it was easier to turn. But even despite its wobbliness, the kids still enjoyed shorts rides around the neighborhood. And if you’re really looking to save, that $75 price tag can’t be beat.
Ride on toys have come such a long way from the big wheel bike when I was a kid. There is now so much innovation, technology, and little added details that make riding toys much more of an epic adventure. We love the way that the industry has grown as much as our child’s imaginations. Dynacraft’s Hello Kitty Karaoke Kar sturdy and perfectly cute 6V electric car truly represents the collision of technology, innovation and fashion. Boasting a built-in MP3 input with cord, speakers and microphone, riders can rock the road tunes and sing along to any of their favorite songs stored on a connected phone or music player. The fashion-forward pink vehicle delivers true Hello Kitty style, from its molded kitty bucket seat with seatbelt to its custom graphics and “chrome” accents on its wheels and grills.
Our 6-year-old tester was able to engage the brakes without a safety issue, but it was a little more of an effort for him to do so. What we love most about them is their commitment to safety, and constantly updating their consumers. The company’s newly launched website features everything consumers need such as safety tips, measurement advice to ensure that consumers can buy the perfect sized bikes. The frame and form of the car is purposely kept vague so that it can be modified to fit multiple themes. This fits in with Dynacraft’s future plans for a B2C business model as it allows buyers to custom make their vehicles & end up with exactly what their children want.
The Hello Kitty Karaoke Kar has a maximum speed of 2.5 miles per hour, forward and reverse drive functionality. After 30 years of distributing bikes for top brands, Dynacraft continues to take the world of pop culture and trends and connect them to products families love and enjoy. Dynacraft is also recently launched its very own bike line for the first time in its history. Keeping our driving insights in mind, we started an exhaustive ideation on possible concepts for battery powered ride on toys. We looked into the areas of shape, movement, interaction & engagement with the child. This may sound silly and obvious, but a kid needs room to ride a bike.
A wider footboard provides increased stability, control and safety. The Minion Folding Scooter (5-years and up; SRP $49.99) has an easily adjustable handlebar with soft cushion grips, and it folds for easy transport to the park or vacation spots. At this stage we looked at different forms of motion that we could include in our concept. However, we got too carried away with the idea of moving parts and forgot about our primary user. The ride on toy market today is saturated with toys that all look and work exactly the same. Most ride-ons are simply ‘kidified’ versions of cars with different color options for different gender markets.
While the start of the season is a bit delayed this year (thanks, COVID!), Dynacraft is bringing some popular mascots home in a new line of plush ride-on toys. Instead, one wheel moves faster that the other in order to perform a turn. This in addition to the free spinning back wheel creates the illusion of a drift. Dynacraft has received 19 reports of pedals sticking, including seven reports of minor injuries; abrasions, cuts and bruises.
At the same time, Dynacraft has a standard form that can be reproduced in different forms & colors as needed. We narrowed down on concepts that focused on exploring and interacting with the final frontier. We believed that Space as a theme for ride-on toys would be perfect as it challenged childrens’ exploratory minds. It also helped that the new Star Wars movie was coming out in theaters at around the time the product would be ready to be shipped. The paint on the children’s metal doll pins contains levels of lead that exceed the federal lead paint ban, posing a lead poisoning hazard.