This is not a very big, but incredibly cool friction toy from my favorite "Bob the Builder" series, or "Eyesies"👀👀, as I like to call them.
Dimensions: 14 cm (length) x 10 cm (height) x 8 cm (width)
Like other toys in this collection, the cement mixer has a "click mechanism" feature - it's a rotating mixing drum (barrel). The clicking sound is so satisfying that we didn't want to sell this toy until every member of our family had played with it. That time has come :)
I also want to talk about the slightly unusual friction mechanism. Overall, it's standard - you pull the toy back a bit, release it, and it "whooshes" forward. But it's so powerful that I wanted to measure it. I pulled the cement mixer back 20 cm and conducted 2 "experiments": I released the toy (and it moved forward) and lifted the toy (and enjoyed the spinning rear wheels). As a result: after being pulled back 20 cm, the cement mixer moved forward 115 cm, or in the lifted state, it spun the wheels for 15.5 seconds. It's just amazing💪
Honestly, this little but very proud cement mixer is my favorite among the trio of "Bob the Builder" toys🥰