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Works as advertised and installation was easy. The only challenge is finding the wire that runs to the backup light.

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I lost my original or left it in a rental car. This is a genuine replacement in TomTom packaging. This replacement includes another car charger / power supply. Note to people who complain about the TomTom suction cup mount not sticking to the windshield: There is a lock and unlock position on the mount. I've never had the mount fall off the glass if it was turned to lock position.

Item is mislabeled. I have the TomTom One 130 model and this mount works fine (the part number matches TomTom's part number for the 130 mount). While the picture doesn't make this obvious (it's pointed out in the short description), this is a kit that also includes an additional car charging cable (plugs into the lighter/power outlet in your car).

I bought this item because i had bought another car, and the old one (with the 3M adhesive) was on my other car so i needed another one. I actually didnt know that it could work without the 3m adhesive it originally came with when i bought my GPS but it absolutely does. i just put it in my new car and its perfect and stays suctioned to the window very well. I dont know how long it will stay suctioned to the window but i will give an update on that later but for now all good!

I bought the TomTom windshield suction clip and it works just as described. It's easy to install on the windshield and more importantly, it stays stuck to the windshield. When the GPS is not in use, I can fold it up so it's not protruding. It's a good buy!

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If we ever bomb China, the company that hammers these buttons together WILL be the first to go. The cheapest metal and plastic with the wackiest means of attaching wires I've seen in 35yrs. of being a journeyman mechanic. Oh, AND IT BROKE BEFORE ITS FIRST USE! Ron Marinko (Husband of Aiko)

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This is a very good deal! I have only used about half of the items so far and probably won't use all of them. The ones that I have used all worked fine and would cost way more purchased separately. The leather case alone costs over $20 at a local computer store. I just received a compliment on it this week and it is great for easy access while protecting both the screen and the body of my i-pod touch in my purse. I would highly recommend that anyone with a new iPod who needs a number of accessories purchase this bundle.

For the price this can't be beat. I use the rubberized case the most, which fit's nice and snug. I've read other reviews about the screen protector having bubbles in it. My opinion is that for the most part the protector sheets work very well. The bubbles actually come from small dust particles in the air that get attached to the sticky side of the protector while you're putting it on the iPod. If you can eliminate dust, you will eliminate the bubbles. Overall this is a pretty good deal, 3 cases, earbuds, armband, FM transmitter, car and home charger with retractable USB cord, and screen protectors for a little over $20, not bad. I would purchase it again.

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Junk, junk, junk. Nothing from this set you'd want on your every expensive iPod. Spend a few dollars more and buy a quality product.

Chargers were fine...other stuff a little cheap..but for the price charged it was ok..Arrived in new packaging, and on time

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Chose the option of a red accessory kit. However kit received was all white. Definitely did not get what i paid for. Very very very poor service.

This kit is the best cost/benefit for its price and it comes with so many items that I could not count.

All cases -- leather, crystal, silicone -- fit perfectly. Like other reviewers of the crystal hard case have said, it is VERY difficult to get off. I had to wedge a sharp knife into the seam between the two snap-together sides. That risks scratching the iPod. But if you are OK with the crystal case being more or less your permanent protection for your iPod nano, it will be nearly perfect (it would be totally perfect if it wasn't so difficult to reach the hold switch). The leather and silicone cases are more easily interchangeable. The leather case is great for traveling. The flip-up cover is also a great way to hold the iPod when I'm watching a movie. The silicone case protects the iPod very well and is perfect for working out when paired with the armband. I worry about it tearing someday, though. It's also very difficult to reach the hold switch with the silicone case. The screen protector came with two stickers that had to be removed. No matter how carefully or slowly I removed them, one sticker left a glue reside that would not come off, rendering is almost useless. If this could be overcome, it would be a perfect fit. The headphones have good sound quality, but I personally don't like the in-ear style. Seems dangerous to have anything that far in my ear. The retractable USB cable is cute, but short. I haven't tried the wall charger or car charger yet. And finally, the pouch is a great way to store all the items not currently in use. Overall, the price was right, and I'm glad I got this accessory bundle.

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Toy was purchased for grandson who likes to build things. He immediately went to work on creating a new car. He loved it!

The kids loved this toy and in seconds were able to construct several automobiles of different shapes and sized. It is also very derable because as the evening went on people did step on some of the designs by accident and the just came apart rather the broke due to the pressure of an adults weight.

This toy costs MUCH less elsewhere. Do your research before buying from this seller. I love shopping at Amazon, but couldn't believe the price listed here.

Gave it to our 6 year old son for Christmas last year. He loves anything with wheels and he loves Legos. Zoobs combined the two very well. He has transformed these little things into everything!! These are a quality toy!

My son gets bored easily but I am surprised he still plays with this toy over and over. At first my opinion of it wasn't good. He looked at the complicated models that came in the pamphlet and became frustrated and wanted me to make them. I tried for a few seconds and couldn't do it and gave up (okay I didn't try that hard but I was trying to watch a movie!). My husband was more patient and built a few of the models. It took him some time as you have to study the pictures closely to figure out how to do it. For a while this toy was annoying for us "mommy, daddy make this one----please! Well after the pamphlets were misplaced and after laying down the law that if he can't play without getting frustrated we would put the toy away he began to explore on his own. Then magic happened--he began making all sorts of self-invented vehicles. Now he plays for extended periods of time and proudly shows me his creations. I am impressed by the complexities of some of his vehicles. I guess you get better with so much practice. Now I love the toy! Another good toy my son loves is "super marble run". This one is another winner.

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I wasn't sure if this toy would interest my 4 yr old, but I bought it for him anyhow. He loves cars and used to drive his cars on his train track that we recently got rid of. He LOVES this road. It is so cool how you can make it turn just by picking it up and moving it around. And the best part is, he can do it. This toy does not do well on hardwood (non carpeted) floors since it moves way too much, but on carpeted floor it works great. The bridge doesn't fall apart *too* often, but yes I do wish it would "click" into place better. My son knows he can't push the car down too hard over the bridge so it's not really an issue. We also do not use the motorized cars that come with it - if you have the track too curvy they fly off and keep driving (under the couch, etc) so I put them away and he just drives with his regular cars, which is fine with him. Overall he loves this toy.

My 4yr. old grandson loves this set, unfortunately the cars don't last long before the battery cover breaks off. I have been unable to find replacement cars anywhere. We are on our second set, thought maybe the two new cars would last a little longer but one of the new cars came without a battery cover! I have had no luck getting that car replaced with the seller so now I have alot of track and one good car! But still my grandson loves it! PLEASE make the cars available separately!

This race track is a blast! We love the flexible track. My son uses the cars that come with it and hot wheel/matchbox cars on it too. Sometimes the cars jump out of the track and keep on going which is also great fun chasing after them. We have one car that never stops and the other does have trouble with stopping. We either smack it and it takes off again or I get in the battery chamber and twist the battery and it works fine for quite a while. I don't think the batteries sit well in their chamber. Both our cars are still running on their first set of batteries after a couples hours use. Bridges are hard to get to work but just throwing a block under the track makes a great obsticle for the cars to go over. Our track came with two Y peices. One car was faster than the other. We would send the fast one around the long way and switch the Y track so the slow one could go the short way trying to get the two to meet at the other Y track and collide. It has lots of replay value and the quality of the product was not an issue with us.

Bought this for my 2 1/2 year old for Christmas and it's a big hit. Love that we can move the tracks around to customize the shapes. Other people have mentioned weak car movement and cars jumping off the tracks. The cars do go through batteries, but we have rechargeables so for us it is not an issue - with kids and their battery guzzling toys it just makes sense to have rechargeable batteries so this Christmas we took the plunge and are already happy since my son already forgot to turn off the cars and left them on overnight - of course we woke up and they were dead. Once we pop in new batteries the cars seem to work just as well as they did on day one. One car is slightly faster than the other but I don't think that is "planned" and it actually makes them more exciting to watch. Yes, the cars can jump off the tracks if there is a kink in them, but we have not found it to be at all difficult to figure out how to set it up so that this does not happen, nor have we had a problem with the car going over the bridge (although the bridge supports IS really weak). Main thing is that my son loves it and because we can constantly create different shapes he does not get bored at all. To be honest, he also thinks it's hilarious when the cars DO come off the track. In general I find the cars to be more stable than the racetracks I remember being around as a kid, and I do love the flexibility of the track. This is great for younger kids since most race car tracks are for slightly older kids. My son will sit and play with this for at least an hour, and that's saying a lot for a 2 1/2 year old. We may actually buy another one to link up with this one: it's a lot of fun and we all get down on the floor (mom, dad, 6-year old sister and my son) to play with it.

This is a great toy. My mom bought this for my almost 3 year old son. It is hard for him to connect the road pieces but my 5 year old daughter does it with no problem. The cars go relatively fast and both love watching them go around the track. You can come up with so many different track configurations! The only negative is that the bridges are harder for them to set up and get to function properly, but when I help, they work great!

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If Scooby and Shaggy could see what a piece of crap this toy is, they would quit the cartoon business. Its a model not a toy with little plastic pieces which don't even fit together. Three adults tried to assemble this and each of them threw it back in the box. Don't be conned by the nice packaging. It sure looks like fun from from the outside. But inside is pure hell.

My grandson loved the toy, but it was a snap together construction. I wound up gluing the parts to keep them together.

This says skill level 1, age 8 and up...lies. My son got this for christmas and what a nightmare it turned out to be. I mean the person who bought it thought they were buying a Mystery Machine van for an 8 year old to play with, instead they were buying a mystery nightmare machine project to build from the ground up. Everything and I mean every little piece of this thing needs to be glued, snapped together and screwed with, it is in no way fun for a christmas gift. My son wanted to throw it in the garbage and I couldn't disagree with him or my wife because none of us had the time, patience or energy to spend on this piece of garbage. Model collectors may enjoy this as a project but for the box to say level 1, 8 years old and up is total BS, what 8 year old could assemble this???, what a crappy gift.

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This book was easy to follow and understand. First year we were second place and second year we took first! It's the book for those who do not know anything about derby cars. Thanks Dave!

Pinewood Derby Speed Secrets has set a new standard in the Pinewood Car Derby industry! It is by far the most complete Pinewood Car Derby manual ever produced! Weighing in at 106 pages, it leaves other derby books jockeying for second place. Visual learners will find this book a welcome breath of fresh air. With over 200 photos and technical diagrams, it is clearly the most visual, hands-on Pinewood Car Derby book available. The author has taken all of the guesswork out of building a winning car. First time builders will find the book inviting and "down to earth." Experienced builders will be thrilled with the powerful line-up of speed tips presented within its pages. It is written in a style and format that make it fun to read and easy to understand.

this was horrible! i followed all the steps and i was in last place! don't read it.

I expected a rehash of all the stuff I'd read on the web, but was surprised to learn some new information here. It's laid-out in a very useful format, with excellent pictures and helpful tips. The book contains some useful designs but, as you'd expect from the title, they're all focused on performance and not looks. Make sure that you check with your local pack before you apply some of the more 'advanced' options, since they might be disallowed, and no one wants a disappointed cub scout on their hands on race day.

Great pictures and tips. For a beginner this book offers great ideas. Highly recommend.

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This book provides some detailed plans for an adult building a car. The problem is that it is supposed to be an event for you and your son to work on together. I went overboard in the begining of pinewood derby. I realized that it is supposed to be a kids event. The shame is that if you are making the advanced cars in this book your kid is sitting in the den watching TV while you are doing all of the work. What is the point? What is he getting out of this project? The book also includes several basic designs that are decent simple car plans. You can photocopy then to transfer them on your pinewood block. There are also some basic tips to make you car faster. Some of the designs are banned, so check you local rules prior to picking a plan. If you are going to get one pinewood book I would get this one.

This book has everything you will need to create a car and enjoy the pinewood derby experience. A picture is worth a thousand words and this is packed with photo's galore. Many car plans to choose from and step by step instructions on design, shaping, painting, and fine tuning a car for maximum speed. I have been doing pinewood derby for 8 years. I have bought most books on this subject and I cut out about 110-150 cars a year for our church and thought that I had seen it all but this book took me to another level. Our pinewood doesn't start for another 3 months and I am already to get started. I don't just recommend this book, I suggest you get 2-3 copies and pass them around! Wade Charlesworth New Life Worship Center

This book provide some great ideas to constructing a pinewood derby car. Although it does go over basic speed tips, this is not a book about building fast cars rather a book about design options and detailing a very nice car. Also several very unique design templates are provided if you need an idea on what to build with your scout.

About a week ago I attended my son's first cub scout meeting. The pack leader handed me a plastic "lunch box" that contained all of the parts I would need to build a pinewood derby racer! I was suddenly transported back in time and I had wonderful visions of my first (and only) pinewood derby car. I remember racing and winning, over and over again! What I didn't remember was the finer points of designing and building the car. Maybe because my dad never had me participate in that part of it!? I'm not much of a woodworker, in fact I am not very good at any type of measuring, cutting, shaping or construction tasks. I can measure something five times and still manage to cut it incorrectly. I knew immediately that I was going to need some serious help to get this car put together. I've got plenty of friends who are engineers/fabricators would be willing to help out. I've got access to computer controlled lathes, mills and exotic materials like titanium and aluminum. Heck, I'm sure I could track down a physicist around here who could come up with a nice design for this car to win some races... Then I thought that it would have really been nice if my dad would have included me in on building my car when I was younger. I knew that I needed to build as much of this car as I can, without help and to include my son as much as possible. I did a little research on the internet and came across this book. My wife ended up finding it (along with others) at the local library. I started reading. I really like how the author has taken the time to provide the reader with templates, pictures, diagrams, tool lists etc. He even has a few sections on tips & tricks and reminds the reader at every opportunity that this is the cub scout's car and he should be included. In the book, there are three major designs where the author gives detailed instructions on how to build the car from start to finish. In the rear of the book he has a few templates and design ideas that aren't useful to a casual builder. The tool lists are somewhat inaccurate but they are a good starting point. I recommend you review the build process along with the tool list to ensure you have everything you need. I was a little disappointed by the author's lack of information on the speed of the car designs. I would have expected he posted which car designs were the fastest...he did not. At this point, I'm nowhere near finished with the car that my son chose for us to build. We're building a stock car because it looks cool (the design is AWESOME). I had to bring the main block into work to get it drilled on the drill press...tonight we'll glue it all together and tomorrow I will cut it out here on the band saw....yep, you're going to need some of the more exotic tools if you want to build a cool car. A dremel is a MUST for any of the designs in this book. I could not imagine cutting some of these templates out using a handsaw. All in all, it's a really decent book for someone like me. I just wish he had more designs in the book or more complete templates because some of his ideas are very, very cool. Wish me luck, I'm heading home to do some work on the car!