1/14 Scale 22 Channel RC Excavator Toy - Metal Shovel & Independent Arms, Professional Remote Control Construction Vehicle for Boys & Adults | Best Gift for Kids 6-10 Years Old | Outdoor Sandbox Play, Construction Site Simulation, STEM Learning Toy

My kids love this and it is well madeMuch of the body is metal. The remainder is a durable plastic. For the price we thought it would end up being cheaply made of total plastic. Our grandson loves this. He was running over, picking up with the scoop and delivering them across the room. He had fun chasing the cat too! Overall this is a great purchase.Great rc toy for the price and excellent customer service from the sellerMy kid is a destroyer, he stept on it, pushed the bucket down with pressure fkng the gears up and the toy stills like new, between metal and hard plastic i would say its worth every penny. Good jobWhen I got this I also bought the matching dump truck and the $49 excavator that this same company makes. The Loader is everyone's favorite. It's got enough power to drive and scrape up decent scoops of moist sand and load them into the matching RC dump truck. The controls are very simple and my 5 year old can easily jump right into the action.There just two main design issues that are silly to me:1: The loader's bucket doesn't go high enough to load the matching dump truck - you gotta build a ramp to drive this up higher than the drump truck to get anything into the bed. Either this needs to get taller, or the dump truck design needs to get lower to make a really nice set.2: There's not much ground clearance - given how some of these cheap dual motor 'rock crawler' trucks are I'm surprised a better drive system hasn't made it's way to the RC truck world to give better grip.3: I feel like the controls would be much better if there was simply a 3rd lever for the bucket. Up to go up, down to go down. Or at least place the buttons vertically so it's more logical as opposed to side by side. My kids forget which is up and which is down over and over, not a huge deal but just silly.4: while there's enough power with the scoop to do a decent job, I feel like it wouldn't be hard to give it just a little more torque.I was expecting this toy to be fully steerable in the traditional sense. It seems it steers much like a bulldozer, even though it looks like a front-end loader. Otherwise, this toy was meant for my son (6yo under supervision) and he absolutely loves it. He uses it indoors, scooping up anything from lego blocks to lincoln logs. Hence, I gave it overall 4 stars since it really is about him and his enjoyment.The only thing that concerns me durability-wise, is the side view mirrors seem to be made of a weak plastic and already show signs that they will be the first to break. Everything else seems pretty sturdy and assembled well.Again, the since the vehicle doesn't steer the traditional way (not expected), the remote control is also set up like steering a bulldozer. However, it does seem to work well and stay connected.The first one we received did not work, but the second one works like a charm. I could see the gears that operate the bucket wearing out easily though.