Hot Wheels - Acceleracers - Ignition

My son loves his Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge PC game. He's been collecting Hot Wheels cars. Then we discovered Hot Wheels Dot Com. We have found these resources to be exciting, age appropriate, and very well done. Then we rented an Acceleracers DVD. My son was blown away by the story and, of course, all the action. My wife and I were surprised to find the plot intriguing. Since then we bought all of the Acceleracers DVDs. They are great family fun and, in particular, our 6 year old son LOVES them. The Hot Wheels people have created a high quality video series that the whole family can enjoy. AAA recommended. JKT

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We rented this movie once and decided we needed to have it in our collection. We have all 4 movies now. My 8 year old son, and even my 11 year old daughter, watch all 4 movies over and over. For about $5 each movie, it's worth it.

I do like this movie although it was a little intense in the beginning - my son (4) did not care, but my daughter (5) left the room for a bit. I was very disappointed in how they changed the features of Taro Kitano - he looks totally different (okay, I thought he was hot in the World Race DVD), and I know they did it to differentiate between the Teku and the Metal Maniacs, but the rest of the previous characters (Vert, Kurt, Kadeem) at least look similar. There are hints but no detail as to what has happened since the world race event - where is Banjee? (Spoiler - his car is in the swamp realm but where is he?). How did Galorum get the wheel if only humans could? While the Teku drivers look normal, the Metal Maniac drivers are more like caricatures - abnormally large arms and lots of anger. I guess more info will be revealed as the saga continues, but it's a bit confusing....

My two boys, 5 & 7 yrs old, are simply obsessed with the acceleracer videos and cars! It started with the World race video, then we ultimately bought all of them, with this movie being the first in the series. I like the movies because they let the boys use their imaginations, there is no violence (except for car crashes, where almost no one ever gets hurt or killed) and the characters are colorful. The boys love to pretend with the cars (I finally bought some on ebay) and there is also a card game which they enjoy - they think it is all so cool, it is too cute!

It came new, so perfect condition!

I had purchase Hot Wheels Ignition for my boys who are 3 & 4 years old. We had already had Hot Wheels Speed of Silence and they loved it so I found Ignition so we could see what happened in the begininng(we're watching the sequence backwords). The effects are outstanding! Along with every race it gets more & more intense on who's going to win. The drons or Metal Manics or the Teckos. My boys love to role play on their big wheels some of the realm screens and with their Hot Wheels cars. If you are or your boys are into Hot Wheels cars they will LOVE these Hot Wheels movies.

The story of Vert Wheeler and his racing friends that started on the "Hot Wheels World Race" DVD continues here."Vert" Wheeler is now a more experienced drivers with a street racing team called the Teku. The Teku Team have an intense rivalry with another team called the Metal Maniacs.Both teams are recruited by Dr Tezla to drive in the "Racing Realms", which are other dimensional tracks that test a driver's racing skills to their extreme limit. Whoever reaches the finish line of each realm first receives an "Accelercharger", which grants the user's vehicle a special power (frictionless driving, hyperspeed, etc). Scattered throughout the realms are "Hyperpods", which the driver's car can attach to give it special abilities as well.Unfortunately, the evil Gelorum has obtained the Wheel Of Power (see the Hot Wheels World Race DVD) and her robots will stop at nothing to obtain all the Accelerchargers!! If they do, they will be able to take over the world, which is NOT a good thing for us humans!I have mixed feelings about the Acceleracer Series.First, I (and especially my children) were thrilled to hear that more adventures with the Hot Wheels drivers that started on the World Race would be continued.Secondly, the storyline is richer with many running subplots that will develop as future Acceleracer DVDs are releasedBut I have to seriously question several decisions that were made for this story:- I do NOT support the fact that these drivers are street racers. While I'm sure it adds a "coolness" factor to the characters, why encourage a dangerous activity such as street racing?- Also, the rival racing teams strongly resemble rival gangs. Again, why make this look fun and attractive to kids?- The CGI animation for this series is much poorer than what was used in the World Race DVD. The drivers are now completely cartoonish with ridiculously proportioned features (check out those arms!).- The violence content was seriously amped up from the World Race. My children were literally shocked at the opening sequence of this DVD when Dr Tezla was attacked by the drones, as there was nothing like that on the World Race DVD.That being said, my children DO enjoy this DVD, and looks forward to the Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Speed Of Silence DVD that will be released in August. I would recommend this DVD for children 7 or older.The Cartoon Network has already broadcast the third part of the Hot Wheels Accceleracers saga, Breaking Point, and will be airing the fourth episode Hot Wheels Accceleracers - The Ultimate Race on October 1st of 2005. If you missed part 3, they usually rebroadcast them the day before the new episode, so looks for it on Friday, September 30, 2005.This DVD comes with 4 micro-episodes, that contain racing and plot elements in realms not shown in the main movie (the Lava Realm and the Cavern Realm). Othe bonus features include a gallery of the cars and bios of the drivers.The adventures of these characters is continued in the Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Speed Of Silence DVD. And an earlier (and more kid friendly) adventure of these characters can be found on the Hot Wheels World Race DVD. See my reviews of those titles for more details.P.S. - Note the car that Dr Tezla is driving at the beginning of this episode. You might see something like it later....