My son has played with this toy most days since he bought it 6 months ago. he loves it and the dump truck and excavator from the series. My only complaint about the front loader is that the bucket won't stay up unless you're holding it with your hand, but I'm sure that's probably inevitable with all plastic builds as well. and I appreciate that everything is plastic because he could play with it in the pool and we don't have to worry about it rusting.