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Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 3, age appropriate for kids over 5; suggested age 6.

  • Is it any good?

    2.0

  • Common Sense says

    Animated series is an ad for Hot Wheels cars.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 6 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Two opposing driving teams are extremely competitive and mouthy toward each other, but work together -- to a small degree -- to achieve a common good. Most characters seem ready to get into physical confrontations at the slightest provocation. Glorification of street racing culture.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Lots of loud and colorful car crashes and explosions that result in little permanent damage (though an opening scene clearly pictures an animated character struggling to escape a damaged car.) Some fist fighting.

  • Sexy stuff:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Hot Wheels-loving youngsters will find brand identity reinforced through the AcceleRacers action.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers

Parents need to know that the stars of these DVDs are really the cars and the tracks they drive on. The plot has a lot of complicated details, but breaks down to "robots bad, people good" and goes from there. Two rival driving gangs get into frequent verbal, physical, and behind-the-wheel confrontations, but work together nominally to address a bigger threat. The only two female characters play secondary roles. Lots of bang-up action, not much educational value.

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