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The toy that settles "dinosaurs or trucks?" for every grandchild who loves both

A T-rex truck that carries eight dinosaur cars is the gift grandparents are buying twice this year. Here is what it does, and why small children will not put it down.

Margaret Hollis
Margaret Hollis
Grandparenting and gifts writer
4 min read • 19 September 2026
The toy that settles

1Small children rarely love just one thing

A three-year-old lying on the rug beside the T-rex truck
The truck is 17.3 inches long, shown here at its real size.

Ask a three-year-old what they want and the answer is usually two things at once: dinosaurs, and anything with wheels. Most toys make you choose.

The RoarHaul T-Rex Truck does not. The front of the truck is a green T-rex head with a yellow eye and a mouth full of teeth, and the trailer behind it carries eight little dinosaurs that are also cars.

What grandparents keep saying: “It combined dinosaurs and trucks, his 2 favorite things.”

2What comes in the box

The truck with its twelve small vehicles laid out

Thirteen pieces: the T-rex truck, eight pull-back dinosaur cars, and four mini vehicles, which are a helicopter, a pickup, a jeep and a little hovercraft boat.

The batteries are included, so the four buttons on the T-rex's head work the moment the box is open. There is nothing to put together.

Press to roarFour buttons on the T-rex's head: start the engine, roar, back up, honk. Two roof lights flash.
The mouth slideFlip up the lid, drop a dinosaur car in the top, and it rolls out of the open mouth.
Pull-back racersThe eight dinosaur cars pull back along the floor and zoom off on their own.
Everything parksSix spots on each side, behind clear doors that swing up. Clean-up is part of the game.

3The part they play with most: the mouth

A dinosaur car rolling out of the T-rex mouth

The lid on top of the T-rex's head flips up. A child drops a dinosaur car in, and it rolls down a ramp and out of the open mouth.

It is the simplest thing on the truck and the one children repeat for the longest. Then they pull the car back along the floor and it races off on its own.

From a grandmother's review: “He likes the dinosaur cars roll down and out the dinosaur truck mouth.”

4It tidies itself away

Every car has a spot. There are six on each side of the trailer, behind clear doors that swing up, so the whole set packs back into the truck when play is over.

For a grandparent's living room, that matters. The toy that lives at your house should not live all over your floor.

One review sums it up: “Love how you can put everything back in for Storage.”
Good to know before you buy: the set is labelled for ages 3 and up because the little cars are small parts. If a brother or sister under 3 lives in the house, keep the small cars packed inside the truck after play.

5Why grandparents are buying two

If there are two grandchildren who love dinosaurs, one truck becomes a negotiation. Plenty of buyers in the reviews ordered a second, and the bundles make that cheaper per truck.

It is the kind of present that gets opened first and is still out on the floor at the end of the day.

RoarHaul T-Rex Truck
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RoarHaul T-Rex Truck

A 17.3-inch T-rex carrier truck with 8 pull-back dinosaur cars and 4 mini vehicles. Roar, engine and horn buttons, flashing lights, batteries included. 13 pieces, ages 3 and up.

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13 PIECESBATTERIES INCLUDED30-DAY GUARANTEESHIPS IN 24 HOURS
★★★★★
It combined his two favorite things. He did not want to open anything else after he saw it.
Carol P., grandmother of a 3-year-old
★★★★★
I got two, one for each grandson. They race the little dinosaur cars down my hallway every visit.
Rick S., grandfather of two
★★★★★
My great nephew said it was the best gift he got at Christmas. He carries the cars everywhere.
Donna M., great-aunt
★★★★★
He drops the cars in the head and watches them come out of the mouth, over and over. Easy way to keep him happy.
Jen H., mom of a 3-year-old
★★★★★
Nice size and sturdy plastic. My grandson runs in the door looking for it.
Paula T., grandmother
The gift that answers both favorites

The gift that answers both favorites

A roaring T-rex, a truck to push, and twelve little vehicles to race. Batteries included, ready the moment it is unwrapped.

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