Having purchased a number of Mattel toys from the Cars/Cars 2 series, I am most disappointed in the quality of this one. While my son loves playing with it, there is one "action setting" piece that no longer functions properly. It isn't broken in that a piece has broken off but the plastic piece that the car fits into to be "fired" has been bent from so many uses that it no longer functions. Clearly, this is apiece that is going to be used frequently. Why must they make it out of such malleable plastic?