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Amazon.com offers one of the largest and most varied inventories for Internet shopping, including toys. Below are some that your little engineer or highway planner can enjoy as well as items for the kid in all of us.  Other items can be viewed and purchased through Amazon.com's main site by clicking on the graphic at left.

PLAYMOBIL® Crane Crane
by Playmobil

Bigger jobs require bigger machinery.  While building an office building or a suspension bridge, these types of cranes are often found at the jobsite.  Comes with a cargo crate and two construction workers.  Use the controls at the base to move the crane in six different directions.  Four AA batteries required.

Ages:  4 years+


PLAYMOBIL® Dump Truck Dump Truck
by Playmobil

What construction project doesn't need a dump truck for hauling gravel, rocks, and dirt to and from the site?  The movable cab allows for access to the engine in case repair need to be made.  Comes with a construction worker.

Ages:  4 years+


PLAYMOBIL® Cement Mixer Cement Mixer
by Playmobil

Time to pour the concrete for the highway surface, median, footer for a sign gantry or traffic signal pole, or curbing for the shoulders.  The movable cab allows for access to the engine in case repair need to be made.  Comes with a construction worker.

Ages:  4 years+


PLAYMOBIL® Small Excavator Small Excavator
by Playmobil

When a job calls for minor excavating or bulldozing, give this piece of equipment a try.  Cab moves in a complete circle and the arm actually scoops.  Comes with a construction worker.

Ages:  4 years+


Playmobil - Construction Crew's Office - 4+ Construction Crew's Office
by Playmobil

The headquarters for any project is the office, and this one comes complete for any long-term construction with beds and mini-kitchen.  Roof, front, and side walls are removable, and the entire office can be transported with the crane.  Comes with two construction workers.

Ages:  4 years+


PLAYMOBIL® Portable Bathroom with Crew Portable Bathroom with Crew
by Playmobil

Just as on a real work site, you can add realism to a Playmobil work site with this "Port-a-John."  It can be transported with the crane and comes with two construction workers.

Ages:  4 years+


LEGO City Construction Site City Construction Site
by LEGO

Keep growing your LEGO city with this play set.  Build a tall crane, conveyer belt, and a dump truck out of the 298 pieces.  Also comes with three construction workers.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


LEGO City Heavy Loader City Heavy Loader
by LEGO

Get that bridge section to the construction site quickly with this heavy loader.  Use the trailer to transport heavy or small loads, or remove the bridge section to use in your LEGO city.  Cab detaches from the body and includes one construction worker.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


LEGO City XXL Mobile Crane City XXL Mobile Crane
by LEGO

Lift heavy loads at the construction site with this mobile crane.  The arm can raise and lower, and the base rotates 360 degrees to reach any location easily.  Comes with two construction workers.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


LEGO City Digger City Digger
by LEGO

Dig trenches for storm sewers, footings for interchanges, or clear land for new highways with this excavator.  Comes with a construction worker.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


LEGO City Straight & Crossroads City Straight and Crossroads
by LEGO

What is a city without streets?  One intersection and one straight piece are included in each set.  Detailed with highway striping as well as storm drains.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


LEGO City T-Junction & Curves City T-Junction and Curves
by LEGO

T-intersection and curve adds variation to your city.  One T-intersection and one curved piece are included in each set and are detailed with highway striping.

Ages:  5 - 12 years


Mille Bornes Collectors Edition Mille Bornes Collector's Edition
by Winning Moves

The perfect card game for the road enthusiast.  Mille Bornes, which translated means "thousand terminals," depicts a fictional race through the French countryside.  The winner is determined by who makes it 1,000 miles.  Set includes a car-shaped plastic card tray, 110 playing cards categorized as distance, hazard, remedy, and safety with both English and French, score sheets, and instructions.

Ages:  8 years+


Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Value Pack Playstation Portable (PSP) Value Pack
by Sony Computer Entertainment

An "all-in-one" portable entertainment system to keep anyone busy on a long trip.  Not only can you play games on this device and watch movies, but you can carry along your pictures and MP3s.  Built-in speakers with Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound capability along with the 4.3-inch LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio is great for the games and movies.  You can load up your PSP via the USB connection and just drag and drop your pictures, MP3s, videos, etc. onto the device.  The PSP also sports Wi-Fi connectivity for connecting to other PSPs or the Internet at hotspots.  Included is an AC adapter, battery pack, 32 MB Memory Stick Duo, earbud headphones, remote control, soft case, and a hand strap.


Nintendo DS Titanium Nintendo DS
by Nintendo

Ingenious innovations with the next generation of portable game play from Nintendo.  Dual screens allow the player two perspectives at once and with the touch screen capabilities, the user does not have to rely on the buttons alone.  The 16-channel sound allows for a richer gaming experience.  Built-in WiFi capabilities gives the player the ability to challenge anyone with a DS close to them.


Burnout Legends Burnout Legends
by Electronic Arts

Select your vehicle from exotic European models to American muscle cars.  Race different tracks across numerous continents in eight modes such as crash, road rage, and pursuit.  See high speed crashes in extreme detail and get rewarded for causing massive pileups.  Take on others via Wi-Fi.


Burnout Dominator Burnout Dominator
by Electronic Arts

Drive like a maniac while you climb your way to the top of the rankings.  Drift around traffic on open roads and race towards oncoming traffic on city streets.  Gain burnouts to achive greater speed and chain them together to keep the adrenaline burning.  Race through Pittsburgh on the track named "Steeltown Works" which features many of the city's landmarks such as the USS Tower, Heinz Field, Roberto Clemente Bridge, and Fort Duquesne Bridge.  There is a guide sign for "I-279 NORTH" on one segment of expressway. 


Burnout Revenge Burnout Revenge
by Electronic Arts

The perfect game to play after enduring traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway or one of the Parkways.  Someone crashes you?  Just take them out!  New tricked out race, crash, and road rage modes in this edition.  Or vent your frustration on one of the timed "Traffic Attack" levels where you have to slam into vehicles to gain time and rack up damage.


18 Wheeler American PRO Trucker 18 Wheeler:  American Pro Trucker
by Acclaim

Your job, if you decide to choose it, is to get behind the wheel of a big rig and haul loads from New York to Los Angeles.  However, you have to beat not only your competition, but also the clock.  The first segment from New York to Miami starts on a fictional I-95 with a directional sign that reads "Philadelphia" but you never see the "City of Brotherly Love."


SimCity 4 SimCity 4
by Electronic Arts

Now it is your turn to construct highways and expressways, complete with interchanges and toll plazas if you choose, in your own city.  Build commercial, residential, and industrial properties, then connect utilities and provide police and fire services to bring in SimCitizens.  However, just as in real life, disasters may befall your SimCity.  Download the Pittsburgh SimCity to add to the other pre-loaded ones, but all I request is, please give us some FREE expressways!


SimCity 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack SimCity 4:  Rush Hour Expansion Pack
by Electronic Arts

Be even more creative with your city with his expansion pack.  One hundred new structures to choose from such as rail yards, lighthouses, and ferry buildings or add a TV station with a helipad for the traffic copter.  Take control of cars, helicopters, planes, and boats to fight crime or respond to disasters and earn rewards such as buildings and vehicles.  Create signposts to designate neighborhoods, districts, points of interest, streets, roads, mountains, etc.


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