When Mattel lost the Monster Jam license in 2018, I swore off on buying any Spin Master products. However in the summer of 2020, I took a trip down to the Outer Banks in NC. On our way there, we passed Digger's Dungeon, the home of the world famous monster truck Grave Digger. We couldn't stop but passing the place made me want to revisit the Monster Jam line. I was semi paying attention to the Spin Master line when they took over the Monster Jam license, but I swore off on buying anything. Well after we passed Digger's Dungeon I just had to break my promise and buy the Target exclusive, Evolution of Grave Digger 5 pack. Once I got that 5 pack, I was instantly hooked on the Spin Master trucks.
Anyway starting in 2020 Spin Master added a series of chase trucks to the line like they did in 2019. The chase trucks in 2019 were training trucks from Monster Jam University. In 2020 they were ride trucks. You know the trucks that give rides. Anyway the first ride truck chase that I found was the BKT Tires ride truck at Kohl's. That was the one that grabbed my attention even further. I then acquired a Grave Digger ride truck on eBay. I never found the Blue Thunder ride truck or the El Tor Loco ride truck or the Earth Shaker one. I wanted the Megalodon one so I found one for $9.99 on the Monster Jam merch site.
So I ordered the Megalodon Ride Truck from the website and they shipped it via FedEx SmartPost. I never had a problem with FedEx SmartPost till now but boy did my package go on an incredible journey. My package was shipped from MD. From there it went through different FedEx facilities. until it hit NJ. This is where the bouncing back and forth came in. For some stupid reason, FedEx kept sending my package back and forth from our local FedEx hub in Pittston, PA to Keasbey NJ several times. It took a month and 2 days for the package to arrive in the mail. After this whole ordeal with FedEx SmartPost I began to realize that The Pony Express was more reliable than FedEx SmartPost. I bet the Pony Express would have delivered the package sooner than FedEx SmartPost. So I'm not the only one who's in this boat. I have a friend who ordered some WWE figures and they were being shipped through FedEx SmartPost and from what he's telling me they are going on an incredible journey to WI.
Now that the FedEx SmartPost thing is behind let's talk about the Megalodon Ride truck. As with all of Spin Master's ride truck chases, Megalodon sits on a leaf spring chassis. I think the reason they sit on the leaf spring chassis is due to the rear of the truck lacking an engine. You see the rear of the ride truck is where the riders sit. The way they have the seats and roll cage in the truck, they can't put an engine in the back. Also the front lacks an engine as well. So don't think your truck is defective. It's not missing any parts.
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| Megalodon Ride Truck from Spin Master |
The Megalodon Ride truck has nice big BKT Tires on it. All of the Legacy and Ride Trucks with the exception of the Grave Digger ride truck have the BKT in white on the tires.
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| The Real Megalodon Ride Truck |
Now the body of the ride truck isn't really that accurate to the real ride truck that I have pictured to the right. The roll cage on the ride truck is separate from the body whereas the real one it is all one piece. However the toy is great too. Don't get all upset that it's not accurate to the real thing. The Grave Digger ride truck isn't accurate to the real thing also. The big difference is that the real one has a full open roof whereas the toy has part of the cab enclosed with a roof that has Grave Digger ontop of it.
The Megalodon Ride truck is a great truck if you love ride trucks. However since it's a chase piece, they aren't packed in every case. Sadly this is the reason why I won't have a Blue Thunder, Earth Shaker or El Tor Loco Ride truck. They can be quite expensive on eBay.
