Twelve machines in the current range haul with a tipping bed, and they are not variations on one truck. The standard Mighty Dump Truck is where most families start: sixteen inches of steel with a bed that raises, dumps and slams back down. Around it sit the redesigned Next Gen, the double-steel Retro collector, the oversized Toughest, the light-and-sound Scoop and Hauler rated from age two, the mid-size Titans, the hand-sized Mini, two Giga two-packs, the die-cast haulers from the Metal Fleet and Metal Movers lines, and the oversized Mega Machines playset hauler on monster wheels.

Which one to pick comes down to the operator. First steel truck at age three: the standard Mighty Dump. A year younger than that: the Scoop and Hauler. Biggest possible loads and a gasp at the unwrapping: the Toughest. Sandbox duty now, a display shelf later: the Retro. Travel bags, hotel floors or a desk corner: the Mini or either Giga pack. A collection rather than a centrepiece: the die-cast sets. One large present that fills the room on its own: the Mega Machines hauler.