An excavator does the one job no other machine on a job site can do: it digs down. Blades push along the surface and buckets scoop what is already loose, but a boom-and-bucket arm reaches into a pile and takes material out of it. The range carries three, and they are separated almost entirely by size.

The Mighty Excavator is the full-size answer, over twenty-four inches long with an arm that swings a complete circle and a heavy-duty metal bucket. The Mini Steel Classics Excavator does the same work in a hand-sized cold-rolled steel body riding on rubber tracks. The Giga two-pack pairs a compact excavator with a dump truck, which is the cheapest way to get both halves of the digging cycle in one box.