Steel Classics
Tonka Steel Wrecking Ball
Twenty inches tall, a two-position boom and a crank that drops the ball.
$110.1
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- MOVABLE BOOM ARM: Demolish anything in your way! Standing over 20 inches tall, the Tonka Steel Classics Wrecking Ball features a 2-position boom arm that can rotate 360 degrees as you pinpoint your perfect demolition position.
- ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT: Raise or lower the wrecking ball using the simple crank mechanism. Adjust the height to align the perfect demolition path and watch as your mighty wrecking ball swings with unstoppable force!
- Diecast body with rubber wheels, some plastic parts
- Approximate dimensions: 17.25in L x 6.25in W x 7.25in H
Why families pick this one
Demolition is the one job the rest of the fleet cannot do, and this is the machine that does it. The Steel Wrecking Ball stands over twenty inches tall on a die-cast body with rubber wheels, carrying a boom that sets in two positions and swings through a full circle to line up on whatever is about to come down.
The crank is the mechanism that matters. Winding it raises and lowers the ball, so the operator chooses the height of the swing rather than simply shoving a weight at a block tower. Higher means further; lower means precise. Either way the ball has real mass behind it, and block towers behave accordingly.
At roughly seventeen inches long it occupies the same footprint as the larger haulers, and the rubber wheels mean it rolls quietly across a hard floor between jobs instead of announcing every repositioning. Some plastic parts fill in the detailing around the cast body.
The natural bookend to a construction collection: the dozer clears, the excavator digs, the crane builds up, and this one takes it all back down again. Ages three and up.
Built the Tonka way
Every truck in this catalogue follows the construction philosophy Tonka has used since 1947: metal in the load-bearing body, sturdy plastic in the detail work, and moving parts engineered to be operated by enthusiastic hands thousands of times. There are no batteries to die and no screens to crack. What wears in becomes character; what wears out is usually the owner, around age fourteen, right before the truck goes into storage for the next generation.
Care and keeping
Outdoor play is what these machines are for. After sessions in wet sand or rain, rinse the truck with clean water and towel it dry — that keeps the steel body and axles smooth for decades. Avoid leaving it submerged or outside through winter. For collector-grade display models, an occasional wipe with a soft dry cloth keeps decals and paint sharp. The full routine is in our Play & Care Guide.
