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American Plastic Toys Recycling Truck

Ages 3 and under

American Plastic Toys Recycling Truck

$24.99

American Plastic Toys Recycling Truck

Teach your kids how to protect the environment with this role-playing truck. It's big, more than 2 feet long, so the kids played with this by pushing it on their knees. They loved to load other toys in it and dump them out.

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American Plastic Toys Recycling Truck ($24.99) • Teach your kids how to protect the environment with this role-playing truck. It's big, more than 2 feet long, so the kids played with this by pushing it on their knees. They loved to load other toys in it and dump them out.

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