---
title: "Watch Your Kid’s Favorite Christmas Toys Get Crash Tested at 125 MPH"
description: "Finally, somebody thinks of the children."
date: "2017-11-28"
modified: "2017-11-29"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/16484/watch-your-kids-favorite-christmas-toys-get-crash-tested-at-125-mph"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "christmas"
  - "Crash Test"
  - "Lego"
  - "Switzerland"
  - "Toys"
---

# Watch Your Kid’s Favorite Christmas Toys Get Crash Tested at 125 MPH

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When I was a kid, I wanted to work in a [crash test](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10018/driver-seriously-injured-in-truck-barrier-crash-test-gone-bad>) facility when I grew up. Could there be a cooler job than purposefully destroying expensive things all day? At the time, I was dissuaded by adults pointing out that crash tests themselves are serious, scientific, and labor-intensive business. But [this video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwu6gEuk8pg>) from Switzerland's Dynamic Test Center showing the team strap in a series of Christmas toys for a 125 mph impact shows I gave up the dream far too soon.

Before you ask why, consider this—why not? If you had access to a [high-speed crash rig,](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11174/this-ultimate-lego-crash-test-uses-a-200-mph-pneumatic-cannon>) a series of unfeeling test subjects, and a slow motion camera, wouldn't you do the same thing? Chances are that Barbie convertible will never hit triple digit speeds under the ownership of a three-year-old, but even plastic dolls and action figures deserve to know [the safety ratings of their toy cars.](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10611/watch-a-lego-porsche-911-gt3-rs-fly-apart-in-a-crash-test>)

Then again, they might be better off in the dark considering the horrific results. Unsurprising for an industry with a total disregard for IIHS guidelines, every single toy car—from Barbie's convertible to a model TVR to Santa on a motorcycle to a Lego Ferrari Enzo—explodes in a million plastic shards upon impact with the wall. And it's all set to a downbeat version of "Silent Night" on piano. How appropriately festive.

https://youtube.com/embed/dwu6gEuk8pg

If you're willing to look beyond holiday-themed crash tests this month, the DTC's YouTube page is a gold mine of unusual subjects. We're particularly fond of their 125 mph test involving real cars (below), as well as a rollover test of [a homemade VW Golf convertible,](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1eQvQB_zM0>) and a head-on test of the [world's fastest shopping cart.](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnXtuY196p4>) Happy smashing season, everyone.

https://youtube.com/embed/47e-I1vgGaM

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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