20 Most Recent Fisher Price Geotrax Remote Control Train Demolition Team - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Typically it would take 6 hours to charge the battery but for the first time charge its better to charge it a little longer. 8 to 10 hours would be good.

I just bought one at a flea market today, and had the same issue. After a couple of searches, I came up with the solution. An Etsy seller had this to say: "You might be afraid that the globe is "stuck" and won't turn, but you just have to be firm to turn the globe. You'll hear loud clicking when you turn it; this is because the globe is made to stop at certain points so that the viewer can easily meet up with the white dots." I tried turning mine firmly, and it did finally make a loud click and turn. It does not spin freely like a normal globe, though. I also found a PDF of the original instructions: http://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/76609.pdf