This is much smaller than I thought it would be. I bought it because of the sounds, but ours must be defective as it doesn't say anything. It does have two speeds and I'm impressed by the actual speeds. I thought I cold cheap out and use our existing Thomas Track Master tracks but the train just doesn't take curves too nicely on the tracks. I guess I'll have to buy the Tomica ones.

I think the previous reviewers don't know quite know what this train is in context. This is a Tomy imported N700 shinkansen (bullet train) from Japan. this is the sound series that has several phrases that you would hear if you were riding the train in Japan. It also changes the sound effects based on whether the train is traveling or coming to a stop. It speaks Japanese not Chinese, and yes the product is packaged in a box completely in Japanese because it is made for the Japanese market. That being said, I love these trains for my 2 year old, and they are great replicas of the N700 Shinkansen. I'm so glad to see these on Amazon I think I like it more than my kid!! Also note that these work with the Thomas the tank trackmaster track which will save you a lot of money on the Tomy track that you'd otherwise have to buy.

I knew that the product information was in Chinese, but this train actually speaks in Chinese as well as other audible train sounds. I would not have bought this for my son if I had known this to be the case.