Pla S-11 Sound Series N700 Shinkansen (japan import)

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.

プラレールを始めるに当たり、絵本で新幹線と記者が大のお気に入りの息子にレールセットと新幹線と汽車を購入しました。毎日毎日飽きもせず列車を走らせて楽しんでいます。力加減のわからない息子は客車を取り外すのが強引で、連結部分が今にも壊れそうな外し方をしてしまいます。今のところ壊れていませんが、それなりの耐久性を期待しています！今日で５日目、毎日割と長い時間スイッチを入れて走らせていますが、電池はまだ無くなっていません。とても良いプレゼントになりました。

My 3 y/o son is in love with trains. I don’t know how his passion started, maybe when I bought a Lionel train set in a Black Friday amazon sale. But since then, he has grown to love all types of trains. I was worried he would break my new toy, so I bought him a good starter Wood train ser from brio. Then in a trip I made to Taiwan I saw these brand at a department toy section store and saw the superb quality and at great prices. I bought a set and many additions to it. Whenever I make a long trip I try to buy him a train, so when coming back from this particular trip I gave him this new set and even I loved it. I (we) like it more than the brio. Since then I have bought Takara Tony train sets thru Amazon and our collection is growing. The quality is great, the price is better. The trains run in plastic tracks and they are fast.

こちらを購入、同じ品で同じアマゾンさん発送で￥1800円の品もあるので注意してください。品物は同じだろうと思います。タカラトミー製です。サウンドは「おばさんぽぃ」声ですが、何年も新幹線を乗っていないので、本物がこのような声なのか不明。音は大きめです、音量調整はできません。警笛音＝すてきです。先頭車は速度2段切り替えでよいです。中間車もほしくなりますね。

This is a cool looking product and I know it's a reputable manufacturer, but it was impossible to install the batteries, which go in two separate locations. The instructions, written in Japanese, were useless. I figured out one section where I could get the batteries in, but the section powering the announcements were a fail. The screw sizes are the size of pinheads, and of course, no screwdriver is supplied. I got one of my screwdrivers from my tool chest and had no look. A waste of a purchase. Super disappointed.