My son wanted a Lego train- the $300 one, and I just could not spend that much on Lego's. So I bought this monster train. I like this monster theme Lego did- glowing ghosts funny vampires swamp things and wolfmen. It's very cool. So we got this train and when he opened it I was a little worried there's tons of pieces, but he just sat down and got to building this train. It is so much cooler than I thought, first off it comes with a plane. I guess I didn't notice or read that on the box, and then there's the train with 3 cars attached. One of the train cars has bat type wings that flap up and down and you pull it. It has certain glow in the dark elements and was a great addition to a few of our other monster pieces.