My 2 year old son started playing with his sisters Hannah Montana Scooter and as it's pink I wanted him to have a bit more of a boyish one so I looked on line and couldn't believe my luck when I spotted this as Thomas really is his favorite character. He wears his Thomas T-shirts every day. This came in the post and I had to assemble it but it only took 10 minutes to do and since then it has become part of my son. It's strong and as it has the two wheels at the back it stands up on it's own. It's out in the rain and the sun and still looks as new as it did when it came out the box. Now he's not riding around on a pink one anyway.